I want you to climb. I want you to succeed. As per your many requests, I am happy to FINALLY announce that I have another way for artists and songwriters to consume the information I share in the form of a new podcast called “The C.L.I.M.B.”. This new podcast is LIVE and available for […]
If you want to play the game you need to be in the game. To get in the game requires proximity. But proximity to what, exactly? Proximity to the knowledge, outlook, perspective, talent, and energy you need to achieve your definition of success. Proximity is absolutely everything, and those that truly want […]
Watch this BBC Music Moguls documentary. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyPJiey6vck It’s one hour long and worth every second. “Nothing attracts a crowd like a crowd†– P.T. Barnum of Barnum & Bailey Circus Let’s face it, the music business IS a circus whether you like it or not or whether you want to admit it or not. […]
It doesn’t matter what you do in life, we all want to be successful. However you define “success†is up to you. I define success as a life spent making a living doing something you absolutely love which results in true artistic freedom. Some of you in the Daredevil community are hipsters, hippies, children […]
Creating leverage is mission critical to all communications between business relationships, familial relationships, romantic relationships, platonic relationships, and the coveted artist/fan relationships. Leverage is paramount to solidifying the outcome that the communicator wishes to create. Leverage, when wielded benevolently, can foster an openness from the receiver to accept or at least strongly consider the […]
Isn’t perspective the answer to everything? More succinctly PROPER perspective is the answer to being the smoothest player in the game of life. At the risk of sounding redundant, proper perspective puts things in proper perspective. Proper perspective increases your chances of success exponentially. On the contrary, an inaccurate perspective can […]
At the end of every year I ask y’all to respond to me about your feelings on the article content. I also ask for any suggestions on what you want me to write about moving forward. Many of you responded with requests for help. You asked for answers to some of the common problems I’m […]
I’ve been reading the brilliant book Made to Stick by Chip and Dan Heath. It breaks down why some ideas stick and some ideas die. For instance, why are Aesop’s fables still remembered after 2,500 years (“The Tortoise and the Hareâ€, “The Boy Who Cried Wolfâ€, etc.)? Why are urban legends so “sticky†like […]
Sorry this post took a while. I was a little devastated. I’m unsure as to whether I knew about David Bowie and his battle with cancer and ignored it or simply didn’t know. Either way, I felt blindsided. This is a tremendous loss for the artistic community. He was super intelligent. A visionary. Mostly he […]
Far too many of you are dumbfounded and FRUSTRATED because you aren’t selling your CD’s after you put so much time, effort, money, blood, sweat, and tears into your beloved project. How come nobody cares? What is the reason that they aren’t selling? YOU are the reason you aren’t selling. That […]