Fish(er) Tales

If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! These posts will give you a better idea about what this site is about. Start here, then go here, and here, and then here.As you acquire some modicum of success with your career, it becomes your obligation to share those secrets that you’ve learned. Don’t horde information; share it freely. For example,...

This week I thought I’d share a few of my favorite links that you may want to follow to expand your mind and better your career. Here they are: Need some ideas for boosting your creativity? This Website is chock full of cool stuff. Are you left brained? Or right-brained? Take this simple (and fun!) test. You MUST read this fantastic article on film sound thinking by Walter Murch. And a point...

You already know I advocate spending a lot of time promoting what you do best. This constant pursuit of building your reputation is a key to success. Even if you are busy and doing well, don’t let the well of promotion dry up. Always look for ways to reach more of your existing audience and for perhaps opening up some new pathways to more or different clients. Brian Tarquin, whom I featured in...

I’m busy writing another book. It’s hard work. Not physically difficult, but mentally challenging instead. Exhausting, to be honest. I feel Winston Churchill said it best: “Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with, it is a toy and an amusement; then it becomes a mistress, and then it becomes a master, and then a tyrant. The last phase is that just as you are about to be reconciled...

No other problems scare people more than failure and success. What? Fear of success? Yes, indeed. Though fear of rejection and failure seem to be the predominant reasons people avoid taking action, success also frightens many. What if I fail? Or worse, what if I succeed? People will discover all my faults and that I can’t live up to their expectations. Come on now, do you really believe that? Whether...

Doesn’t it seem to you that some people make their decisions using the equivalent of the venerable, old Magic 8-ball? Instead of carefully weighing pros and cons, they seem to just turn an imaginary ball over, read what it says, and follow that advice. It’s so arbitrary and just a wee bit scary. It’s obvious to me that Congress follows this thinking. When it comes to healthcare, some...

One of the most important books in recent years is “The Cluetrain Manifesto” (if you haven’t read it yet, run, don’t walk and pick up the new tenth anniversary edition). It’s impossible to summarize the book because so much of it is relevant and applicable to musicians and artists as a whole. One example that applies to me is something I’ve suspected and have indeed...