Nov
1
2011

Having Trouble Fitting It All In? (New Ways to Slice the Pie)

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Let’s face it – we all know that mastering time is a big piece of being successful. And even more, is fitting it all in, especially when you have a career in music. It seems like every artist I meet is pretty overwhelmed these days – everyone needs help managing the hours in a day, and knowing how to better slice the pie.  Most of us still spend far too much time on Facebook as [...]

Oct
25
2011

The New Fame Formula

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It’s a new time in this new-fangled era of the entertainment industry. As the traditional ways of doing things fall apart, now, more than ever, calls for a new set of ideas, new rules, new emerging paradigms and new ideas being called out from everywhere – even from the music shakers and makers. And the best ideas which, I am sure, have yet to arrive. Who knows where this will go? No one knows exactly [...]

Oct
18
2011

Stop Struggling!

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What word do you end that sentence with? Stop Struggling with “blah blah blah”… pick one. You want to know why you struggle? Are you ready for this? Because you do (sigh). Didn’t ya just know it was your fault? But hey – it’s a little more complex than that. Look – we all know life isn’t fair and all that stuff is totally true. But to struggle with it? — That part is actually [...]

Oct
11
2011

Why You Need to Not Suck at Finishing

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A few weeks ago I posted a Blog about Commitment (Are You Commitment Phobic?). In my conversation about Commitment I also talked about how most people in addition to side-stepping Commitment, resist Completion too. It seems that it’s a human dilemma. Is it the stars in our eyes like this little pooch here? Probably, because, left to our own illustrious fantasies, we’d be famous overnight, win J.Lo’s approval and become the next American Idol, or [...]

Oct
5
2011

Why Can’t You Get It Right? (for once in your life…)

Yin Yang Brain

Ever hear that voice in your head? “When are you going to get it right?” followed by a “for once in your life”… Probably about a million times if you are over 21. It’s not your fault, it’s one of those conditioned responses that we are taught from early on — just one-of-those-things we say to ourselves. But it’s not the voice you want to hear in your ear – for psychological wellness reasons, but [...]