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Leadership Lessons from Jazz Musicians – Digital Cowboys
Musicians are smart, creative, and innovative thinkers despite what popular culture would have you believe. Too often, when we think of musicians, images from Spinal Tap come to mind, but this is not usually the case. Being a musician requires a mix of extreme creativity and logic, collaboration, listening and multi-tasking skills, and complete dedication - a mix that not many professions require.
Many entrepreneurs would do well to take up an instrument, as many of these skills are also required in business. Here’s a list of 11 leadership lessons to be learned from musicians:
Leadership Lessons from Jazz Musicians – Digital Cowboys
Blog - Musicians: You Don't Find A Manager, A Manager Finds You
This is a guest post by Ari Herstand and originally appeared on Ari's Take.Ari has played over 550 clubs, colleges and festivals around the country and has been a full time DIY musician for over 5 years. He has played with Ben Folds, Cake, Matt Nathanson, Ron Pope, Eric Hutchinson and Joshua Radin and has had songs featured on TV shows like One Tree Hill and various Showtime, MTV and VH1 shows. He writes a DIY music business advice blog, Ari's Take, based on his experiences as a DIY musician. You can follow Ari through his website, on Twitter, Facebook, or sign up to the Ari's Take email list.
One question artists often ask is "How can I get a manager?". This blog post by Ari Herstand is a very honest look at how/why managers get involved in an artist's career:
I've never had a manager. Don't take this as I never wanted one. I made it the goal of 2008 to find a manager. I didn't find one that year (but I did open for Ben Folds). I didn't find one in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and I'm still self managing my career myself (and have managed other bands as well).
Blog - Musicians: You Don't Find A Manager, A Manager Finds You
One question artists often ask is "How can I get a manager?". This blog post by Ari Herstand is a very honest look at how/why managers get involved in an artist's career:
I've never had a manager. Don't take this as I never wanted one. I made it the goal of 2008 to find a manager. I didn't find one that year (but I did open for Ben Folds). I didn't find one in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and I'm still self managing my career myself (and have managed other bands as well).
Blog - Musicians: You Don't Find A Manager, A Manager Finds You
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