tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71061774268553367762024-03-05T03:10:08.458-08:00Business Strategist-"PROVIDING HEALTHY SOLUTIONS FOR CREATIVE MINDS"Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15491493926434902084noreply@blogger.comBlogger121125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106177426855336776.post-69978533622841987882013-08-07T15:30:00.000-07:002013-08-07T15:30:00.923-07:004 weeks for you!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are all born with creativity. It is the way each of us express, differentiate, and excel at what we do.</span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-4tSaUXD-_XLEVmIUfrFXQq12avbVDRU2ds-HE8zuPgIPa7xN0XjJ5XuYqGyY5LRBAx8SRECoWIHiPCKtu52WIQhtY-1LGev1ytAeSordmhj0TDMd8wPW4ts30d4LQJqaOWZqpbm-2qsu/s1600/two+paths.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-4tSaUXD-_XLEVmIUfrFXQq12avbVDRU2ds-HE8zuPgIPa7xN0XjJ5XuYqGyY5LRBAx8SRECoWIHiPCKtu52WIQhtY-1LGev1ytAeSordmhj0TDMd8wPW4ts30d4LQJqaOWZqpbm-2qsu/s320/two+paths.jpg" width="320" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Depending upon your cultural, social beliefs, and upbringing, you have either been encouraged or discouraged to express your creativity. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Individual challenges occur when we reach cross roads in our journey.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> These are opportunities to clear away old bad habits and distractions that we have been tripping over for years.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">s it time to </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">take on the project that you have been dreaming of?</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Perhaps you have spent a career doing something you were told was a good career and now you want to consider how to take all the skills you have amassed and create a "new you" doing something YOU love.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; color: #330033; font-family: Carme, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px;"><em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>“Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you.”</b> ~Oprah Winfrey</em></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>This is a 4 week program-</b> We meet in a one on one session for 1 hour each week.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Depending upon the agreed upon objectives specific to YOUR individual needs, I will guide our discussions to address your creative challenges and opportunities in a structured, safe, environment.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Each week you will be given specific take away exercises to work on during the week which will act as building blocks to help you address, barriers, re-engage, or develop your creative self. This is the perfect opportunity for you to get out of your head, into action, with support when you have a breakthrough or blockade.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Who should attend?</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Artists or creative wannabe's who have the desire, willingness and commitment to connect with themselves and others , develop and nurture your creative self in a healthy, safe, and supportive environment.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>When and Where</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Berkeley / San Francisco locations available. Weekly meetings are generally scheduled between </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">9a-6pm Mo-Sat. Dates, times and location will be confirmed based upon schedule availability. *During typical sessions we meet for coffee, lunch, or a walk for </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">face to face consultations and workshops.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Meetings can be scheduled ANYWHERE in the world- contact me to discuss details and pricing outside Berkeley / SF area for both face to face and Skye options.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Limited Availability! </b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The number of spaces and discounted pricing a limited time offering!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Full Registration is required when you sign up to guarantee your space for: Four- one hour break through consultations.</span><br />
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Attract the type of customers you want!
-Lifestyle Rebalancing
-Branding / clarity
-Transition planning- Helping you get to and through your next phase
-Developing additional revenue streams
-Artist Development / Coaching
-Social Media Management
One time consultations
Monthly Programs
Short term projects
Long term assignments
www.tamraengle.com info@guitartam.com
</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15491493926434902084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106177426855336776.post-61596068643543066252013-04-17T16:33:00.000-07:002013-04-18T10:11:29.714-07:00Do or do not...<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The biggest challenge is often simply getting started.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You or others around you may question
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once you are under way, you are often diverted with competing
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The <a href="http://www.baa.org/">Boston Marathon </a> is a
huge “project” for a individual to take on- without any horrific distractions.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When you compete in marathon distance races, you are
committing to hours and hours of running.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>26.2 miles is a long enough distance that you can’t “fake
it”, meaning if you were a active and healthy individual you could probably drop into your neighborhood 5- 10k or <i>maybe</i> even a 1/2 marathon, race and finish, It might not be pretty, and you would feel pretty sore to run between 3-13 miles with little training, but you could "fake it".</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Running your body for 26.2 miles, that means running four 6.2 mile 10k's in a row. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It also means you have worked
out the physical stamina needed, your dietary requirements, and often the
biggest piece of the puzzle, the mental component. Staying focused, motivated, and listening to your body.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once those big pieces are taken care of what if you have set your sights on competing at the</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Boston Marathon?</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> It is a championship race that requires qualifying race times and requirements for runners to compete.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> It's too much to "fake it" you have to be prepared and have done the hard work just to get there. Then you have to face the actual event. Obsticles? yup, hills? you bet several, your body? the distance, sometimes the weather, all take their toll. Regardless of your finishing time your tired when your feet cross over the finish line. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With the prolonged mental and physical drain it is VERY easy to get distracted,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and in the unthinkable instance of the 117<sup>th</sup> running of the
Boston Marathon bombs were laid at the finish line.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">During the first explosion, you see a 78 yr old runner Bill Eliff being
knocked to his feet. </span><br />
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guarentee you this runner, who had 3 Boston's already under his belt did not include bombs exploding on the side
of the course when he was preparing for this event. Despite the tremendous distraction and diversion of 2 bombs exploding, <a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/04/15/177393410/boston-blast-man-knocked-over-by-explosion-got-up-finished-race">he completed the race.</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We run, ride, race, create music, art, and new products to
make our lives “better”- while completing our big projects, we like to cheer
others <i>like us</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> on!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Together WE push forward.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> It didn't occur to Bill to not finish the race, he had already come so far. (!!!)</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There will always be barriers trying to stop us from what we
are driven to do, I can't bear to dwell on the horrific nature of the loss, and to have a beautiful historic tradition used as a platform for some depraved bullies attempt to interupt the successes of others.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I do believe we creatures, try most days to love, protect, and
challenge each other, and when things get hard we cheer each other on to be the
best we can be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> As a old friend reminds me </span>“Do…or
do not, there is no try”-<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yoda<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Bill Iffrig: http://media.kens5.com/images/470*264/0415bill_iffrig.jpg</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Start something big: vemo.com</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Peace Train: cat Stevens via dailymotion.com</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Lack the courage to start- tamra engle</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Attract the type of customers you want!
