Are you Pro-active?

Is this similar to your day as a musician?

• You research local covers bands and contact them all with your CV and a promo video and tell them you are available for any gigs or to cover illness?

• You find a young aspiring (student?) photographer and book a photo shoot offering them £20 so you can get some real decent shots of yourself for your portfolio?

• You record a new promo video for your Youtube site showing off your playing on an iflip or mate’s digi-camera?

• You rehearse/gig with an artist you think is an exciting prospect?

• You add a blog to your website, or start planning/building your website if you don’t have one yet?

• You email companies like DK Music Management to remind us you are up for any gigs or ask what you can do to get more work?

• Call a mate with a home studio and record some new tracks just for the practice (as well as to build your library of recordings)?

• Book in some Sunday or weekday gig, (maybe an acoustic set in a local pub for free or nominal amount)?

I’m guessing you maybe do 1 or 2 of these things per day if you are a pro-active working musician. However you could have done any of these things today. In fact, imagine if you had done everything on this list today. Imagine if tomorrow you were equally as proactive.

What could you achieve in a week? What could you achieve in a month or even a year?  The majority of musicians (in fact humans in general) work at a slow pace, patting themselves on the back if a day goes past and they did a few hours rehearsal, wrote a song or recorded a home demo. However, there are 24 hours in a day and you will be amazed what can be achieved if you want something badly enough.

Have a think about it, because if you did every one of these things on this list without being prompted I’m assuming you’re reading this from a very successful tour and nodding with a smile that looks like you know something about my mum!

Peas!