Establishing Relationships

[mojobone]

I get it; we're artists and we must focus intently on our feelings so as to better portray them, in song and verse, but if we're in business, we're providing a service and like it or not, that can never be self-service; the mindset is 180 degrees out of phase, from an audio engineer's perspective. Nonetheless, introspection can be turned outward, with a shift of uh, perspective.

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If we stop reserving our empathy for the made-up characters in our stories and apply some to the folks who can buy our music, think what dividends it might pay. What I mean, the people that can do this job we're all applying for? We're geeks; we blew way past 'nerd' by the age of five, but I don't think we can separate knowing music from knowing people. Music is intrinsically manipulative, but if we're gonna lie, then we need to be on good terms with the truth; "to live outside the law, you must be honest", Dylan said it. Not Bob Dylan, Dylan Schwartz, a guy from Brooklyn that I just totally made up, though he's based on an actual guy from Brooklyn, that I met in boot camp,in the Navy.

[sansharbour]

So True......
When I was touring we used to play an original song about the islands
It went over hugely well

When the band folded I had an idea to call a particular airline (Ward Air) and offer it as an ad or a theme song for the company to attract people to go to the islands

I sent a letter to the CEO of the Airline.
I told him of this tune that had people singing a long and that if he was interested could we meet to listen to the song that might help increase business.

He sent me a reply on official Airline letterhead and said that he would be pleased to meet and give the song a listen.
There I am in his office and he liked the tune.......the live recording and peoples response

Unfortunately the company was in financial difficulty and went under shortly thereafter

BUT I got into his office by showing him what was in it for him not me