Staying Sane In The Music Game

WE'RE BACK with SEASON 2!

After a really successful Season 1, building from zero to hero, we ended up with 10s of 000s of people listening which is incredible!

Then lockdown happened. It hit me hard, of course, being in management I have had to take some serious time to re imagine what everything looks like professionally. Feeling like things are starting to take shape, feeling fresh and ready to go again. Ready to bring another season with a new framing;

As a creative being who has chosen this existence, there are probably several events that you could not plan for which propelled you on the path you are on. Which just goes to show, we are not necessarily in control of very much at all!

This episode's guest is none other than Ian Little. He has produced albums for Duran Duran, Roxy Music and several other Multi Platinum artists. He made millions, lost millions, ended up homeless on the streets of Manhattan, New York battling against winter! He suffered from Hepatitus C before there was any kind of cure AND he has now written his life story down. The main this is he is very much alive at 66, he is smiling and happy and he takes us through his life story and how he managed to cope and survive that crazy journey and keep on going today.

His book will be out towards the end of November

and you will be able to purchase it from:

www.Ian-Little.com

I am still offering the Lockdown special of the Staying Sane In The Music Game Audiobook absolutely free from the website:

www.stayingsane.org

Please spread the word to another muso of your choice and let's keep having these conversations about mental health and going insane and then staying sane!

Many blessings!

I was really tired late last Sunday night when recording this and sat with it for a week, but decided to put it out. It is authentic although I sound tired, I am happy with the content. I hope you find it inspiring and useful.

Two profound thoughts discussed. That is seeing the beginning, middle and end in every aspect of life AND when struggling, what if we look at life as if it were a computer game to make it more fun!

As always this podcast is powered by the book, Staying Sane In The Music Game. You can find it in all the usual stores online WORLDWIDE available as kindle, AUDIOBOOK from audible and Amazon, Kobo, Barnes and Noble and many others.

Please share this with a friend, write a review and give a rating as it really helps others find it too. These conversations about mental health in music are vital and I want to help spark them as much as possible to as many as possible and we can do that together by sharing these free resources.

This one discusses exactly as the title says. A follow on from the Stress Podcast. It has been a hard start to the year and here is a resource of a conversation to help us all think more deeply about our response to stress.

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Weirdly this podcast seems to have disappeared from the feed somehow! So I have re uploaded it for those that didn't hear it.

This follows on from the Being Brave episode. Professor Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi has been researching, talking and writing about flow states since the 70s. Google him for more info! I outline his findings in brief here to build awareness about how we may access this state.

thank you to all the new listeners, you sharing this pod with others has helped a lot as the figures have gone through the roof! So

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The podcast is powered by the book Staying Sane In the Music Game,

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www.stayingsane.org

Are you 'Too Stressed?!' I certainly was yesterday and I wanted to be completely authentic with you and open up about how that stress came about and how I coped with it and moved through it. BUT not only how I got out of it, relatively quickly (still taking many many hours!), but how I was able to move from a very negative headspace where I felt absolutely defeated into a positive one.

It's all learning and growing and compelling stuff.

Let's learn to overcome the inevitable Life challenges together, especially, on this chosen, crazy unpredictable path of following our passion of music.

Thank you so much to all the new listeners, the podcast listening figures have shot up enormously recently and that is because of people sharing it and I am responding by creating them more regularly for you. So expect there to be at least one a week, if not 2 or even 3 depending on whether I have useful learnings to talk about!

So, if you like the podcast, please share it with a friend, and spend 1 minute rating and leaving a review. It really helps new listeners to find it.

Thanks for listening and finally, just to say, this podcast is powered by the book Staying Sane In The Music Game and for more info and to buy the book or get it for FREE on Audible (for new members) please go to www.stayingsane.org

This episode continues on from the previous podcast. Once we are brave enough we also can consider the flow state and where brave turns into flow. It is such a deep and interesting subject and this podcast can be a springboard into exploring it further.

I talk about the work of the Hungarian-American professor Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (which Is pronounced more like "Mihaiee Chicksentmihaiee") my pronunciation on the podcast is near enough correct but use this actual spelling to find more info on google Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. It is fascinating work and very relevant to the arts. He has many videos online to look at and listen to.

