SOS Episode #56: Change Is Good! (Updating Both Your Rig and Your Gig To Fit Your Current Music and Vision of The Future)
Thursday, January 15th, 2009Change is good.
I am changing, you are changing, and the world around us is changing–FAST!
Here is a bit of my recent news:
Over the past six weeks, my family and I have packed up and stored all of our furniture, gotten rid of (donated, sold, thrown out, or gave away) two thirds of all of our possessions, relocated a piano and the Let It Out Productions recording studio, mobilized our office, and transformed most of our day-to-day routines and lifestyle. We have cleared a lot of room for new opportunities, with an eye on touring around the country and creating a new home-base over the coming year.
We have taken a total of 10 road trips, including an inspiring journey down to Washington DC to witness the historical inauguration of Barack Obama (as well as catching the “We Are One” pre-inaugural concert).
Though many friends and colleagues have commented on the courage it must have taken to embark on such a radical path, I feel that this process is actually much less scary than being stuck and resisting change, especially in such a quickly changing world.
With radical shifts and changes in the economy, society, and the political landscape, artists need to stay up to speed with their own changes. This can mean upgrading or revamping your instruments or technologies (your rig) or changing the venues or context in which you create (your gig).
Check out this SOS podcast for more examples of creative adaptability as five levels of change are examined for the impact they have on the artist’s life: personal change, cultural change, economic change, political change, and musical change.
