Dear PSUW,
Ariel of Ariel Publicity has come out with this new article on goal-setting for 2011, and I think it’s so good, I’m passing on to anyone who isn’t on her list:
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http://arielpublicity.com/2011/02/03/a-musicians-guide-to-setting-and-achieving-goals-for-2011/
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Good luck with this.
Here are a few added considerations…
GIVE YOURSELF TIME TO THINK AND REFLECT as you map out your goals. Most people balk at goal setting because it takes time – and it does. I like Ariel’s final comment, which is to go easy on you. It takes some reflection to figure out what might make a difference to your career. Most of us on the musical path in any professional sense are easily overwhelmed by the many pieces of the puzzle. Give yourself a night, a weekend, a week to put into writing your goals and action plans.
GET OTHERS TO HELP YOU. To get some free and friendly ‘objective’ feedback, pull in your bandmates and set your respective and/or coordinated goals together. Or get together with a group of artists and do the same.
I know one artist in Edmonton, AB, Canada who meets with a group of musical friends monthly, and they help one another with their efforts in marketing their music by simply talking about what they’re doing…in a context that is relaxed and fun.
REGULAR REVIEW OF GOALS IS A CRITICAL STEP THAT IS OFTEN FORGOTTEN. Plan to review your progress at the end of February or March…to see how you’re doing. And good luck! Sometimes all it takes is that one thing.
SEEK INSPIRATION. Go see other bands perform. Go be where other musicians are and where the music is. Support the very industry you are a part of…by actively joining an association, if there is one in your area. Get to know people. It is a people business. That’s how I actually landed a TV synchronization deal once…by being in the right place at the right time, familiar to the decision makers. That’s how a lot of stuff happens.
FINALLY, THERE’S SOMETHING NICE ABOUT MAKING YOUR PERSONAL HEALTH A PRIORITY…A LOT OF OTHER THINGS COME INTO FOCUS, TOO…bad habits, good habits, mental laziness, tricks of logic, the quality of your life and what you want that to be. Don’t dupe yourself. Live the way you want to live. And know what that is.
Best wishes,
Lorelei Loveridge, Founder/Rabble Rouser of PSUW
