In the last 3 years of writing this blog, I’ve managed to post at least one or two blogs each week. The last two weeks have broken that habit- I missed posting for an entire week. I have some great excuses, of course. I’ve played a dozen shows with a handful of artists, and Sarah and I bought our first home. Between practicing, traveling and moving, it’s been insane around here.
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I just finished reading a critical blog about millennials. The article, written by a top business magazine, asserts that millennials are getting fired en masse by top companies because we’re too immature and entitled to be successful in business.
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I had a great experience growing up in a family that valued music. My parents were both musicians, and in almost any way that's possible I had every opportunity to get a great education in music. Still, there's always things I wish I could have a redo on. Here's my top 3:
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I was driving along a deserted Kentucky highway late at night coming home from a gig. I hadn't played well at the show. It was in a style I wasn't familiar with, and every time I felt like I was hitting a groove, I'd get caught in a tricky section and stumble. My confidence just wasn't where it needed to be from the very beginning, and each mistake reinforced the nuanced emotion I'd feeling from the start: I suck.
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As most of you know or have guessed, I am a big fan of Seth Godin. His ideas about freelancing, marketing, and entrepreneurship have so tightly integrated with my philosophy of business that it's hard for me to tell where his ideas stop and mine begin.
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