Have you ever thought about how much we trust paint?
I know, it sounds crazy… but think about it.
People routinely drive their car at a high rate of speed down the highway.
Some of the time they are separated by a strip of grass or even a cement barrier between the opposing lanes on the interstate.
Most of the time, however , (more…)
Have you ever wondered why the “standard” for a record for a “record” is ten songs?… I have.
SEVERAL years ago when I first started engineering and producing music, we recorded on 2″ tape. There were 2 speeds for the tape… 15 inches per second and 30 inches per second… guess how many minutes you could record on one reel of tape?…. 33:30…. that’s roughly ten 3 minute songs….
I don’t know of many people (none) that are still using tape… we are all using hard drives now with basically UNLIMITED record time… so, why is 10 songs still the standard?…
Zig Ziglar tells a story of these fleas that some scientists put into a jar and put the lid on the jar. The fleas would jump up and bang their tiny little heads on the top of the jar until one day, finally, they stopped jumping so high…. eventually, you could take the top off and NO FLEA would ever jump out!
With this new music economy, it makes me wonder if the top is not off the jar and we don’t realize it yet.
It makes me wonder:
Why would you put a song on your record that you didn’t think people would buy?
Why aren’t people recording 6 or 7 song recordings now… just charge less. (besides, the recording budget would be smaller)
How many more things are we doing that are not relevant today.
I really would love your input!
Kevin
Thank all of you for calling, texting and emailing to find out how Janna and I fared the tornado. Thankfully, no damage here. However, there was much damage just a “stones-throw” away.
I was in Franklin tracking a session for the Bumbaugh Family. Janna was at State Farm working (they spent most of the day under a desk). I was actually watching it on the news… I’m glad I didn’t see the video below or I probably would have been a little more nervous.
Here is the Path of Murfreesboro tornado.
and here are some links to YouTube footage of it.
(instead of me posting more, you can just look at the “related” part and see more.)
Also, Jason Oleham with Master Creations Photography took some stunning pictures of the aftermath too.
Tornadoes have always fascinated me… I don’t know why.. I guess their seemingly RANDOM power….
Do you have a story or links that you could share with me?… I’d appreciate it.
Here’s a few more pix from a friend of Janna’s at State Farm.
Below is a fitting song put to pictures.
I have a friend who is building a house… well, let me back track a bit.
I have a friend who wants to build a house. He has already moved once. He has to move again because the house he is moving into will have a year lease on it beginning in May. He has already put money down and is buying furniture and talking about “the house”.
The problem is: There is no house. They haven’t even cleared the land where the future house is going to sit.
People don’t have a problem referring to “the house” as though it already existed. Everybody knows that he has a vision of a house being built, and he is making strides toward having a house built. Nobody is questioning whether or not a house will be built. People just expect it.
I have NO DOUBT that my friend will happily be in his house this summer!
Wouldn’t it be cool if we believed that we were building a “career”, or building a “happy marriage” or building a “buying of an airplane”, or “building of a business”.
Is it really that different to See things as though they already were?
I was talking to a friend today. We were talking about the “new music business” and how it is changing. I had a 
thought to pop in my head. I said,
“I’m going to Kinko’s and get some business cards made… gonna be the best I’ve ever done. I’m gonna put my picture on it, its gonna be glossy on BOTH sides. I’ll have my address, email address, phone number, website, etc. I’m gonna do it right!…
I’m having 500 made and I’m gonna sell them for $15 each!”
CD’s are fast becoming business cards for what we really do. If you are an entertainer, or in the ministry, and your singing ability is the ONLY way you can connect with people, you may be in trouble.
The people buying your CDs are people. People love to hear good singers sing and good musicians play, but after they are entertained and go home, how do they connect to you after that?
Should I be afraid? I’ve talked to several people who have done this and became nauseous during the workout.
I’ll let you know!
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