Almost over now just have the final New Years Push .. and you know what that means…. New Year’s Resolutions. So I am Setting Goals and being the geek that I am I will need to track them online for the world to see 😛
The Music Card
Wow that went better than I thought. Normally I would give a card out at a show with a Code on it. Feel free to try it out click on the image above and use this Code “123456”
Blog traffic?
Saw a peak in blog stats, comming from this site… Hmmm
Drop Cards
I want to give my audience a take away from the show. Something that they take home that drives them to my site. The Buttons are fun but I question how well the’re working. That’s where Drop Cards come in. A Drop Card is a card with a code. Enter the code on the site and get a digital download. There are companies that do this but they have drawbacks. first, the cards average .50 per card 10X the cost of 1″ buttons. AND they take the user AWAY from your site to redeem. That’s counter productive in my opinion. So I am starting to attempt to build this myself. I have built a code generation engine and generated 32,000 dumped that into a mySQL database on my site .. that Was the esay part. Next is the web interface. This is where I will likely peter out. let’ wait and see.
Good morning
Monday, eh pttth
Motivation is at an all time low. Maybe I’ll clean my cubicle to get me started.
Don’t really have much to say I just posted a long post on my other blog http://acousticats.wordpress.com guess I could have put this on twitter http://www.twitter.com/ronnie
What now?
Yesterday before I went to the polls I made one last run over my local voting guide making sure that I had an opinion on each minor office candidate. Then I watched online video from both presidential candidates to make a final evaluation of my political leanings. What happened next was a suprise to me. I was inspired. The video that inspired me was a July 2nd call to service speach from Obama at the Airforce Academy. As I reflected on my thoughts about the race leading up to election day I realized it allot of it was based more on my negetive feelings towards the Bush administration. But this call to service was truely inspiring. And I have a Republican office rival to thank. Our local right wing pundent sent me a link of Obama being taken out of context. so I found the entire video and forwarded it back to him. This video is what inspired me. So now what? Today I have a strong need to give back. to contribute to the good of all americans. My newyears resolution is to Follow our new president’s lead and find a way that I can serve and I really feel this is one that I will keep.
TED
Lately I have been watching Ted Talks topics from green fules and politics of energy to the recount of a brain surgeon recounting her stroke. And I have to tell you all that these bite sized talks from the worlds great thinkers are as thought provoking as they are entertaining. go and watch http://www.ted.com then leave a comment and tell me what you think.
I-Tunes Sucks
Feeling a little torn today I love my Ipod it is sleek sexy and even smells good (that’s another story) But I can only interface with it through Itunes. and that program is a slug. oh and don’t get me started on the DRM. It’s like I have this 57 gibson Les Paul in mint condition and I keep it in a cardboard box taped together with duct tape. Or a brand new Porche Boxter that I keep parked under a sappy walnut tree in late summer. I have only ever purchaced 3 songs that I have downloaded from Itunes (free cards from starbucks) I don’t need or desire the itunes store. I wish I had a simpler interface like I had with my i-River you plug it in and it looks like a hard drive to your computer and you just drag the friggin files to it. SIMPLE. ArRg!
Another day, wishing it away
It’s Tuesday, just another Tuesday morning. 6:30am and I’m looking forward to 5:00 as if there were nothing worth wile in between. I find myself here in this mind set more and more… Waiting.
Another day, Wishing it away.
It used to be that I couldn’t wait to wake up. It used to be that my work would fill me up. It used to be but not lately it seems. I find my self here now.. Waiting
Another day, Wishing it away.
and when the weekend comes it’s like another world. and when the weekend comes I get to reset and recharge. to prepare for another week of… waiting
Another day, Wishing it away.
Where to?
In terms of my music I like to express myself in metaphors.. If what you do in life is a Taxi cab that takes you to a destination, Then I have been driving around the block with the meter running for years. Every once in a while I get an idea of where I want to go but then when that left turn comes I turn right because that’s the way I have been taking since I started….and I end up going around the block again.
Maybe I have been listening to too many PR people, Maybe I haven’t been paying attention. But lately I have been hearing the same thing from every source. “A successful Plan will be a success” “Set a goal and lay out the steps it will take to get there”
Plan for success? There’s a thought.. But before I can make a plan for success I need to define what success is for me and that’s where I go south. How do I ask for what I want if I can’t even decide what I want?
Excuse me while I think out loud
Success = ARRRG!
Success = …..
Success is Musical, Happy, Profitable, Sustainable, Fulfilling, Service to others,Friendship, Community involvement, success is doing something I am good at. Confident
I have an idea of what it might look like but I still don’t have a goal.
So let’s break it down
Musical: Playing music, writing music, promoting music, promoting musicians, Music production, live music production.
Happy: Content, Playing music, Parties,events
Profitable: gigs, Paydays, sales, services
sustainable: subscriptions, repeat customers, fans, products,licensing,royalties,services
Fulfilling: Service , community, fame.
Got to get to work touch on this again later.