Tag Archives: motivation
‘No!’ Is A Personal Opinion
When anybody (especially a young, starry-eyed wannabe with her whole yellow-brick-road life laid out ahead of her), informs me that her greatest dream is to be a singer, or a singer/songwriter, or a recording artist, or a rock star, (even to be rich and famous), I respond by saying this: “You’d better get used to…
Celebrate Yourself!
© 2010 Vinny Ribas With all of the ‘don’t do this’ and ‘don’t do thats’ that we are deluged with daily regarding your career in music, it is easy to become overwhelmed. The truth is that, if you are serious about your music, you most likely do a lot of things right every day. For…
Overcoming Weaknesses
© 2010 Vinny Ribas I made a living for a log time playing keyboards and singing. I was never a good piano player. I hated taking solos because I was a very sloppy player. Worse yet, I couldn’t sing on key! So how did I make a decent living at it for so long? I…
Keeping Your Drive When You’d Rather Be Napping
© 2010 jPaul Caianiello In last month’s issue of Indie Connect Magazine, we discussed a basic mindset for preparing yourself for success. We talked a bit about the difficulty of maintaining your enthusiasm and focus over the long haul where days turn into weeks and months turn into years. The good news, as I have…
Trading Self Pity For Gratitude
© 2010 Rand Bishop How often do we sit, wallowing in self-pity, because no one of importance seems to be taking notice of our work? Then, when we somehow finally get a person of influence and supposed expertise to pay attention — even for a few moments — how do we feel when he or…