Have you ever felt like the things that normally come easily and naturally to you, are suddenly really difficult? Then maybe you've experienced the dreaded creative slump.

In this episode, we talk about three things that can cause a slump or a plateau in your music career, a three-step process for getting out of one, Steve Martin's secret for creative success, a strategy musicians can steal from aspiring chess-masters, and finally we work on a slump-smashing plan for Jake as an example.