-Lifestyle Rebalancing
-Branding / clarity
-Transition planning- Helping you get to and through your next phase
-Developing additional revenue streams
-Artist Development / Coaching
-Social Media Management
One time consultations
Monthly Programs
Short term projects
Long term assignments
www.tamraengle.com info@guitartam.com
</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15491493926434902084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106177426855336776.post-67132085173103554272013-04-03T13:03:00.000-07:002013-04-04T16:38:04.154-07:00Tour or travel planning?<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">During spring time I notice 3 types of people.</span><br />
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<b>Business Travelers</b>- Road warriors who are home often enough to collect their bills, then off to the next client.</span><br />
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<b>Tour Preperation</b>- Artists preparing for summer tours- Local, regional, and North American travel, in cars, vans, busses, planes, and trains.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you spend any amount of time "on the road" you have certainly experienced a wide variety of places to eat, sleep, while trying to get to the next location, it can get ugly really fast!</span><br />
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Sometimes we get so focused upon the destination we forget "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #212121; font-weight: 300; line-height: 38px;">la gioia è nel giro</span> " Italian for "the Joy is in the ride". </span><br />
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When your planning your next great adventure, whether it is for business or pleasure- think about the amount of time you are going to be spending traveling? </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What are your eating? Where are you sleeping? And what are your physical activity needs are during that time? When driving, do you get out and stretch and walk around every few hours? or did you not plan your drive time well, and your racing non stop to get to the next town?</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Are you making good food choices while you are traveling? Drinking enough water? or are you falling victim to what ever pre-packaged, motel fast food that is filled with fat, sugar, and calorie or portion sizes that are enough to feed two people, and your "system" is outta whack for a week. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Whether you are a artist touring, a business traveler, or your bringing the whole dang family with you for a outdoor adventure. You are physically hauling more things with you. Suitcases, food, equipment and everyone's toys. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Most things are heavier, and shoved into tight spaces requiring you to bend over, or stand in a awkward position reaching above your head. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If your a woman are you physically strong enough to lift 30-50 lbs above your head? Most women can't lift 20 lbs over their heads! Do you ever come home from a trip and feel trashed or get sick? </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Being trashed or sick totally defeats the idea of "getting away".</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Your supposed to come back home feeling relaxed not in a deeper hole than when you left! </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> If your traveling for business, you ALWAYS have a pile of work waiting for you when you get back, If your too sick to get back to it, then your gonna feel really stressed out, trying to play catch up.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Stop coming home from a tour or business trip sick, or from a conference with another "bug".</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If your new gig is going to put you on the road more often, and your goal is to really "kill it" then get serious and think about it like you are "training" for your job. Lifestyle guides can assist you with everything from project management helping with travel planning to making recommendations for proper meal and exercise planning to insure you get the most out of your travel time by staying healthy!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some additional reading about travel and health:</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://bethegarden.blogspot.com/2013/04/human-foie-gras-anyone.html"> http://bethegarden.blogspot.com/2013/04/human-foie-gras-anyone.html</a></span><br />
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15491493926434902084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106177426855336776.post-2736855150475174552013-03-22T16:03:00.000-07:002013-03-22T16:07:09.261-07:00Meet the new baby!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The past two years the customers that have been referred to me most, have me individuals and business's who need(ed) assistance re-branding- or transitioning on to the next big thing in their lives.</span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwlKQSaz6FqTtG-n3EYJltjzqOLb7gATBfUfpXRes5j2HdfrjMEtxFkpGHIkpJsVXq6B-NrZ-MYlogqcyHlHwK5hubXntQ4DP3gn7Pv5XPS4DwnoXCfUNGVlJVp0jO0lO3w19CSkyhR2SF/s1600/whatzNext.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwlKQSaz6FqTtG-n3EYJltjzqOLb7gATBfUfpXRes5j2HdfrjMEtxFkpGHIkpJsVXq6B-NrZ-MYlogqcyHlHwK5hubXntQ4DP3gn7Pv5XPS4DwnoXCfUNGVlJVp0jO0lO3w19CSkyhR2SF/s200/whatzNext.jpg" title="Whats next- credit: GuitarTam- Tamra Engle 2013" width="200" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As I began working with these individuals everyone had gone through several MAJOR life changing events. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These are times that I call "book mark" moments, the starting or ending of a relationship, job, or home. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />Re-branding, re-discovery, re-birth, or mid-life crisis, what ever you choose to call it. What every label you want to put on it, every human has chapters in their lives, and you as the authors of your story get to decide which path's and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">directions</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">you choose to take within the chapters.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When I am in a personal transition time, I use these times to assess where I am at, evaluate the tools I know how to use, and refine how I am using them, or add additional skills to my tool box to help my clients do the same, so they can achieve the goals they imagine.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My ongoing evolution has branched out into a new Lifestyle Blog titled</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://bethegarden.blogspot.com/2013/03/your-inner-garden-vol1.html"> "Be the Garden" </a> In this new forum, I will share tips, recipes, interviews and articles each week about people like you who are successful business owners, managing a busy household, and like to play hard! If your interested learning ways to keep yourself and your family reclaiming health, sanity and balance to your lives, then you can <a href="http://bethegarden.blogspot.com/2013/03/your-inner-garden-vol1.html">"Be the Garden" </a>and use this as a launching off point for a new way of living! Greener, with more space for the things that are important to you. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If your interested in meeting for a private or group consultation or workshop let me know:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Be the garden direct link: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Walter Turncoat';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><b><a href="http://bethegarden.blogspot.com/"> http://bethegarden.blogspot.com/</a></b></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Attract the type of customers you want!
