The Truly Difficult Questions

After 20 years in music and 5+ years in business, I know one thing for sure: you will not do the work necessary to succeed in your dream without solid answers to the following questions. Pursuing dreams requires something of you and you will only give of yourself for...

People Are Ignoring You On Purpose

As a musician/artist in today’s world, you have a very big challenge: the fact that people are ignoring you on purpose. They don’t mean to, and most are not even aware they are doing it, but nevertheless, you are being ignored. You are being ignored by...

Steve Miller’s Manifesto

I linked to some of Steve’s thoughts before, but his post today needs to be seen in its entirety: “People do business with people they like. People do business with people they know. But most important, people do business with people they trust. I really...

Be Prepared for Success

“Never leave home without your tools” is the advice given by Wendy Marx at Fast Company blogs (FC Expert Blogs). She correctly asserts that “personal branders never attend a meeting without their game plan.” And as a musician, you are...