A bit of sightseeing, two new ugly sodas and no desserts in Africa.
Thursday, February 28, 2019
Wednesday, February 27, 2019
Peter goes to Nairobi Day 3
On day three it's a photo shoot on the roof. Learning Swahili and going to the embassy.
Tuesday, February 26, 2019
Peter goes to Nairobi Day 2
Peter goes on a radio interview, try beer and coffee and in thee end do a romantic move.
Monday, February 25, 2019
Peter goes to Nairobi Day 1
Yes, the Vlog is in full swing. Here is my trip to Nairobi and ONGEA festival. Since the whole movie is 30 min I cut it down to days with around 5 min each.
Thursday, February 21, 2019
Risk is part of the game.
If you start a company you have to in most cases invest money. Let say you have opened up a small shop selling clothes. It goes pretty good. Suddenly you get an opportunity to get a good spot in the top of the busiest streets in town. You also get to double your floor space. It's a great opportunity. Of course, you need to invest in the new store if you took the space. You would have to buy more inventory, hire more staff and with expansion, you have to do PR for your new location.
A lot of work and risk as well.
You can be safe just keep your old shop and just keep going. Or take the chance and start something bigger.
Would you expect the landlord of the new space to get you the store free from rent in 6 months? I mean you take a risk by moving there!
Of course not, and most didn't think that would work. In the first place, the landlord doesn't give a damn of your risk. He has space and takes a risk by not having it rented out. And you are a risk too. If you fail your expansion you might quit and he has to look for another tenant and that can make him lose money.
This is pretty simple stuff, huh?
Why on earth is that so hard to grasp around an artist career? Yes, you need to invest to make your career bigger. The more risk the faster. No risk at all and you keep it on the same small level.
Think about the big store as a showcase festival. No, they don't want to hear your whining on investment. They can easily replace you like the landlord can choose tenant. Yes if you are important its a different story. If it is an apple store being opened the landlord probably can let it go free in a couple of months for longer contact. But you are not, you are the small store getting an opportunity.
Can the landlord tell you that it will be risk-free to move in? Or if it is the best choice?
Of course not. It's a risk that the street change and people go in other directions. Or people buying things online and they won't visit your store. No one knows if it is worth it, it's a gut feeling. Best choice? Well, maybe you get an offer from an even better location pretty soon. But it has taken you four years just to get this offer, so it's not likely that it will happen. Same here you have to have a gut feeling.
Same with a showcase festival. No one will know ahead what the outcome will be. You have to have a gut feeling, a mind to take a risk and be a doer to get something done.
No, we don't care that you take a risk. The day you have grown big the less risk you have to calculate. But stop nagging around it. You don't hear shopkeeper going around complaining around the risk they take. To them it's natural. It should be natural for you too.
A lot of work and risk as well.
You can be safe just keep your old shop and just keep going. Or take the chance and start something bigger.
Would you expect the landlord of the new space to get you the store free from rent in 6 months? I mean you take a risk by moving there!
Of course not, and most didn't think that would work. In the first place, the landlord doesn't give a damn of your risk. He has space and takes a risk by not having it rented out. And you are a risk too. If you fail your expansion you might quit and he has to look for another tenant and that can make him lose money.
This is pretty simple stuff, huh?
Why on earth is that so hard to grasp around an artist career? Yes, you need to invest to make your career bigger. The more risk the faster. No risk at all and you keep it on the same small level.
Think about the big store as a showcase festival. No, they don't want to hear your whining on investment. They can easily replace you like the landlord can choose tenant. Yes if you are important its a different story. If it is an apple store being opened the landlord probably can let it go free in a couple of months for longer contact. But you are not, you are the small store getting an opportunity.
Can the landlord tell you that it will be risk-free to move in? Or if it is the best choice?
Of course not. It's a risk that the street change and people go in other directions. Or people buying things online and they won't visit your store. No one knows if it is worth it, it's a gut feeling. Best choice? Well, maybe you get an offer from an even better location pretty soon. But it has taken you four years just to get this offer, so it's not likely that it will happen. Same here you have to have a gut feeling.
Same with a showcase festival. No one will know ahead what the outcome will be. You have to have a gut feeling, a mind to take a risk and be a doer to get something done.
No, we don't care that you take a risk. The day you have grown big the less risk you have to calculate. But stop nagging around it. You don't hear shopkeeper going around complaining around the risk they take. To them it's natural. It should be natural for you too.
Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Take chance on me.
I have an artist friend really complaining that he never got any chances. The industry was never giving him a break. If he just got the chance he would show what he was made of.
The nagging went on and on. Suddenly I had the opportunity that he had been nagging about. Since he had been talking about how he needed it I sent off a message telling a bit what it was and we should take a meeting to discuss further.
In my world, this is an easy one. You are presented what you been looking for, I would jump on that. But not him. He had great trouble to find a time to meet with me. Okay, I'm a busy person and travel a lot but I gave him three different time slots.
Since this what he sought you usually arrange so you can take those meetings. He just came back with excuses like he had to watch his children on Saturday. On Monday he had to go his normal job. Thursday was hard since his best friend had a party.
I just gave up and told him to tell me a time and we can see if he could match it.
Of course he never really came back with a time. I just remember it since I just saw him in a post on Facebook going on that he never get any breaks from the industry.
The nagging went on and on. Suddenly I had the opportunity that he had been nagging about. Since he had been talking about how he needed it I sent off a message telling a bit what it was and we should take a meeting to discuss further.
In my world, this is an easy one. You are presented what you been looking for, I would jump on that. But not him. He had great trouble to find a time to meet with me. Okay, I'm a busy person and travel a lot but I gave him three different time slots.
Since this what he sought you usually arrange so you can take those meetings. He just came back with excuses like he had to watch his children on Saturday. On Monday he had to go his normal job. Thursday was hard since his best friend had a party.
I just gave up and told him to tell me a time and we can see if he could match it.
Of course he never really came back with a time. I just remember it since I just saw him in a post on Facebook going on that he never get any breaks from the industry.
Tuesday, February 19, 2019
This industry is 100% or nothing.
Is it possible to have a Skype with you on Saturday? The whole band can be on than on other days we work.
I can't meet that time because I pick up my kids from school.
We can't play there I have a family vacation to attend.
I have seen so many variations on these sentences. All tell me that your career is just not in the focus, something else is occupying your life.
It might sound harsh to tell someone to give up their children to make a career. It is, and you should not do that. What you have to understand is that you can't make it so do it as a hobby. What the industry is looking for is the people that want it so bad that they actually give up kids, family, work to be on that stage.
Also if you have a job where you can't get off for 20 min for a important phone call. I bet you are in deep-shit when your career starts and you have to ask to be away for weeks.
Or even that you ask for my advice its not important or prioritized enough to take those 20 min off.
What i read it, it tells me direct that you don't have what it takes. To many think they can work a little bit until it becomes so big that you can live out of it. Sorry its not the case, then it is a hobby and stays a hobby.
It's all or nothing. Its better you stay on your safe 9 to 5 work and get your life around that.
The industry don't care if you are picking up your kids on day care. They don't want to have meetings on the weekend just because the band is free then. They will not adopt the tour schedule around your kids birthday.
When you are at the top you can get this. But to get there you just have to give all or nothing.
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