Okay, I’m changing my mind… f you only listen to one episode of The Bones of Giants, THIS should probably be it. The Musician’s Pyramid & Hierarchy of Needs (A.K.A. the musician’s pyramid) is home base for the work we all need to do on our “career” as a whole. Everything else can be thought of as something that fits into this pyramid. Listen to this episode and understand my current perspective of fully living “the musician’s experience”. Like Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, the musician’s pyramid guides us through the building block of ourselves as musicians who want a successful and sustainable career.

Today’s Q&A: How do I network in a way that helps get me more jobs/gigs/work. Especially during & after a gig. From Marty Nightengale, Denver CO

Referenced material from Steven Pressfields' The Artist Journey

Referenced: Website blog for The Musician’s Pyramid - https://thebonesofgiants.com/ep-6-the-musicians-hierarchy-of-needs-the-bones-of-giants/

In this Bullet to the Bone Episode I discuss Blame! I consider it one of the most preferred pain-killers in a musician’s arsenal of self-sabotage weapons and a huge threat to anyone’s music career. Though we see it blatantly present itself at times, it’s the less obvious incidents of blame that I consider to be the most dangerous. These smaller “dosages” of blame allow us to place the responsibility on others when things go wrong… and man, they are sneaky!! Blaming others gives us a feeling of relief that we can easily get addicted to. 

But don’t disparage! It’s truly understandable that our mind might trick us into thinking we are justified in blaming others, after all our brain is doing it to protect us. It’s trying to save us from pain and anxiety. The truth is, we can own our mistakes AND have a healthy attitude about it so that we don’t feel bad. Listen to the episode and then let me know if you have any thoughts!

There’s no Q&A on Bullet to the Bone episodes.

This Bullet to the Bone episode addresses one of the most common pitfalls of musicians ~ perfectionism is a seductive mistress. It can potentially keep you from forward progress while under the guise of “doing the best job possible”.

We all know what it’s like to put something off because we are “working on it”, or because we “just want it to be the best it can. be”… and many of us know what it’s like to do that so long that the thing we want to do never actually happens. In this episode I discuss a sneaky aspect of perfectionism that is procrastination. Why do we procrastinate? What are some ways to work with it or around it? 

There’s no Q&A in Bullet to the Bone episodes.

Referenced: Find Fans and Convert Them - https://thebonesofgiants.com/ep-5-find-fans-and-convert-them-into-customers-the-bones-of-giants/

If you only listen to one episode of The Bones of Giants, this should probably be it. The Holy Trilogy of a Music Career is the core concept behind everything in the book and in this podcast. It’s the ground floor for an entrepreneurial musician who wants to create a successful and sustainable career in music. I explain the concept of how business and artistry can finally be merged in a way that is easy to understand and apply to your own career. If artistry and business are two ends of the same rope and that rope is hung over a pulley (your music career), how can you pull on one without making the other shorter… It’s a blast to talk about. It literally changed my career and my life and I can’t wait to hear what you and others might have to say about it!

Today’s Q&A: How do you regain your passion for a dream in music knowing it can’t pay the bills? How do you build a team of strangers into a well oiled machine? What is/was your strategy during Covid?

Referenced: The Holy Trilogy of a Music Career blog - https://thebonesofgiants.com/the-musicians-hierarchy-of-needs/

Understanding “branding” is everything, and it’s the number one place to start whether you are inventing or reinventing a career in music. This excerpt from The Bones of Giants references the three layers of your brand: private, personal and public. It also references the musicians hierarchy of needs, musicians pyramid, the holy trilogy of a music career, the entrepreneurial musician and more. Today’s Q&A: Where do I start If I want a career in music? How do I go from a non-musician income to a musician income? What are the common pitfalls of a music career. 

Referenced: The Musicians Hierarchy of Needs (The Musician’s Pyramid) https://thebonesofgiants.com/the-holy-trilogy-of-a-music-career/