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15491493926434902084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106177426855336776.post-55716833515802851152013-03-18T15:45:00.000-07:002013-03-19T11:10:15.797-07:00Sorry, I've been swamped!!....How often have you heard or used this "excuse" for not responding to someone?<br />
"I am sorry but I have been swamped!" Swamped is a term used to describe a feeling. It is a feeling brought about by overwhelmed thinking. When we use this phrase on others, deep down we feel it will gain us sympathy, and acknowledgement of our stressful situation.<br />
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Have you heard or used these phrases " I'm feeling down" or " I can't seem to do anything right"?<br />
Have you ever worked on a project with someone that simply complained about the job, the boss, or co-workers? Perhaps they go on to say how they can "never get everything done". When your surrounded by it, you soak it in and start to believe it, and pretty soon, you find you are also a "victim" in the "habit" of "being swamped", and find you are never getting things completely done.<br />
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Forget your bad habits, Try embracing these terms "Get over it" Rise above it", even "I'm on top of it!"<br />
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Look at the words you use to communicate. Make a list of phrases that you use frequently, if your spending your time and energy talking about why you can't do things, I bet you have a long list of things that are not getting done.<br />
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When you create your list of priorities for the day, is there realistically enough time to complete the tasks you have on the list? Or, do you need to need to make modifications to realistically complete the tasks in a high quality way that you feel good about?<br />
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Communicate with others on your team who depend upon you to complete the task(s) by a specific time, or if you need help learning how to better manage your time, put your ego aside and bring in a professional to help you move out of this "phase" of not accomplishing.<br />
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Sometimes life does toss in delays and distractions. How you choose to handle them will affect your success, and your relationship with those you interact with.<br />
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How have you gotten out of "being swamped?" let us know in the comment section-<br />
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References: Swamped: http://dictionary.reference.com/slang/swamped<br />
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15491493926434902084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106177426855336776.post-57127426950107840222013-03-04T22:20:00.004-08:002013-03-04T22:20:26.660-08:00How you gonna love somebody else?<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>"Honey, if you can't love yourself,</i></b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><i> how the hell you gonna love somebody else?"</i></b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RuPaul's_Drag_Race"> RuPaul</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Glamazon entertainer </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Do you love</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>your</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">product or service?</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Does it excite you? </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Think about the last time you purchased something that really made you feel: cool, hip, efficient, skinny, smarter, or super excited? </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>*Extra bonus if what ever it was made you feel ALL those things!). </i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Whether buying the latest technology tool, to having the cool ride you have always dreamed about when you are parting with your hard earned cash, especially for a big ticket item, you are doing so because something has REALLY motivated you to do it. Ideally your motivation isn't because the washing machine has suddenly gone ka-put.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If your product or service doesn't make you feel excited, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; clear: left; color: black; display: inline !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">then it certainly wont make your customers feel that way either.</span></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcapiFgXpsQEhhgcOkogLCgFviIH4ANvGp1JYYEIjXdGz05QhtMaQZGJpbi8xVsGsqwasDIjfxWNuAY5LgQfV5tRiybBX-9x31QbZ7S2_KUL8yu6x69jPjwQFifv5QM8MEdh7pHyDToqF_/s1600/not+excited.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcapiFgXpsQEhhgcOkogLCgFviIH4ANvGp1JYYEIjXdGz05QhtMaQZGJpbi8xVsGsqwasDIjfxWNuAY5LgQfV5tRiybBX-9x31QbZ7S2_KUL8yu6x69jPjwQFifv5QM8MEdh7pHyDToqF_/s200/not+excited.jpg" width="180" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some people prefer easy, you can spot them a mile away, they expect they, their product, or idea will be discovered and wealth will rain down upon them. When it doesn't, they are bitching, making a great deal of noise and waste energy, yet never do anything about it. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b> If your not creating-your not moving forward </b>and certainly will be frustrated by staying stuck in the same place day after day, after month, after year...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If your tired of being comfortable and standing in the little circle, labeled "your comfort zone" </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Take action right now by joining others who want to create and move forward and if your ready I can connect you with someone that provides solutions for creative minds like yours.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Attract the type of customers you want!
