Billie Eilish “Possessed!”

Billie Eilish “Possessed!”

So, before you point your finger and insist that Billie Eilish, Finneas O’Connell, or Prince, or Lady Gaga, or any other hugely successful artist is in league with Mephistopheles, take a long hard look at their work ethic, then compare it to your own. Prince wrote and recorded at a minimum, a song a day for forty years. He died with tens of thousands of songs unreleased. Or take a look at Lady Gaga’s schedule which seldom leaves time for sleep, or examine Elish’s history of 17000+ hours of wood shedding that led to her success. Examine and weep for the years you have wasted. If that kind of work ethic is considered “selling your soul,” then where do I sign up?

If Life Didn’t Suck, You Would…

You may feel like life is handing you the worst possible circumstances, but your response is a choice. You don’t have to get upset when difficulties arise. You can actually face them with complete optimism and positivity.

Do Not Submit – Be Vulnerable

Here is an excerpt from my new book which releases in Mid-November. Enjoy Do not! I repeat… do not mistake submission for vulnerability. Submission signals a lack of confidence while vulnerability signals an abundance of confidence. To be submissive is to relinquish...

Happiness Is?

There are so many people in the world trying to answer this question. Some of then have the right idea and some are way off base. Let's see what you think of this... If you watch a few rock and roll or rap videos, you will note that the version of happiness being sold...

The Pitch Meeting

The real purpose of any first meeting... Is not to pitch your song and the worst thing you can do for your career is to assume that it is. The real purpose behind that pitch meeting is to establish a relationship that will lead to a second pitch meeting. Pitching...

On Purpose

It's not talent that is the key ingredient. It is work. You can sit around and comfort yourself in knowing that you are more talented than some famous musician, but the question is, can/do you out-work them? Usually not. I have talent, but I have an even greater work...