What's next?
I'm sitting in my parents backyard in Laredo, Texas.
Just a few days ago we topped 15K in the Pledge Music Campaign (!!!!). I have a lot to do.
Photoshoots, graphic design, printing, tour planning, rehearsing.
With all the logistics on my plate, it'd be very - VERY easy to let art making fall by the wayside. I've been entirely focused on crowdfunding and the life of this record, and as a result, haven't really been writing.
Slowly, I've noticed my weird neurosis amping up: I hit refresh on my inbox, check my text messages, blindly scroll through Facebook.
When I don't write, I have a hard time sitting with myself. or worse. I eat 10,000 Oreos in one sitting.
I start resenting the logistical duties that I need to do to support my business, and drag my feet. That's when I know it's time to set the bar ridiculously low.
I've given myself a simple assignment: write one shitty verse a day. That's it.
You have to recognize when "perfect" becomes the enemy of "good".... and in this case, "good" has become the enemy of "done".
As a Pat Pattison put it - crap is the best fertilizer. So if you're feeling stuck: go make shitty art.
I'm sitting in my parents backyard in Laredo, Texas.
Just a few days ago we topped 15K in the Pledge Music Campaign (!!!!). I have a lot to do.
Photoshoots, graphic design, printing, tour planning, rehearsing.
With all the logistics on my plate, it'd be very - VERY easy to let art making fall by the wayside. I've been entirely focused on crowdfunding and the life of this record, and as a result, haven't really been writing.
Slowly, I've noticed my weird neurosis amping up: I hit refresh on my inbox, check my text messages, blindly scroll through Facebook.
When I don't write, I have a hard time sitting with myself. or worse. I eat 10,000 Oreos in one sitting.
I start resenting the logistical duties that I need to do to support my business, and drag my feet. That's when I know it's time to set the bar ridiculously low.
I've given myself a simple assignment: write one shitty verse a day. That's it.
You have to recognize when "perfect" becomes the enemy of "good".... and in this case, "good" has become the enemy of "done".
As a Pat Pattison put it - crap is the best fertilizer. So if you're feeling stuck: go make shitty art.
