Ok this one
is going to be a little "self-helpish" but I'm inspired and feeling compelled to write about this so here goes.... Today's post is about an idea that I keep
coming back to over and over in my life.
It's the idea that if you want to be successful in anything in life,
whether it's music, relationships, business.... you name it... It's completely up to you to make it
happen. Whatever you want in life you
can have, I truly believe that. Even
success in the music business. Whatever
experiences you want to have are out there waiting to be had. Whatever success you want to achieve is
possible. Whatever you really want to do
you can do. But... and this is a big but
and I think what holds most people back, at the end of the day, it's completely
up to you to make it happen. I'm sure we've
all heard before that nobody cares about our own success more than we do. It's completely true. It's not true because no one cares about you,
it's not true because people are cold and mean, although a few are. It's true because it's just the way it
is. Other people have their own dreams,
their own desires and their own struggles. Other people are too busy with their
own lives to care that much about yours. No one cares about your own success more than
you.
So how can
you apply this to the music business and your dreams and goals? Do you have lofty aspirations and starry eyed
dreams? Big deal. Most people have those
from time to time. Dreams are a dime dozen.
Do you think you're special because you have big dreams? You're not.
We all have dreams and desires.
Things we long for deep down. They're
beautiful things don't get me wrong, but they're not inherently special and they
don't make you inherently special. Do
you think your special because you're talented?
I think innate talent is a little more rare than just having dreams, but
it's still not that big of a deal in and of itself. A lot of people have mad talent and don't do
anything with it. What it really boils
down to is what you do with your dreams and talent. It's all about the execution. It's up to you to make "it" happen. Whatever "it" is for you. No one is going to do it for you.
I'll be the
first to admit I've yet to achieve all my dreams and goals. So don't think that I'm up on my high horse
being all preachy telling you what you need to do. I'm only sharing with you realizations I've
come to after many ups in downs in both music and life. No one is responsible for my life but me. No one else is responsible for my my
happiness, my sense of self worth, my interactions with people and certainly
not my success in music. And the same
goes for you. If you want to succeed in
music take responsibility and make it happen.
Don't be a victim and bitch about all the things outside of your control
like the economy, decline in CD sales,
the public's bad taste in music and on and on. There might be truth in a lot of these
things, but it makes no sense to focus on them.
Focus on the one thing you can really control... yourself.
What are
you going to do today to move your career forward? What can you do all by yourself right now to
move yourself in the direction you want to go?
Think about it. I guarantee no
one else is going to care about the answers to these questions more than you
are.
I would tell you all about the new CD I'm working on and the awesome producer I have working on it and all the projects I have in the works right now. But would you really care? I doubt it and I have absolutely
no problem with that.
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