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The best thing about COVID-19…
…also happens to be the worst thing about COVID 19! My biggest stress I have as a musician is the continual battle to land live gigs. It’s my #1 goal every year – “Play to more people, more often…LIVE!” It’s…
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Bases Loaded!!
Well that’s half of 2020 blown! Everyone having fun so far? My plans for 2020, like most people’s, have been someone destroyed so I ‘ve taken a few months to reset…I would pivot (buzz word of the month)…but, my ankles……
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I Jammed the Machine!
…not to be confused with ‘I jammed the Maschine” (geeky in-house joke). Being the process nerd that I am, I use a very systematic way of writing music, complete with Kanban wall (yeah, I know??) – here’s a pic of…
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Jam for money!
Actually, it’s more just – jam for jam. Not too much to report this month. Lock-downs has put paid to any great goals I had in trying to secure some live gigs in Sydney for this month, and the other…
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Seven Year Itch? Nah!
Seven years ago, I took the plunge and, after almost 15 years in the finance industry, dived headlong into the joys of music. The best decision I ever made. I’d would love to have made more progress in those 7…
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Real Holidays?
It’s quite strange that, now that I am a full time musician, I actually have way less real holiday time (or proper downtime for that matter). When I was a wage slave, I would get at least 20 working days…
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A splurge a day…
Creative writers swear by the habit of Morning Pages – three pages of longhand, stream of consciousness writing, ideally done first thing in the morning. Well, I do the musical equivalent of Morning Pages – daily Splurges….here: A splurge is…
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I think I deserve a B+
It’s that time of the year (actually, it’s 2 days later than that time) to take stock of how I went with my music goals for 2019. My Report Card is below. I think it’s about a B+! I had…
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2019 Pottz Scorecard…
…will be coming soon. I’ll be kicking off 2020 with a set on NYD at a private party, so right now I’m just chilling before the fun and games start on day #1 2020. I do want to wrap up…
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One more month…
Already December! Eek! I’m a bit behind my targeted track completion rate for November…for all the right reasons – I got to perform live at 3 gigs last month. And because I always try introduce some new music into every…
Steve Pottz 