TEM Coaching Chat: The One Character Trait That Makes Any Deficiency Manageable

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This week’s TEM Coaching Chat is all about not blending in. I touched on the following:

  • Thanking every single one of you for helping me get to 250 episodes

  • A great quote from Eric Branner in TEM250

  • Why enthusiasm trumps just about any shortcomings

  • What to look for when partnering with someone for a project or partnership

  • Getting the right people on the bus

Enjoy!

TEM Coaching Chat: Don't blend in

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This week’s TEM Coaching Chat is all about not blending in. I touched on the following:

  • A 60-second clip from TBJ182 featuring Jeff Curnow of The Philadelphia Orchestra about his time with the legendary Empire Brass

  • How Empire Brass stood out from other brass quintets and chamber ensembles

  • The various ways a musician can stand out

Enjoy!

TEM Coaching Chat: The power of routine

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This week’s TEM Coaching Chat is all about the power of routine. I touched on the following:

  • A passage from my upcoming book about the power of routine

  • An awesome quote by author W. Somerset Maugham about inspiration

  • The uber-productive year I had writing blog posts and the specific parameters I laid out that led to that success

  • Why goals need to be attainable but we need to be sure not to undersell what we are capable of

I also kick this off with a very quick musical holiday tribute to my late mentor, Sam Pilafian.

Enjoy!

TEM Coaching Chat: Why you're not charging enough for lessons

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This week’s TEM Coaching Chat is all about pricing lessons. I touched on the following:

  • A story of a store that accidentally doubled the price of jewelry they couldn’t sell for months and then it sold out in a week

  • Why not charging much for lessons or any service is a form of hiding

  • Why being the cheapest option isn’t the best way to break into a new market

  • If no one thinks you’re charging too much then you’re not charging enough

Enjoy!

TEM Coaching Chat: The difference between motivation and inspiration

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I am going to start streaming each week on Tuesdays on the TEM YouTube channel and TEM Facebook page with some thoughts on navigating a portfolio career.

This first one features my thoughts on the difference between motivation and inspiration (and why motivation is NOT the first step but the end result.)

And it also features about 30 seconds of me laying down some tuba at the very beginning of the stream.

Enjoy!

Introducing TEM Coaching Chats!

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We at Pedal Note Media have recently jumped into the deep end on multistreaming which is kind of exciting! We signed up for a service called Castr which enables us to live stream simultaneously to multiple Facebook pages as well as to YouTube.

Last night I kicked off what will be a series of live series called TEM Coaching Chats.

The first one was me riffing on a passage from the incredible new Derek Sivers book, Your Music and People. In this passage, he shares some thoughts on networking. But he has a slightly different take on it than you frequently hear.

He stresses the importance of setting aside time to nurture the relationships with the people who are already in your network rather than only trying to widen the net all of the time. It’s great, actionable advice.

This TEM Coaching Chat is only about 7 minutes long. Below the video is a transcription of a short clip.

Hope you enjoy!

TEM Coaching Chats feature thoughts on making art the world can't live without, finding your audience, and how to prepare yourself for tomorrow's music busin...

“Business has been so weird or non-existent in Covid, in 2020. There are a lot of people who I would usually speak to regularly who I have not spoken to in quite some time, who I would regularly play with or be in the same room as and that has not happened because of Covid.

Reach out to somebody. Seek out their content. If it's good, tell them! If it's good, tell other people! If somebody who is a contact, whether it's a close contact or just a superficial one, puts something out into the world in the form of music or a YouTube video or you name it, and it resonates with you, tell the world! Tag them! They're gonna be really happy that you did.

Send them a message saying ‘I know I've been up and down creatively during this time and it's impressive that you are still doing what you're doing on a regular basis.’ Send them a note. I guarantee you it's gonna make their day. And they are going to keep you in mind and recommend you to people who they feel need to be exposed to what you're putting out into the world if there was a mutual respect there to begin with.

So yes, try and expand your network. But also make sure you spend some intentional time that is set aside to nurture your already existing network.”