December 2010
13 posts
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“Try and stay out of your head. I have seen you invent the damnedest things...”
– Greg Laswell [Take a Bow]
Dec 30th
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“Free your Mind, and the rest will follow.”
– - En Vogue
Dec 21st
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First, Ten. →
A post from the blog of Seth Godin more than a year ago came across my peripheral today… and though Seth has little to do with the music industry, I think he hits the nail on the head here about marketing. THIS is how the new model of creatives are about to take over your ears, eyes… heck, maybe your nose.  Without Record Labels.  Without an entourage of Publicists on salary. Slow and...
Dec 19th
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Interview with Steve Hill →
A good friend, Steve Hill, just published today an interview we did a few weeks back over at his blog “Gritty Soul.”  Steve’s a super guy with a ridiculous amount of talent [great skater and marketing titan? what are the odds?] and it was a pleasure to get to chat with him as always. Check it out.
Dec 17th
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In response to my Mancember Preview
backtobalance: Michael (I am trying to sound like your mom here)! How can you call an acoustic Christmas song (complete with toe tapping bells) MANcember. Next year I will expect raging bass lines, hard core drumming, screaming guitar solos and NO BELLS! ;)
me: in my defense, this IS just a rehearsal of stuff we MAY do at Mancember :P You think we'd actually let the cat out of the bag before? And we're doing it on a shoestring budget. The tight rope walkers, chainsaw jugglers, and Ron White bailed as soon as we said we couldn't pay union rates. [translation, buy more music and we'll make it bigger next year :) ]
But it's gonna be AWESOME.
Dec 17th
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Dec 17th
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-12-12) →
Teitur (45) OneRepublic (26) Daft Punk (22) BT (21) Stereophonics (19) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Dec 16th
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“The more I look, the more I find As I close on in, I get so blind I feel it in...”
–  Peter Gabriel
Dec 13th
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Dec 9th
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Dec 9th
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Forgiveness / Success →
This is a superb exercise to do anytime, but especially as we reflect back on the nearing end of a year. Too often I find friends not able to congratulate themselves for the success they have found because of some further success they find themselves failing at… or not able to forgive themselves for action not taken in the past. My mother introduced me to a similar system of affirmations...
Dec 9th
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little known factoid - I tend to dance around my house to british techno when no one’s home. (when others are home, it’s Hall & Oates… duh)
Dec 3rd
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“Well I’ll keep on movin’ … movin’ on Things are bound...”
– Jackson Browne - “These Days”
Dec 1st