-Lifestyle Rebalancing
-Branding / clarity
-Transition planning- Helping you get to and through your next phase
-Developing additional revenue streams
-Artist Development / Coaching
-Social Media Management
One time consultations
Monthly Programs
Short term projects
Long term assignments
www.tamraengle.com info@guitartam.com
</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15491493926434902084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106177426855336776.post-45850902034794993682013-03-01T13:32:00.001-08:002013-03-01T15:08:41.974-08:00Don't forget to unplug tonight!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Starting at Sunset March 1st through March 2nd it is National Un-plugged day.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A day where Americans are urged to "un-plug" from electronic devices. The news of this latest "holiday" made me chuckle. In our home we have had scheduled "Un-plug" days and weekends, Our vacations are generally speaking "un-plugged" affairs. Why? We found ourselves under a constant barrage of negative and sensationalized news in social media, daily paper, and old school television and movies- Everyone had a microphone and was screaming out the mundane, horrific in a constant wave of information.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We found ourselves stressed out, not sleeping well, our diet and exercise program had kinda been kicked to the curb because we just didn't have time, and were too tired.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As Individuals we often forget that WE control our environments. We get so distracted by all the crap swirling around us, that we get bogged down in habits and routines that are easy, and don't challenge us. We become complacent</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and soon we find ourselves like gold fish circling the drain. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> As we stopped and looked around, we realized we both felt like we were trapped in a environment that we didn't like and really didn't like how we FELT!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With our little electronic iFriends and Droid buddies in hand, we are constantly switching between a variety of tasks, when bing, we are off to the next distraction. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They have done studies to show that humans are <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95256794">NOT good at multi-tasking</a>. When you are constantly switching tasks, your brain's processing center who's job is to help you focus and learn new information is being used up by being constantly redirected from one task to the next, to another....</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Instead of flitting back and forth try finishing something then moving on.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have a list of items at the beginning of the day, that I need to complete, Finish a task THEN move on to the next, when you complete one thing before moving on to the next you will find you have more completed tasks vs having several unfinished things on your plate.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Unplug from the madness! </span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We set some boundaries in our home to help us reclaim sanity and balance back into our lives. It has resulted in us losing weight, feeling better, and reconnecting with friends and colleges, which keeps work humming. Get creative, in your home environment you have endless distractions- take a play from Mr. Rodgers, put on a sweater, or jacket that is your "work jacket", Mentally it is a reminder that you are in "work mode", when you stop to take a break, take off the jacket.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here are some other tips to help you reclaim some balance in your life, be more productive and enjoy more "unplugged time" </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1) <u>No cellphones, Pads, or computers in the bedroom </u>(ever!)- Have your phone in any other room and turn your notifications OFF after 9pm. The bedroom is for resting, and is a intimate sanctuary, respect it and protect it, you will sleep better I promise you!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2)<u> Vacation destinations-</u> Plan your next trip where there is no cell coverage- Take a day trip, weekend, or vacation with a friend- We have a country filled with National, State and Regional parks that are beautiful resources to educate you about our local natural resources, learn ways that you can be a better "neighbor" walk through them with a 2 or 4 legged friend, Your soul will thank you. You may not be able to help yourself from snapping a few pictures to post online LATER!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3) <u>Business meetings- </u> I schedule meetings when ever possible as hikes, or walks.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Just the act of getting out of the office and walking to the corner cafe, changes your perspective and gets your body moving. Re framing who you are is key to your success, when you walk hold your head high, don't look down, take deep breaths and be grateful for being able to enjoy this simple yet beautiful action, it's a free gift you can give a friend too!</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd_Kboi4gzZ2nD-AWlFOWBPB0DjaqhDiL6dcw9_ezWJ4Yke4jodxBvIZ5Lo8FFeocXYUURDE8zpU3fnUhZzO_IxDP2s2Hwk4MH0KUDoYcndqmJ6h57gD83QXkbHJAiIWz-DJtCgDsa5drx/s1600/IMG_0215.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd_Kboi4gzZ2nD-AWlFOWBPB0DjaqhDiL6dcw9_ezWJ4Yke4jodxBvIZ5Lo8FFeocXYUURDE8zpU3fnUhZzO_IxDP2s2Hwk4MH0KUDoYcndqmJ6h57gD83QXkbHJAiIWz-DJtCgDsa5drx/s320/IMG_0215.jpg" width="320" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5) Get up and MOVE!- I don't need to link to a article here for you to know the benefit of exercise. Make yourself walk at lunch or meet a friend for a walk in the morning before or after work!. Make yourself do this every day for one month. I promise you will feel better at the end of 30 days and have a healthy habit that will help you feel great!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6) Call someone in your contact list- (before you unplug) Schedule time to get together face to face- for a cuppa joe, or to be your partner in crime for #5. People are looking for a reason to get out and not be glued to their electronic leash- reconnect face to face. You will develop relationships and find your personal, professional, and spiritual life are filled in wonderful ways that you hadn't imagined!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now, if you'll excuse me I have a new client to meet, we are going for a walk to discuss a new project they are excited to get started on and were going to do it with out any electronic leashes.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Attract the type of customers you want!
