Sometimes you mess up. Sometimes you set a personal commitment and don’t do it perfectly. The point isn’t the perfect schedule, it’s about putting out content that you wouldn’t have if you didn’t have the commitment in the first place. I don’t know if you should double down the next day. You could but also …
Do I need to live in the city to make a music career? Pros: Music is a “real job” to people in cities Other people are doing it Everybody’s an artist and supporting each other Collaboration is very easy Networking is great because tons of big people live in the area Cons: Little space physically …
Keep writing even if you feel like you have nothing to say. Stop waiting for inspiration. Don’t wait until everything’s all perfectly figured out in your head. I am a master at avoiding creativity. Put yourself out there. Allow yourself to “fail” and “be bad”. There’s no ‘failing’ in music anyways. All you really may …
Competition? You could view a marketplace and only see competition and see it as a reason to not pursue. On the other hand, you can see a crowded market and believe that there must be a lot of demand and that you and your unique skill set will speak to somebody. What do I mean …
Networking? What is networking? Let’s start with what it’s not. It’s not being fake or trying to be somebody else. It’s not about having an agenda and trying to push it on others. It’s not just handing out business cards at conferences. People can sense if you have an agenda, and they can tell you’re …
Real winners put it in their schedule. What may you ask? Everything. Workouts, practice time, creative time. 50 minutes of focused work with a 10-minute break is a great way to organize work into hour-long chunks easily. Pick up an hourly planner and watch your life change. See how Elon Musk handles his schedule. This …
Commercial music is a blend of your unique craft and for commerce. If it’s too far left, then you better be happy just to have the music be for yourself and your ears. If it’s too far right, we all know what cookie cutter soulless that music can sound like. It’s about finding the balance. …
Do you want to be a star? Truly? Maybe, maybe not. But not aiming for that level feels like it would be giving up and going nowhere. What will bring you happiness? It sounds noble to “just enjoy the music creation process” and “not care about the results”, but what gives? Is fame needed for …
“It’s not what you have; it’s what you do with it.” This quote has been on my mind lately. In music, it’s so easy to get caught up in the endless cycle of perusing gear, quite often to the point of where gear acquisition becomes the goal more than making music. There’s even an acronym for …