As always this podcast is powered by the book Staying Sane In The Music Game and for more info and to buy the book or get it for FREE on Audible (for new members) please go to www.stayingsane.org

Thank you to all the new listeners, the podcast listening figures have shot up enormously recently and that is because of people sharing it. Please continue to do that as I feel like these are important subjects for musos to hear and talk about.

So, if you like the podcast, please share it with a friend, and spend 1 minute rating and leaving a review. It really helps new listeners to find it.

Thanks for listening

Firstly, thank you to all the new listeners, you sharing this pod with others has helped a lot as the figures have gone through the roof! So thank you for your support and please continue to press those share buttons and share with your friends.

This episode discusses where the line is, between, coming up with the gold, which is original, brilliant, authentic and genius or producing something safe, cliché and unoriginal? There must be a formula and that is what I discuss here. As well as a formula, there is the inevitability of failure. Well, of course, how do you come up with something that no one else would? By being brave and taking the risk that actually, you don't know enough about where the edge is and may end up either falling over the edge of the cliff OR not going near enough to the edge.

This is a philosophical subject that plays out in our everyday activities, from the mundane to the creative, from the tiny to the large. Of course some things desire us to just nail, be safe and not take risks. But when it comes to art, we need to be brave, take risks, be prepared to fail in order to seek out and bring back the gold to the people.

We always hear successful people say that they had to fail. But I wanted to dig deeper into that and many other ideas about the idea of how we find that which is gold, sought out by people and found to be valuable and really stands out.

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The podcast is powered by the book Staying Sane In the Music Game, available WORLDWIDE from all the usual outlets. For more info go to www.stayingsane.org

In this bite sized podcast, I discuss Stress! The thing that universally affects us all at one time or another.

There are different levels and circumstances that lead to stress. I talk about my experience of today, where I suffered from stress and how I approached that feeling. I explore various tools that we can employ that can help us cope with stress.

This is a podcast you can revisit at times of stress if you find it useful.

Please also share this podcast with people you know who may find it useful.

As always the podcast is powered by the book Staying Sane In The Music Game - A Manual To Help Improve The LIves of Musicians.

You can find out more at www.stayingsane.org.

Lastly, please spread the word and leave a rating and a review with your podcast provider to help other people find this resource, that is designed to help people through the tough times.

Here's to staying sane!

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In this episode I sit with Keith Cooper who has managed several platinum selling artists (also features in Podcast #5).

We discuss the arduous environment of touring and things that come up on a regular basis.

Nowadays more than ever, artists have to spend as much time as possible on the road. It is a unique experience and we discuss as many angles as possible from our experiences.

I toured as a drummer, tour manager and manager. Keith experienced touring at the highest levels of the industry.

Between us, we have experienced touring at all levels and we unpick the pitfalls and highlight the things that often come up. We discuss in detail how we may be able to anticipate the challenges and approach them with awareness.

This is required listening for any muso at the beginning of their touring life or anyone who is struggling with touring life. Also useful for people who have been touring for a while, but feel like they need fresh inspiration on Staying Sane Touring!

This podcast is powered by the book 'Staying Sane In The Music Game' available from all the usual online stores worldwide in physical, kindle and audio book form.

For more info you can search the stores or go to www.stayingsane.org

Here's to Staying Sane!

What happens if instead of thinking about our own motivations and what we want, we start to look outside ourselves and what we can offer. Thinking about the incredible impact we can have on just one person. If we decide not to meet up with someone because 'I'm tired, low energy, can't be bothered', what impact does that have? On the other hand, if we value what we can bring and think 'how will I make this person's life experience better' what positive effect we have on someone else's life. Instead of thinking about the hundreds or thousands of audience members we need to have a successful career, what if we highten our awareness of the impact we can have daily on just ONE other person.

Bitesize wisdoms continue. It is my job to speak about this. Please share this podcast to anyone you feel will benefit. If you would like to find out more about the book 'Staying Sane In The Music Game' please visit www.stayingsane.org for more details. Here's to improving ourselves everyday and staying sane!