There is nothing more important we can talk about, than this. THIS is the fundamental for all the decisions you're about to make. Sound easy? It ain't. Let me guess; sell a million records and be a rockstar. Right.. lets skip this conversation as it's too lame a statement to bother with. So, I think better we talk in real terms of things like:
I want to make my living from playing ORIGINAL music.
What is the Price I will Pay?
What do you mean? you ask?
Well, for instance. In 2 months of focusing on it, I was making enough from my CD to live FULL time, as long as I lived in Thailand. Weird? Then your not thinking correctly and you need to seek to understand the Question. STOP and GET THIS.
90% of what I was doing was selling on the internet, licensing to soundtracks, etc.. 10% was shows. So, there was nothing to lose on the revenue stream by moving. Seem extreme? It is. We need to ask ourselves, HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS? AND WHATS THE GOAL? Trying to be to big to fast will only cause you to fail. For example; Lets say your goal was to get outta bed, eat and go back to bed. That would be somewhat easy to do, and your life would have fulfillment and success somewhat easy, eh?
So, set WEEKLY goals of the SAME size. Understand the OVER ALL goal. THATS number one. Then look at a time line. If you are making "X" by this time ("X"), then you're happy, if not, then I need to change. YOU MUST KNOW YOUR LIMITS. Failure only comes from goals NOT REACHED. Think on that. Not as simple or dumb as it sounds. Decide what's the most important. Living off the Music, or just being involved in music. Would you rather play music and live in Thailand? Or a computer job to stay in America as long as you get to be a weekend warrior? ALL UP TO YOU...
Tomorrow we talk STEP TWO: Day one of telling people your here..
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