A hundred actors on stage
Imagine you’re in the audience of a play, and there are a hundred actors on stage.
Which ones would stand out? Which ones would you remember?
It’s not necessarily the loudest or most hyperactive. Maybe you’d be drawn to the woman with the long black hair, half-hidden, standing silently at the edge of the stage.
Now you, as a musician, are one of the actors on that over-crowded stage.
Would you stand out? Would people know what you represent, at a glance?
Be identifiable, so that people who want you can find you in the crowd.
(Though don’t forget: the most memorable actor would be the one that talks with you after the show.)
I am myself on stage as off. I give kisses and throw kisses to certain ones. Each person get some gesture from me that I think fits there facial expression at the time.
Smart story. ITs got me thinking.
Derek, with a small text you can get people to think ... very good
In everyday I get free coffees and other perks from sales staff. This is because I stand out by being more polite, more cheerful, more brightening of their day. ...Surely I could apply this to business people and gatekeepers in the music industry.
My preparation for standing out is simply that I set my intention to help. I tell myself ( if I were to put it in words) that maybe the clerks have sore feet, have been feeling bored, are desperate to break up the sameness of their day, are longing for a kind word. I know that's what I would want.
Jewel sang it first: In the end, only kindness matters. (These hands)
The fact that I get free stuff documents that I must be doing something right.