Dear Talent,
I am pleased to announce that my new book, Strike the Right Chord—A DIY Guide to Global Success in Today’s Music Industry, has been published. http://MyBook.to/strc
This book is dedicated to Singer-Songwriters, Songwriters, Musicians, and any Musical Talent from all backgrounds and upbringings, with a particular compassion for those who might share a deeply rooted and specific emotional pain of not previously being able to develop their natural musical talents to their full potential and launch a successful music career. One of the principle reasons this tragedy might exist is because their budding musical talents were often presented to parents or mentors whose worst fear was that their child would be “throwing their life away” or “risking a life of poverty and suffering” if they ever went into anything concerning the arts. These parents love their children and want to protect them, as good parents do. Unfortunately, in an effort that could be described as tough-love-gone wrong, they may have been too harsh, or dismissive, or even verbally abusive—either undermining their child’s musical gifts by telling them they weren’t any good when they were good, or using comments like, “You’re dreaming” or “Stop dreaming,” and speaking in a very cruel tone at a time when children should be dreaming.
This is a book you can share with your family and friends, showing them that it is possible to succeed in music—even asking them to help you and be proud of you along your journey. I have written and curated it to provide everything a music artist needs to become successful, both professionally and personally.
Whether a child has now reached the age of 18 or 60, they have often suffered a cognitive dissonance and sadness where being told to “wake up and get a real job” is constantly in conflict with their musical calling—causing them to struggle and feel like failures at the notion of doing either.
The internal conflict gets in the way too much, and self-esteem dangerously suffers in all areas of their lives because, despite the parents’ or mentors’ best efforts to guide the child in what they believed was the right direction, the methods, tactics and tones they used might have made the child grow up feeling unloved or unworthy. Some of these adult children experienced arrested development, made poor choices when choosing friends, and have never been able to get their lives balanced and working correctly. This book is designed to assist in turning this tragedy into a personal or professional victory for each and every one of these musical children, including the grown-up ones.
That’s the heart of this book—and it is dedicated to you, dear artist.