It Only Takes a Spark
This
is how my new record Bonfires began. It was an idea in my head,
a spark. Over time it went through its own
micro-evolution. From nothing to paper to
microphones to you. My plan is for this website to
do the same. I want to try a wide variety of things
and then boil them down to their essence. I have
been reading and learning from so many sources that
I thought many of you might find as fascinating as I
do. If not please skip this post and go outside and
enjoy the sun/clouds/rain/snow.
Anything worth making part of your life is more often than not worth passing on. That will be the idea behind the Pass it on section of this website. It will be a mashup of things I have learned or enjoyed that I want to share with you.
Right now it is just a page of an Amazon "aStore" that I have been experimenting with but it will be expanding soon. It will include records/songs I love, books, films, recording gear and techniques and maybe much more. Or none of that and just a photo of a light bulb. That is the future and I will not predict what will be. Lets talk about what is.
One of the books I just finished and plan on reading over and over is Made to Stick. It applies in so many ways to the basics of what I am trying to do but there was one story that really fits here.
In the book they talk about a group of UCLA students asked to work on a problem in their lives. There were three groups. One was a control group that did nothing. One was a group asked to focus on what they would feel like when the problem was resolved. The last group was asked to think about how the problem had come to be.
The surprising result of this was that the group that was asked to ponder how the problem came to be felt much better about it that those who simply imagined feeling better. They were also more likely to have taken steps to do something about it.
"The past does not influence me; I influence it. - Willem de Kooning
One of the people I have been learning from is Andrew Dubber. His E-book is great read about music online. One of his first and I think key ideas is that the music industry has not changed, it is changing. This was a simple statement that put me on the right track. I felt like Ian Rogers of Yahoo! Media had been reading my notebook when I read his post Talking to the Music Industry Again. I do of course realize I have really been reading his as he was one of Blenders Top 25 Powergeeks.
Anyway this is the kind of thing that has been on my mind. I am going to gather as many solid ideas as I can and put them in context (this website).So If you or someone you know can benefit from learning more about these ideas, pass it on.
