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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

I talk to a ton of artists, wanna-be artists, young aspiring artists, indie artists and established artists. It seems they all struggle with commitment. It’s either commitment to their craft, their art or their longevity. I think it could be a human dilemma. My experience has taught me that human beings resist Commitment and Completion (and Love, but that’s another article). But today I want to talk about Commitment and Completion – two forces that [...]