Dancing guy: check out: Leadership Lessons from the Dancing Guy by Derek Sivers. In the clip, a guy dances alone to some off camera musicians. Soon after, another dancer joins him. Then a third joins and now it’s more of a thing. Eventually a crowd rushes to be included. What does this say about leadership, or as Derek Sivers blogs about, what he calls the first follower. That second guy is the reason the first guy (with the good idea, or leadership) can continue…. leadership takes risk, so does following a leader. In the beginning you are both out there on a limb on your own. My take, I see this every day I
Read MoreResist the urge to punish everyone for one person’s mistake
Words of wisdom from Derek Sivers blog (daily thoughts for entrepreneurs and musicians): (if) You're lucky to own your own business. Life is good. You can't prevent bad things from happening. Learn to shrug. Resist the urge to punish everyone for one person’s mistake. In the moment, you're angry, and focusing only on that one awful person that did you wrong. Your thinking is clouded. You star
Read MoreLooking back on 2009 creating NYC Subway Girl
I never thought I'd be a street performer, my goals were always set for big concert halls and intimate high audio quality rooms, but things changed when I moved back to NYC in 1998 (I lived in France for many years), and found the whole club scene lacking. I started performing in the subway, got accepted into the Music Under New York program which gave me a comfort zone in which to schedule my performances. I never knew how it would make me feel, and it took a while to look beyond the notion that somehow performing in the subway meant the end of the line for my career (excuse the pun). Or a place-holder until the next step. This year I decided to try another angle on how to sell my music, and reestablish myself as a songwriter and showcase that I have more to share than just music. Trying to sell myself as Cathy Grier singer songwriter seemed a bit old school. With the internet and
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