-Lifestyle Rebalancing
-Branding / clarity
-Transition planning- Helping you get to and through your next phase
-Developing additional revenue streams
-Artist Development / Coaching
-Social Media Management
One time consultations
Monthly Programs
Short term projects
Long term assignments
www.tamraengle.com info@guitartam.com
</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15491493926434902084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106177426855336776.post-74390795072953506892012-10-13T14:28:00.000-07:002012-10-13T14:29:50.501-07:00Are you challenging yourself?<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ask yourself, Are the efforts of each individual / area of your organization being devoted to the same general purpose?</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Do you see area's where improvements can be made? </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Being self employed you always have to have a hand in the current project you are working on, while the other hand is busy looking for new business. Each year you dedicated to personal improvement and skill development.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Taking a thought or idea and moving it into a tactical plan allows you to create your own Battleplan. When done correctly, a tactical battle plan considers where you are currently and identifies the "what" and "where" to advance your actions toward your business's purpose.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We often focus on trying to identify lofty goal above us, often without much work or planning,</span></div>
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15491493926434902084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106177426855336776.post-50518267960520607292012-05-27T14:35:00.002-07:002012-05-28T12:21:46.067-07:00Take your business on the road!<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Part of this month's series on Touring (taking your business on the road)</em> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When you own your own successful business, you have to be entreprenueral, resourceful, creative, market, and be able to supply product to support the demand of your advertising.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">While growing you have to be able to do all that AND that the "show" on the road. What ever business sector your in, or the products you produce, service you provide you need to market your wares, if your a musician you go on tour, others mayhave a booth at fairs, business expos, or larger industry conventions.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Your little "store front" Whether a large tech vendor debuting at the consumer electronic show in Las Vegas or your own D.I.Y. goods at a local community event. In these locations you provide your prospective customers a visual impression of what your product or service is like, and what sized market you are targeting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">This past weekend, I met a young entrepreneur named Hunter.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">I was just arriving with my musical gear to perform at a local farmers market.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"> For me, the farmers markets are a great way for me to encourage others to support their local farmers, I am lucky enough to meet wonderful folks in the community, and I get to play music for a couple of hours and go home with armloads of organic fresh fruit and veggies that my family gets to enjoy that week.</span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGI_Yq7fnDM-BXH7edcF0Nv3SGbFXXPQZYDAuuz8WMIqzftsrEdLUZLEVYtqMMMYnj-Q5F7jJ585Xrd5z-T1NJOLYNXi3VUn4A9tzHE6Cs41p9PYMhKUkEeBQRvI6dMDdgFNsfF3w18vlj/s1600/hunter" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGI_Yq7fnDM-BXH7edcF0Nv3SGbFXXPQZYDAuuz8WMIqzftsrEdLUZLEVYtqMMMYnj-Q5F7jJ585Xrd5z-T1NJOLYNXi3VUn4A9tzHE6Cs41p9PYMhKUkEeBQRvI6dMDdgFNsfF3w18vlj/s320/hunter" width="240" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial;">Just outside the entrance of the farmers market. I noticed a meticulously assembled 1/4 scale booth made with stained and sanded wood and cooragated tin, On a polished wooden counter top a high quality hand juicer that you would see at La Sur Table sat next to a large crock bowl filled with bright yellow, plump lemons, next to a clear sealed container w/ what appeared to be sugar glistening in the morning sun, Seated on the corner of the counter was a 5 gallon igloo water jug. The printed sign indicated this was Hunters Lemonaide Stand, </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">and for $1 I could get a fresh squeezed cup of lemonaide (sweetened to taste). </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">A bright blue summer umbrella shaded the vendor from what promised to be a sun soaked, hot day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"> As I was passing, I recalled lemonaide stands when I was a kid, none of them met the high quality standards of this stand. A well groomed young man stood behind the stand, slowly wiping down the polished wood counter of his stand. At 9:30 in the morning while many of us are still slurping our morning coffee, this young man was ready for business. I asked him if he was Hunter, and this was his stand? He smiled and said "Yes, it is!" Hunter appeared to be 9 or 10 I asked him if this was his first job? He said "I sold Lemonaide before, but I had to hand squeeze the lemons. My customers didnt' like to wait, that long for a glass of lemonaide, so I bought the best hand juicer I could find on Amazon". He said he knew that "the time I was saving with the new juicer, allows me to serve 4 or 5 more customers during the same amount of time!" I was really struck by how he knew he could increase his customer satisfaction, which had a direct positive impact on his sales. I asked him what he was saving for now? "I want a iPad, and my dad says I have to save, and buy it myself". I thought of how my dad told me he would help me buy my first car, but I had to save money for insurance, and to pay for 1/2.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">I was really impressed that this young man had already realized the importance of:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">1) <u>Identifying a need</u>- he took advantage of the hot summer weather, in a location where people were walking around specifically to buy food and snacks, have a low cost, high value item that most people would love!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">2)<u>Presentation matters: </u> Without a word being exchanged, I saw a very well constructed booth, with shiny clean bowls and juicer located in a place that I knew had fresh organic ingredients.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">3) <u>Have the BEST quality: </u>Hunter focused on the important details to capture the attention of a potential audience, and had quality ingredients to back it up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I really wanted to help Hunter get his iPad, I introduced myself and told him, I have a very loud Microphone, and I'm going to tell the shoppers to come buy lemonaide from your stand! He thanked me, and I wished him luck!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Two and a half hours later, I was leaving the farmers market and I noticed a line of about 7 customers at Hunter's Lemonaide stand- I waved as I went by and asked him how his day was.... Hunter was grinning and said "Thank you very much for saying something about my stand!".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">As I was passing by I saw a man standing in the shade about 10 feet away from Hunter, he was waving me over to him. I assumed this was Hunter's dad. As I came over, he shook my hand and said He wanted to say thanks for saying something about Hunters stand. I was happy to help, since Hunter was working hard, and saving for somthing important. I said it appeared that Hunter had a good day. The dad laughed and said "Hunter, usually does pretty well, when he does these things" I shared that it was a good job for a kid to pick up a few bucks. I figured he probably made $50. Hunter's dad laughed " A couple bucks? Hunter, looks like he's gonna clear almost $500 when he finishes with this group.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">I was blown away that this kid had done so well in just a few hours. I felt lucky to have met a young person who had it so figured out, It was a testiment to some good "teachers" guiding him, and also a testiment to his hard work.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">I drove home with a smile on my face, realizing today Hunter was a example of a independent business owner doing something really well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">We can all take a lesson from young Hunter, when brining our business on the road. You never get a chance to make a first impression. Bring and present your best in your product or service. Know your market and go to them, have sufficent inventory to meet demand and repeat.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Does your business need help taking it on the road, or a gentle facelift? Or perhaps you have a "special project" that you need managing?</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There isn’t any questions that you are working hard if your
a independent artist</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Summer is heating up</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">-</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> W</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">hether you’re a local, regional, or nationally touring musician, your plans must certainly include playing shows so the world can hear, and fall in love with
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Summer is
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time of year for artists- Farmers Markets, Festivals, Fairs, House Concerts and
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finish writing more material, then
organize the band and get
