Timing Is Everything.

As a musician, you have the advantage of applying what you already know about rhythm in music to the rest of your life. Establishing a good tempo, getting into a groove, working with meter, and aligning with your natural sense of rhythm are pieces of musical knowledge that can be translated into how you manage your career, what your daily habits and routines look like, and how much time you have to put into your creative work.

Although many great musicians have suffered in their personal or professional lives, a Whole Musician approach maintains that being a prolific artist, cultivating effective time and energy-management habits, and designing a creative and meaningful career are three interdependent aspects of living a fulfilling musical life.

Join JP as he discusses seven distinct time orientations and explores some innovative ways to make more time so that you can create more music. 

This is the third of four in the Musical Lifestyle Series of SOS podcasts.

 

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With whom do you share your music? Do you have reliable people who will support your creative process by giving you honest feedback while also understanding and respecting where you are coming from?

Who you are is inseparable from who you relate to. As social beings, we are constantly influencing and being influenced by others. By discerning who you share your art with you can more effectively direct the flow of your musical focus and learn to make the connection between the people in your life and the music that comes out of you. Your community, friends, collaborators, audience, and family members all have an influence on your music, so you might as well choose to be around people whose influence is positive and welcome.

Listen in on this episode as the link between music and relationships is explored from four distinct angles: friendship, competition, intimacy, and fantasy.

This is the second of four in the Musical Lifestyle Series of SOS podcasts.

 

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Do you have something to say? Are you able to say it effectively? 

If you are a songwriter or recording artist with a unique vision or message and you want to be able to get it across more reliably and deeply, you will want to get clear on your specific message and find your distinct WAY of putting it into musical form.

Understanding the variety of options available to you in crafting your musical expression and the predictable stages that your creative work must go through can help you immensely. Integrating this information can help you to follow your calling with greater ease, align with your music more fully, and become much more prolific in the process. 

Join JP as he tackles the topic of creative callings and offers some suggestions to help you clarify your unique path.

 

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