Pull Ups  – Exercise has to be convenient for me or it doesn’t happen.  So, before I grab a shower in the morning and before bed, I do some push ups and pull ups.  I also do air squats and a nice bit of stretching all over.  The only equipment I need is the bar […]

Samantha & Hamburger –  I’d caught a cold as the seasons changed.  With each change, new opportunities to learn present themselves.  This is where I learned about mice. My neighbor noticed I’d left in several days and came round to check on me.  I answered the door with a smile and half a hairdo, grateful […]

Podcast Converter –  Part of my job as the CEO of Exploration is to identify media to administer (e.g. manage the copyrights, resolve inevitable ownership conflicts, and account / pay royalties).  Until recently, our clients consisted exclusively of music publishers, record labels, and TV/Film companies. But I’m always on the hunt for new verticals… I got to thinking…there […]

Tim Ferriss –  There hasn’t been an author/creator to have a larger impact on my life than Tim Ferriss. I first found him via his first book – The Four Hour Work Week – https://www.amazon.com/4-Hour-Workweek-Escape-Live-Anywhere/dp/0307465357/ . — where I learned how to use outsourcing and systems to free me up for more work or other things I […]

Happiness Check List –  I have suffered from depression for the entirety of my known life. When I was younger it caused pretty significant fall out, as I didn’t have facility to deal with it.  My only recourse was time…some amount of time would elapse and I would feel better.  This made a lot of things […]

5 Points – 26 –  I’ve published my 5 Points newsletter installation for 6 months.  My initial goal was to commit to the effort for 10 weeks…and when I met that with relative ease, I just kept going. So, why am I even doing this?  I’ve been asked this question a number of times.  A few […]

GenuisScan  –  Someone recently told me via their iPhone that they would get the a countersigned contract back to me next week because they were on the road.  Then I made a frown face. It would seem to reason that in the business of getting contracts signed, countersigned, and returned such that a deal is memorialized…that […]

I am speaking at Music Biz 2018 in Nashville next week –  This conference may be considered one of the most important music business conferences of the year, this particular stanza being the 60th. Successfully Managing Your Releases: Best Practices and Obligations for the Independent Label or Artist Successfully releasing your music as an independent […]

Scratch –  I do not have children, but if I did, I think I would want them to learn certain things.  I would want them to be kind and empathetic and tolerant.  And I would make sure they ample opportunity to read and write and understand maths.  Among many other other things. I would definitely expose […]