your chops sounding great, while you
perfect your performance so your show is mind blowing to watch! Then, you need to duplicate your new works of art so your fans can “take
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to haul your gear to and from the gig. When your on the road you are hauling your
gear to and from the gig,<i> after </i>sitting in your car, truck, or van for hours on
end, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> if your lucky you are able to sleep in a quiet room with a nice bed every night your gone.</span><br />
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no sleep, and cruddy food, start to take their toll on you. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> You may find yourself coming home from
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the hiring management company that you are not up to the job, you will have missed a huge opportunity and not even known it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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not have health or dental insurance for themselves, or their equipment feeling
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You may not feel like you can afford monthly insurance premiums, but you cannot afford NOT to get your annual medical and dental examinations. The few hundred dollars you would spend on your annual dental and medical exams *are all expenses that can be written off in your <a href="http://outright.com/blog/when-are-health-expenses-a-tax-write-off/">annual taxes! </a><a href="http://outright.com/blog/when-are-health-expenses-a-tax-write-off/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">(1)</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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caught in <a href="http://dentistry.about.com/od/dentalhealth/tp/reasonsdenclean.htm">early stages</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">(2)</span></span></div>
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the health issues we are facing today are in some way connected to stress,
economic, family, and work related
pressures all take their toll on us, and manifest themselves in a variety of ways. Do you find you have chronic sinus infections, fatigue, or persistent cough, or allergies? they can all be signs of unbalance in your life. Recent studies have linked heart
attacks and stroke to gum disease. By simply having your teeth cleaned you could
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standard office visit to your doctor and dentist, and flossing every day is much cheaper that a trip to the Emergency Room. So give yourself the gift of a longer life, save your hard earned money, by spending on the prevention, the price tag of a cure is higher than many can pay.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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10,000 health insurance products
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needed resources and assistance. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">(1) http://outright.com/blog/when-are-health-expenses-a-tax-write-off/</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">(2) http://dentistry.about.com/od/dentalhealth/tp/reasonsdenclean.htm</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">www.kp.org</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">www.ehealthinsurance.com</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">www.musicianhealthinsurance.com</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">www.grammy.org/musicares</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As we approach the pinnacle the next stop through the
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><u>CONCEPTION:</u></b><span style="font-weight: normal;"> By combining our identity, inspiration
and vision, committing our intention, and creating a design, model, or outline
to form our creative expression. Our idea’s are conceived
and in this mix of idea’s and intentions a creative “baby” given life-it may be
expressed in acting, or in a new song, new item in your merchandise line, or
exploring a new creative genre, like painting, fashion design, or ??? your
imagination is limitless!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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steps to put our creative babies out into the world then what? We want everyone to love our babies as
much as we do! We dream of the
masses loving what we have created, and imagine thousands, even millions of
copies of our “creative babies” to be in the hands and hearts of “our people”.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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review. Every process and step in
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Are their any
steps in the creative process that you feel you need to clarify or develop
further? If you look at <u>your</u>
creative pyramid, if you are not starting with a strong sense of identity and
how you relate to your market, it will have a direct impact on everything you
hope to build upon.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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actual example of the creative process in work with a local San Francisco bay area artist named <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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singer/songwriter/ model, she is now exploring painting as part of her creative
journey. I sat down with
Nkechi after her audition for the
X-Factor to discuss her evolution as a artist, The journey of accepting herself as a creative, and what it
was like going through the audition
for a Network Television show.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><b>(TE)How did your background help you prepare for an open
casting call event?</b></span><span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">(N)-As an actor and model I am used to the “waiting” part of
long auditions.</span><span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(TE)What was your inspiration for auditioning for the X
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">(N)My sister suggested it. And then I decided to highlight the
obvious. I believe every individual is a unique creation of God, which I
translate to mean we are all God’s X Factors in our own lives. </span><span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #39103e;"><b>(TE)Do you set goals for yourself as a artist or as part of
your creative business?</b></span><span style="color: #39103e;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">(N)Before this year, (2012) not so much. This year, very much
so.</span><span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">(N)Being on a network television show by 2015 is one of my
goals.</span><span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">(N)I am used to riding the feelings of anticipation that build
up before an audition when you are really going for something with all you are.</span><span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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before your audition:</b></span><span style="color: #154dbc;"><a href="http://youtu.be/qqthLzo0JbM">http://youtu.be/qqthLzo0JbM</a></span><span style="color: #39103e;"><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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(TE)Were there any surprises during the audition process?<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-weight: normal;">(N)I was surprised to see how many fellow local bay area artists
were there to go for it as well. I love San Francisco as a (creative)
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process?</span></b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">(N)In a snapshot it is a cattle call. We were at the cow palace
after all! But in a way you are “just a number” assigned to a seat and then you
hope that your mini performance plus a big dose of providence enable you
to stand out enough to get called back.</span><span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><b>(TE)How much preparation did you do to prepare for your
audition?</b></span><span style="color: #1a1a1a;"> A few days.</span><span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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me. An original artist developing my sound and figuring out how much I
feel called to make music. I sang a medley of “Tonight” by fun and Amazing
Grace. After not making it to round 2 I did a little second guessing as
to whether I should have gone for an original but I shook that off and made a
decision on steps to take in approaching a future opportunity.</span><span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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to make sure I was presenting the truest expression of my artistic voice.</span><span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">(N)I got inspired in a bigger way than before. I learned
that my purpose has always involved being an entertainer although I’ve doubted
this for most of my life.</span><span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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goal? </b></span><span style="color: #1a1a1a;"> (N)-Pace yourself
and enjoy the process. Where you start as an artist may not be where you
end up, but as long as you are expressing your true essence you will be a
winner. "Pursue your art! Whatever it is. If you want to sing, then
sing! If you want to paint, paint"</span><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>(TE) I have watched you fearlessly and enthusiastically
explore a variety of creative genres, acting, singing, and writing. Have you
always accepted yourself as a artist?</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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am made. I am a beautiful child of God, and so are you. After much pain,
life experience and a quasi identity crisis I have come accept God’s purpose
for me in sharing his love through music and art. Music and art moves people
and helps people get through life experiences they don’t have words for.
