Funky Fingerstyle Guitar
Hi Gang,
For all my Russian fans, friends and fellow guitarists, here is the information I have for the upcoming Russia tour dates.
For a current list of ALL tour dates, please visit the TOUR page!
I have been working on some long term secret projects that I hope to unveil in the months ahead, and the following has been on my mind.
Maybe this applies to you too…
How Can We Stay Motivated to Finish Big Projects?
When we work on something “new” and exciting…it’s easy to start, but hard to follow through and finish.
After the excitement and newness loses it’s glitter dust, the hard work really starts.
[Read more…] about How to Stay Focused and Finish Big Projects – A Brick a Day
Recently I read a post by Seth Godin about the “laboratory” vs the “factory” mentality and it really resonated with me.
Seth went on to encourage creativity in a laboratory / discovery / scientific spirit.
In the laboratory:
The lab is all about discovery and exploration.
In the factory:
The factory is about predictability and production.
[Read more…] about Discipline, Daydreaming and Your Musical Mind
(Note – a reader just alerted me that this may have been written by Kim McMillen, and somehow was attributed to Charlie Chaplin…well, whoever wrote t – it’s awesome. Enjoy!)
As I began to love myself I found that anguish and emotional suffering are only warning signs that I was living against my own truth. Today, I know, this is AUTHENTICITY.
As I began to love myself I understood how much it can offend somebody as I try to force my desires on this person, even though I knew the time was not right and the person was not ready for it, and even though this person was me. Today I call it RESPECT.
As I began to love myself I stopped craving for a different life, and I could see that everything that surrounded me was inviting me to grow. Today I call it MATURITY.
As I began to love myself I understood that at any circumstance, I am in the right place at the right time, and everything happens at the exactly right moment, so I could be calm. Today I call it SELF-CONFIDENCE.
[Read more…] about As I Began to Love Myself: Charlie Chaplin on his 70th birthday
I’d like to give you something to think about based on my real life results in terms of getting gigs, magazine coverage, and excellent word-of-mouth promo.
There is zero BS here. Enjoy and please comment!
Concept 1: Do musicians have to market themselves?
You and I are running businesses, we are not only artists.
A hard pill for many of us musicians to swallow is that we all need to market ourselves.
If this makes you shiver, feel un-artistic, or think I am a fraud – WAKE UP! Any business, no matter what their product or service is, has to market themselves.