Audio Acres Video Session: A World That’s Bigger
Excuses? Naw, find five minutes everyday
It’s Folk Alliance week, and I’m heading to Kansas City!
I was going to compose a blog that I was too busy to write my blogs, that I was going to take a week off from my daily posts; but then realized, I could write a blog in the same amount of time it takes to write the excuse.
So nope, the blogs will continue all week.
Usually, our excuses are true. But that’s because we already made the choice for them to be a self-fulling prophecies…
Ten minutes a day this month adds up to is 4.8 hours of work done.
- Remember how Hugh Macleod’s claim to fame was drawing on the back of business cards while he was bar hopping in NYC?
- My friend Brian Walker, an elementary school art teacher, took a pledge to work on his own art every day, for a few minutes, and he’s been using his Instagram account to share his illustrations.
Instead of composing an excuse, let’s find five, 10, 15 minutes to create.
“Burning Bright” live at Coffee Amici
Vintage Fisher Price record player makes a great bandmate who doesn’t rack up a bar or coffee bill, gang!
I’ve been road testing sets for Folk Alliance International & the spring tour. Here’s “Burning Bright,” taped by the James Adkins, a killer songwriter and guitar player. Big thanks to Mike Gentry (video of Mike here) for sharing the ride and stage, too.
Read the story about my relative David Plawecki’s dying wish and the song, “Burning Bright” here at American Songwriter Magazine.
New bandmate
What if every post or Tweet cost money?
What if it cost you a penny–or a nickel, a dime, a quarter, a dollar– for every post you do on Facebook or tweet on Twitter? How would your posts change?
My guess is we would post less and/or adapt our messages to be more meaningful.
Why not operate that way, now?
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(And yes, I recognize that Facebook is making us pay to boast our Page posts to get any impressions anyways.)
For attendees coming to the Musicians’ Coffee Talk, listen to these Godin talks, take some notes.
Listen to:
1. 2016 talk at Carnegie Hall:
https://vimeo.com/155069902
2. 2008 talk with CyberPR:
Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXmcxuckvsA
Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndZdEsM-xi8
Godin’s point in part 2 (2:49) about dismissing the Spotify payouts is a major discussion point for the talk.