I appreciate this now and want to give back what I have been given. I
pray that my music will stir people in the way others’ music has moved
me. I am a work in progress, but knowing this now has added tremendous
peace to my life.</span></span></div>
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your journey and evolution through the creative process as a artist! We wish you the best success going forward, and sharing your inspiration with our
readers!</span></b><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk-ektd0Xlpw3Ju5RFE6lECgwjldcgemuzuB6ZdN_CJImRNb3rqaLU8AzAazdS5LttbbWHBvjjwSv1VFFydFxBomW1gpbSjNvnqFWTgjC7zMKCvXOFLbh6fyAxnNuKCW7DWZt8OBv73emL/s1600/giving.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk-ektd0Xlpw3Ju5RFE6lECgwjldcgemuzuB6ZdN_CJImRNb3rqaLU8AzAazdS5LttbbWHBvjjwSv1VFFydFxBomW1gpbSjNvnqFWTgjC7zMKCvXOFLbh6fyAxnNuKCW7DWZt8OBv73emL/s320/giving.jpg" width="303" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The 1st quarter of the year is behind us.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Are you on track to earn what you planned?</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Do you feel confident you will achieve what you want this year?</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />What projects have you completed?</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Are you happy with your progress so far?</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i><u>Would it help if you could- </u></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Discuss your idea's and priorities with another artist and business executive?</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>GET THE ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ABOUT</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">-Artist Branding-Development</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">-Project Management</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">-Owning- Starting or Growing your business</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">-Lifestyle Re-focus, Balance</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">-Business Planning</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">-Identifying and overcoming roadblocks</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>STOP FEELING OVERWHELMED!</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> After a initial consultation you will walk away with a lots of ideas and recommendations to get you back on track-</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Or let me help you launch your next creative project or business!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE MEET?</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> My clients live all around the world- in every time zone- Each relationship is unique, based upon your own personality, and priorities.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> Our initial consultation is a 1 hour meeting. We meet in a environment that is conducive to effectively communicating </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">within the confines of your busy schedule. I recommend a environment conducive to having a conversation, often simply going for a walk or coffee, to be in a neutral environment, to help obtain key background information.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I often travel to client locations for project work and short term assignments. I work with individuals and large corporations, and successfully completed projects with a budgets up to $10 million Dollars (US).</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In addition to face to face meetings, we have a variety of tools to stay in touch based upon the clients needs.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i><b>Why you want me on your team</b></i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In over 25 yrs I have gathered the tools to take a idea from conception to develop a successful business model.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Consulting with new and established business owners with strategies to identify, launch, or develop new revenue generating models to maximize </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">your earning potential, or help you develop the type of creative business and brand that attracts investors, and representation.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">-Professional studio Musician</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">-National Touring Musician (U.S/Mexico)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">-Project Management (PMI certified)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">-Business Operations for organizations from individuals, start up to fortune 500 organizations-</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">-Reviewed and consulted in Not for Profit environments</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">-Aquisitions and investor sales.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">-Coaching and developing businesses and brands with a focus on lifestyle balance</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Workshops</b> for your group or small business.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">All clients are in my <b>referral network</b>, I help connect you to partners appropriate for helping you meet your goals, and create collaborative opportunities.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">If you are passionate about your creative career and also believe in preserving our environment, and keeping music and arts education accessible to school age children, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">then we already have quite a bit in common!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Working together we can accomplish anything we properly plan for- I offer you enthusiasm, encouragement, and the experience to help you achieve.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How do you bring your creative vision into reality in a
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Before you get stuck on that road, you will want to ask yourself if you have
the time, resources, and money, to realize your vision? </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If your writing a song, it could take you only :45 minutes- just like quick Mick Jagger
when he penned Brown Sugar</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">(1)</span> </sup></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, or it may be 5 years</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">(2)</span></sup></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
the reported amount of time Leonard Cohen took to create the masterpiece
“Hallelujah”.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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for me, is like creating little babies, some of them come quick, and
others take their time, you just can’t rush them being born- each one comes out when
it’s darned good and ready!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Make a mental determination</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> whether you have the time, resources, or financing</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> to
commit or not commit your “intention” to your creative endeavor.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is where the rubber hits the road, the point in time
where you combine your inspiration and identity with your vision, to create a
draft, proto-type, or model of your creative composition. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The design phase is where thoughts, ideas, doodles, and
plans converge to be arranged, tested and edited with the ultimate goal of
mirroring what was imagined in the creators mind.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Can you think of examples where a design fell short of your
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Apple a company not known for many failed products has had a
couple of missed opportunities, the Mac Newton (1993) which I believe was one
of the 1<sup>st</sup> PDA’s on the market, Priced higher than most computers at
the time the $700 Newton drew barbs for it’s poor handwriting recognition. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A more recent tech miss was <a href="http://youtu.be/MKKK6FH1vGw-">Nintindo's Virtual Boy</a> Anything but portable and easy to
use. If you blinked you may have missed this one!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<sup>(1</sup><span style="color: windowtext;"><sup>) </sup></span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 8pt;"><i>They started running
down Brown Sugar the first night, but they didn't get a take. I watched
Mick write the lyrics. It took him maybe forty-five minutes; it was disgusting.
