Are You Thinking Small Enough?
If I were to try and become a famous rockstar (arguably the hardest thing in the world to become) here’s what I would do:
1. Find the SMALLEST town where people who are likely to appreciate my music hang out. (Or perhaps the smallest website community where people who are likely to appreciate my style of music hang out).
2. Get in front of that community and say something like “I’ll probably never be be known outside of this crowd, so I hope you like how I play” and then…
3. Play my damn hardest for those people as if they are the sole decider’s of the fate of my career (which they probably are).
4. Turn those people into raving fans (who hopefully talk about me with their friends and other people).
5. Don’t think beyond the crowd on front of me, no matter how small it may be.
6. Be happy even if only one person is listening (or even if no one is listening, and play for my own enjoyment).
Interesting note: I actually read “The Dirt” the story of Motley Crue, and you know what I discovered: those guys were rockstars before they were famous.
It’s just that no one knew it yet, besides them.
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