If you weren’t aware already, there are two parts to our mind, the conscious and the subconscious. Our conscious mind is what we’re very familiar with, we make decisions with it every minute of every day.
The issue is that it’s only a fraction of our total mind, it’s the subconscious that’s the real powerhouse!
The Power [...]

I know this is probably a thought which scares most musicians and in an ideal world, a musician could be left to be just that, a musician!
However, nowadays you need to get on with doing things yourself if anything is ever to happen.
I believe if you understand the business elements of running a band, you’ll [...]

In 2006, a little independent documentary titled “The Secret” started to spread like wildfire throughout the world.
It was so inspirational, it gave people a renewed hope in life because it claimed you could be, do or have anything in life, large claims huh?!
The Secret is all about the law of attraction, and if you [...]

I’m evaluating a multi-media course on blogging from the folks at Simpleology. For a while, they’re letting you snag it for free if you post about it on your blog.
It covers:

The best blogging techniques.
How to get traffic to your blog.
How to turn your blog into money.

I’ll let you know what I think once I’ve [...]

If you’re interested in improving your music promotion skills, there is a FREE full day workshop happening soon that’s fully funded by NZ Trade and Enterprise.
When: 17 Sept 2008, 9am – 4:30pm
Where: Waitakere Enterprise, 4 Henderson Valley Road, Henderson, Auckland
Check out the Music Marketing and Promotion Workshop brochure for more details and how to register.
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Discover [...]

On Tuesday night I had the chance to hear Dr Demartini speak for the second time, in support of his latest book titled ‘The Gratitude Effect’.
Of the many things he talked about, one of the key things was the idea of understanding the duality and balance that occurs in everything.
Everything is balanced
True gratitude comes from [...]

I was chatting to a young musician woman the other day at a bar explaining my philosophy on musician types. If you are a muso, what type are you?
Performer vs Creator
Imagine a scale with the performer on one end and the creator at the other. You might be one or the other or some shade [...]

I could not use my internet without this tool, it’s that good!
Roboform is a toolbar that remembers all your website, logins and passwords securely. It bookmarks and saves all your login details for facebook, myspace, online banking, emails, etc and anything else you use online and then allows you to re-access them in a single [...]

“Make Real Money On The Internet” by Stephen Pierce is a straight forward, helpful and informative 133 page read for anyone who is interested in learning how to use the internet to earn an income.
Its focus is to give you the bigger picture knowledge needed to establish an online business in any area of interest.
He [...]

As a follow on from my last post where we were exposed to the 5 lies indie musicians tell themselves, the fine people at MusicMarketing.com recorded a conference call they did to explore this topic further.
Not only do they elaborate much more on each of area, they provide some solutions too.
Listen to the MusicMarketing.com conference [...]