Finding Dory in an artist!
Artist, focus
I just assume
you have seen the movie “Finding Nemo”? Well in it you have the fish called
Dory with a very short memory and can easily be distracted by something shiny.
I was in a meeting with some industry people the other day and they compared
artists with Dory. Not so nice, but unfortunately very accurate.
you have seen the movie “Finding Nemo”? Well in it you have the fish called
Dory with a very short memory and can easily be distracted by something shiny.
I was in a meeting with some industry people the other day and they compared
artists with Dory. Not so nice, but unfortunately very accurate.
We where
talking about some artist that was not so active. And the solution was to
distract them with something shiny. But it must be something unharmful shiny
they added. The thing was that the artist is always looking for the next thing. If
they’re on a label and it’s not going in full speed (it seldom do, and when it
does they complain that it goes too fast) another label comes around and that
label works like shiny things for Dory, gets the artist full attention for a
little while. So, the dangerous part is that they would go with the new label,
but they need a shiny thing to keep going with the old label.
talking about some artist that was not so active. And the solution was to
distract them with something shiny. But it must be something unharmful shiny
they added. The thing was that the artist is always looking for the next thing. If
they’re on a label and it’s not going in full speed (it seldom do, and when it
does they complain that it goes too fast) another label comes around and that
label works like shiny things for Dory, gets the artist full attention for a
little while. So, the dangerous part is that they would go with the new label,
but they need a shiny thing to keep going with the old label.
It’s very
true. I see a lot of artists sitting on a label doing nothing, in the end, they
depart and they find a new label and suddenly all these things they were
supposed to do when they just sat on the sofa just adds on. But also, it’s usually
very short-lived. Like Dory has a short memory it’s the same with the activity
around these artists.
true. I see a lot of artists sitting on a label doing nothing, in the end, they
depart and they find a new label and suddenly all these things they were
supposed to do when they just sat on the sofa just adds on. But also, it’s usually
very short-lived. Like Dory has a short memory it’s the same with the activity
around these artists.
This is the reason I don’t like to take over a project from someone else. The short-lived
injection that just ends out in nothing. So, when I’m looking for new artists,
and yes, I do, we have some open spots on the company that we need to fill with
good things. I look for an artist that has a focus that is, longer then Dory’s
memory. The focus has to be there. I feel so many are not focused. They tell
you that their career is everything and they really want to work with music
full time. Still, they can’t take time off work for an important show. They hare
not willing to work hard to find the money to play abroad at an important
event. And they always have a hard time to find time to have a meeting with
you.
injection that just ends out in nothing. So, when I’m looking for new artists,
and yes, I do, we have some open spots on the company that we need to fill with
good things. I look for an artist that has a focus that is, longer then Dory’s
memory. The focus has to be there. I feel so many are not focused. They tell
you that their career is everything and they really want to work with music
full time. Still, they can’t take time off work for an important show. They hare
not willing to work hard to find the money to play abroad at an important
event. And they always have a hard time to find time to have a meeting with
you.
Clearly
something is holding the focus. To be in the position I’m in right now I wake up
every morning thinking of all the stuff I’m going to work with over the day. Today
it has been planning a huge gala on the other side of the world. Putting a
playlist for the radio station. Booking a festival for one of the bands. Answering
some emails around a license to a film and tv series that I’m involved with and listen
to some new artist that had applied to our festival. Shattered no focus? No
everything comes back to my career in the music industry. Scattered would be if
I spent time looking for furniture for my new summerhouse or thinking of things
of another job or worried about my car not matching my 40-year crisis. So yes, you
can be scattered but as an artist, everything you do has to come down to your
artist career.
something is holding the focus. To be in the position I’m in right now I wake up
every morning thinking of all the stuff I’m going to work with over the day. Today
it has been planning a huge gala on the other side of the world. Putting a
playlist for the radio station. Booking a festival for one of the bands. Answering
some emails around a license to a film and tv series that I’m involved with and listen
to some new artist that had applied to our festival. Shattered no focus? No
everything comes back to my career in the music industry. Scattered would be if
I spent time looking for furniture for my new summerhouse or thinking of things
of another job or worried about my car not matching my 40-year crisis. So yes, you
can be scattered but as an artist, everything you do has to come down to your
artist career.
