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I recently found myself telling a prospective client a story from one of the many times I brought a singer, songwriter, guitar player from the Now Hear This roster to Nashville. This would turn out to be an encounter with the dreaded double-booking.

We’re at that weird point on the calendar.  The holidays are over, yet not far enough along to where it’s not tempting to still try to hang onto the last little bit of feeling you can from Christmas, New Year’s, and just the season in general.

Having posted here on this site last week the top ten most read blogs of 2021 that were written by yours truly, it’s fitting that this time around a recap is done of those from last year that were written by others.  Check in every Monday throughout the year for blog posts from me or someone else

Amidst my landslide of Happy New Year text messages exchanged two days ago with countless folks in the Contacts in my phone, a couple of those acknowledged how strange it is to be writing ‘2022.’  I must say that it feels a little odd to compile for you the top ten most read blogs of 2021 because it’s like trying on a shirt you got for Christmas and not being entirely sure that it fits exactly right. 

While singers, dancers, actors, and others in entertainment unfortunately get used to hearing the word ‘No,’ there are actually instances where those same people might be the ones issuing the rejection.  Regardless of who it is, however, it’s important to be careful with your No.

It’s less than a week until Christmas now, and at this point there are plenty of people either ready to put it on cruise control or they already have.  In other words, regardless of whether they’re in a cold climate or not, they’re ready to go into hibernation, so to speak, as it relates to putting a priority on rest and relaxation as opposed to keeping things going in their professional lives.

Everyone is always looking for more business and/or new business.  Whether you’re a songwriter, recording artist, publicist (ahem), content creator, or, well, the list goes on, you’ve got targets and opportunities.  One of the tough questions to answer is, when to make “the ask.”

Spotify Wrapped is out and all the artists and musicians are able to see the totals we have collected over the last 365 days. How many listeners, countries, playlists, and fans have we collected?

Do you hear that?  It’s the sound of people telling you what they want and/or need.  Some are expressing their pain points while others are merely stating their likes, their desires, what makes them happy.  I like the expression, “God gave you two ears and one mouth.  Which do you think He intended you to use more?”

Just over a week ago I put on a “Promoting Your Music Career” seminar (accompanying photo) at the 37th Frank Brown International Songwriters Festival. Something that I alluded to during that 90-minute session was showing people that you’re busy.