You just moved into a new house. You want it to have your personality and style, right? It should be unique and express who you are. It’s the same thing with your onstage performance. Although you need to have certain basic elements, it should also be different from everyone else’s. I’m guessing you’re in agreement […]
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Going from Good to Great
by Backstage: Industry Tips Greenroom: 4 Comments
Going from bad to good is easy. Going from good to great is not. It’s not that going from good to great is so hard, but it’s definitely time-consuming, tedious, and often a little inconvenient. However, as my friend Robert D. Smith says, “success is built on inconvenience!” I have a favorite analogy, and you […]
Built for the System or Not
by Backstage: Sneak Peek Greenroom: 10 Comments
I was recently inspired by a Seth Godin blog, “Is a famous thinker better than a great one?” Seth’s concept applies to artists and musicians, I think. Only the question for us becomes, “is a famous artist’s music, creativity, & show better than yours?” Because someone is famous, are they more creative, is their show […]
Upping Your on Screen Show
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I was just watching a replay of MTV’s inaugural show on its 40th anniversary, and chuckling at their choice for first video out of the shoot being the song ‘Video Killed the Radio Star’. I immediately thought about today’s music world, where at one point I wondered if we’d be singing, ‘Video Killed the Live […]
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