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Last week I wrote a post called “The War Is with Ourselves. Same as It Ever Was.” I exposed some of my fears—my own victimhood—whining—the garbage negativity that holds many of us back. If you are surrounded by negative people right now, raised by negative people, or filled with any self-doubt (and I believe almost every human has some self-doubt, … Read More

A year and a half ago, my wife and I and our three dogs put everything we owned into a Penske and moved from Los Angeles, California, to a small town right outside Nashville, Tennessee, called Kingston Springs. We moved from a city of 4,000,000 to a town of around 2,000. It’s been an adjustment, to say the least. We … Read More

(Things I have borrowed, begged, and stolen from books, movies, conversations, etc.)   Scared money can’t win and a worried man can’t love. —Cormac The brain is a muscle that can move the world. —S. King Life begins at the end of your comfort zone. —T. Robbins “It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out … Read More

Books I read in 2017: Bruce Springsteen, Born to Run (five stars, people … wow) Of Mice and Men (Steinbeck) John Prine bio Jack Bogle, Enough (We need more like him) Bryan Cranston bio (slow) Shout It Out Loud. The Story of Kiss’s Destroyer and the Making of an American Icon Rich Dad, Poor Dad (reread) Artist’s Way, Julia Cameron (If you are an … Read More

(Things I have borrowed, begged, and stolen from books, movies, conversations, etc.)   YOU WANT TO LIVE OUTSIDE THE LAW, YOU GOTTA BE HONEST. —Dylan I shall not take counsel with my fears. It’s OK not to know—it’s not OK not to find out. Do not fear mistakes. There are none. —Miles Davis True life is lived when tiny changes … Read More

(Things I have borrowed, begged, and stolen from books, movies, conversations, etc.)   You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life. —Winston Churchill It’s good to know who hates you. And good to be hated by the right people. —J. Cash 🙂 I brought your wallet in case you forgot who you are … Read More

One of the questions I am asked and messaged about the most is some variation of —How do I make it in the music biz? —How do I get heard/found? —How do I get famous? (ugh—careful with that one, bubba) —How can you make a living doing what you love? (good one) —How do I get my song in film/TV … Read More

The founder of CD Baby, Derek Sivers, wrote a great book called Anything You Want, with solid advice for entrepreneurs and dreamers (i.e., all musicians). He says, “Find something you love and let it kill you.” I started playing drums after seeing Kiss at Cobo Hall at age four in Detroit. Around age ten my mama felt I needed to … Read More