Sunday, January 22, 2012

Minding My Biz



Being a performing songwriter  is more than just a hobby to me. I guess in some ways, it’s a calling. Does that make it a vocation? The truth is, it’s a sideline business, and I’m always striving to be better at taking care of business. To do this, I require focus, energy, time, and a belief in myself.

Taking care of business is an endless task, similar in its perpetual-ness to weeding the garden, doing laundry, tweezing your chin hairs – there is always more that requires care and attention and it’s sooo easy to fall behind. 
I confess that I am often sporadic about taking care of my music biz. If my music biz was a car with a manual transmission, you’d see it shuddering and jerking down the street, as I try to shift gears and keep from killing it all together.  That’s how I drive it sometimes.  And often, I don’t even know for sure which way I’m headed, which can be a problem both in life and in driving.
One thing I have figured out, however, is that I value my talent.  And you know, it’s HARD sometimes to value yourself and what you have to offer. I wasn’t raised that way! Someone was always afraid we might get “the Big Head.”  But how can I expect others to value it if I don’t value it myself?  And  conversely, if EVERYONE values it BUT me – I will never really get the return on the process of creating that I seek.
  

9 comments:

  1. Some of my "greatest" accomplishments are unknown to many, including friends an family. But I have found that personal satisfaction is often times better than glory.
    I do it for ME. Anybody can watch, if they want.

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  2. You are a great songwriter and have a beautiful voice. I so enjoyed hearing and seeing you at Unity this past Sunday. You must beat to your own drum GF!
    I can't imagine you ever getting the BIG head.
    You are a talented artist so learn to live with it..LOL

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  3. HB- you are one of a kind for sure. thanks for your input.
    Kathy - thanks so much for coming Sunday - what fun! your words lift me up - but wait! oooh i can feel my head getting bigger right now....!!

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  4. The Big Head --so true about how we grew up, and so ridiculous, like any of us were in danger of getting over-confident about ourselves. Anyway, you're so right about valuing what you have to offer. And H.B., I also love the way you put it- --"I do it for ME. Anybody can watch, if they want."

    Now what is that patch, and where did you get it?

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  5. the bigger the head..the closer to heaven. wait, maybe that's "the bigger the hair, the closer to heaven."

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  6. either way, i'm in like flynn, baby!

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  7. FTHB - your comment originally went into my spam folder! spooky!!

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  8. that's gotta be the elvis tcb patch....

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