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Hello, This is the eleventh installment of Sound Bites. Sound Bites-quality information in bite-size piecesis for anyone in or associated with the music industry who is in the pursuit of “living in the pocket” in all areas of their lives, on stage and off stage. I have received great praise throughout my life for my ability to find the most accurate, succinct and quality information about products, experiences, fun facts, you name it. With my affinity for research and the ability to compile the best of the best out there, I feel compelled to share my wealth of knowledge. Because I value your time, this newsletter intends to share my findings with you on a routine basis in digestible and curated morsels. Check out this week’s findings below! What I’m Listing To: Eric Clapton – From The Cradle Are you in or are you out? As creatives and having tendencies toward our right brain, committing to something can feel difficult. The advent of digital recording facilitated a multitude of creative possibilities. It also opened the door to not having to commit to musical decisions. Eric Clapton went all in on this record. He committed fully to the style and the process doing nothing but the blues AND cutting everything live on the floor with full band and vocals. This forces one to look at what is worth holding on to and when it is more valuable to let go of the perfect imperfections. After years and years of digesting blues records, I still come back to this one being one of my favorites. Check it out. For even deeper insight into Clapton’s thought process and feelings about this record check out the interviews below. Interview That Made Me Appreciate The Record So Much More Vibrational Frequency of This Record : 743 To know more about what that number represents : Click Here Want to hear more? Click Here for a playlist of music from this week and previous sound bites newsletters Performance I’ve Been Enjoying: Sara Bareilles – Saint Honesty – Live From Here What I’m Reading: The title speaks for itself but I would encourage you to take a deeper look and so would author Abdi Assadi. This book originally came to me when I was questioning everything about pursuing a spiritual path of any kind. It helped me that the book got testimonials from both Sheryl Crow and Sting who said: Shadows on the Path is not a self-help book. Nor is it one man’s spiritual diatribe. It is a glimpse into the depths of what it means to face one’s wounding and to hold the weight of it until it becomes weightless. It is a guide through the process of healing. This is a book that spoke to me on every level and has been a constant ever since. – Sheryl Crow, singer-songwriter Shadows on the Path is a word-bomb planted beneath the altar in the church of spiritual complacency, a grenade tossed into the fortified bunker of the ego, and a surgical laser to burn the clouds from the eyes of the unseeing. It is a dangerous book, only to be read with caution and by those ready and willing to wake up from the long sleep. – Sting, singer-songwriter Quote I’m Resonating With: “Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not. But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer. And your taste is why your work disappoints you. A lot of people never get past this phase, they quit. Most people I know who do interesting, creative work went through years of this. We know our work doesn’t have this special thing that we want it to have. We all go through this. And if you are just starting out or you are still in this phase, you gotta know it’s normal and the most important thing you can do is do a lot of work. Put yourself on a deadline so that every week you will finish one story. It is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions. And I took longer to figure out how to do this than anyone I’ve ever met. It’s gonna take awhile. It’s normal to take awhile. You’ve just gotta fight your way through.”
My Business: Source Science Sound – Consulting with musicians, bands, and artists in rewriting the music of their life until they are in a Sound State – sustainably doing what they love and loving what they do in all areas of life. Life can feel really challenging at times, we feel like the muse just left and we don’t understand why life is a mess and caving in on us. Sadly, there is a lot of misinformation out there that quietly steers our minds further into the darkness and leaves us feeling hopeless and aimlessly searching for answers. The universe and life isn’t intending to be cruel. It’s actually there telling us exactly what we need. We’ve just forgotten how to listen and transform the information into constructive and empowering actionable steps. Click here to book a session if you are feeling stuck or even just curious how much better life can get. I’d love to connect with you. Please give me feedback by replying to this newsletter or connecting with me through one of my social media platforms below. Which sound bite did you resonate with most? What do you want more or less of? Other suggestions? Let me know! Enjoy, SS
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