He wrote it down as fast as he could move his hand. I'd never seen anything
like it. He had one of those yellow legal pads, and he'd write a verse a page,
just write a verse and then turn the page, and when he had three pages filled,
they started to cut it. It was amazing!<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15491493926434902084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106177426855336776.post-49824828050588844752012-04-16T08:15:00.000-07:002012-04-16T08:15:58.896-07:00Inspiration and Vision<br />
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continue our steps through the creative process pyramid we being with the spark that
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literal meaning “breathed upon” has spiritual origins of both Helenistic and Hebrew roots, both sharing the universal belief that a divine one breathed the inspiration upon us.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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inspires us to create? </b>It varies by individual, ask 5 of your friends or colleges and I bet you'll get 5 different answers. Some have found solace in a
clear bubbling mountain stream, others in watching a sunrise or sunset. Perhaps
hearing how a particular melody, verse or story is written </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">alters how you hear music going forward.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Who among us hasn't felt of the joy or heartache from another human, or 4 legged friend. </span></div>
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connitation, it suggests
fleeting moment that a creative spark or moment occurs- A Divine
Presence. You generally don’t think of a “inspiration” being a long lingering
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emotional fulfillment is a powerful force that when combined with your personal
<a href="http://guitartam.blogspot.com/2012/04/creative-process-pt-2-of-monthly-series.html">identity </a> is the spark and burining flame of your creative process.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When inspiration hits you, it can be a sudden jolt, like walking around seeing in dull grey's and suddenly seeing in vivid color. Much like taking dark glasses off when your outside in a beautiful bright sunny garden.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But what do you plan to do with this creative inspiration?</span><br />
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Vision:</b><span style="font-weight: normal;"> is the destination you are headed to, are you creating a record label, or clothing line? or does your Vision incorporate other ideas? </span><span style="color: #262626;"> Writing down a concise statement about your overall creative direction of your business, doesn’t tell you how you’re
going to get there, it is a blue print that sets the direction for your
business planning.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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and combine it with our inspiration tied together with our vision, then magic really begins to happen. Your spark and
burning desire can spread, and catch others up in the wave of excitement.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A beautiful recent example of combining identity, Inspiration, and vision features a astonishing 9
yr old entrepreneur named Caine
Monroy who lives in East LA. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In
this video Director Nirvan Mullick introduces us to Caine, who is
armed with his passion,
inspiration, vision and a few
cardboard boxes, gives and gains personal fulfillment by achieving
his vision, and living his dream of “just getting 1 customer”. Enjoy this video, If you have ever "dreamed" this will resonate with you, even inspire you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When life is puffed into us, we are born artists, some of us
enthusiastically embrace this fact, others may have their creative urges
stuffed into a little corner and don’t ever go “play there”. I like to think
they are the grumpy jerks that cut you off when your driving, individuals mad
at the world.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0e0e0e;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>who we are</i></span></span></div>
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Personal Brand- is what you as a individual are putting out to the world. To
have a successful creative career you need to have a clear understanding of
your Identity or who YOU are, then, you can watch the magic that happens when
you align your public brand, what people see, with your core values.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0e0e0e;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Your
core values are the things in life that determine your tastes and thoughts, it
is where social, political, and religious beliefs are held. As children growing up, our parents and
any religious experiences we have heavily influence our values and identity. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0e0e0e;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some values evolve as life
experiences and influences take place, while other values stay fixed throughout
our life these 5-10 fixed values are our core values.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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isn’t always what the artist says but the image they are conveying. Think of your favorite artists of all
time, pick 3 words to describe their style. Your list is probably going to include artists who believe
in the same kind of things you do.
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3 basic elements of a strong Brand Identity include:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #0e0e0e;"><b>Values: </b></span><span style="color: #0e0e0e;">knowing the core beliefs that are important to
you, they are what drive your brand. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #0e0e0e;"><b>Difference:
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you uniquely different from everyone else? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</b></span><span style="color: #0e0e0e;">In your
field how marketable are you? In
the old Hollywood film days they used to refer to actors that transitioned from
Vaudeville stage to screen as “triple threats” because they could sing, dance,
and act. It greatly increased the
actors ability to work because they were so marketable, because of their
versatility! Today you may
recognize them as the artists selling all the records who are the dancing,
singing, “check out my new movie” artists.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Personal Brand is like putting your stamp on everything you do. It is your most
valuable asset because it encompasses your intangible qualities and puts all
that knowledge into a platform that helps guide your life and career, while
presenting your uniqueness in a tangible,
marketable and valuable way. Your platform is your launching pad,
roadmap and touchstone rolled into one.</span><span style="color: #0e0e0e;"><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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strong sense of self – you’ll know your story and be able to present it <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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comfort of feeling centered on making career decisions.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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clear vision and sense of purpose.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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on what’s really important to you.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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how to position yourself as an expert and in the best light possible.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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ability to put yourself at the top of the pile of increasing choices in the
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meaning in your career<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tamra Engle is a independent business strategist based in the S.F. bay
area. She assists artists and business owners Private consultations and special assignments.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Her areas of specialty include: creative development, project
management, music producer, motivational speaking, and workshops to help you
develop your independent music or
creative business. You can read more about services to help you and join her
mailing list at <a href="http://www.tamraengle.com/">www.tamraengle.com</a> you can email her at <a href="mailto:guitartam@gmail.com">guitartam@gmail.com</a></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Attract the type of customers you want!
-Lifestyle Rebalancing
-Branding / clarity
-Transition planning- Helping you get to and through your next phase
-Developing additional revenue streams
-Artist Development / Coaching
-Social Media Management
One time consultations
Monthly Programs
Short term projects
Long term assignments
www.tamraengle.com info@guitartam.com
</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15491493926434902084noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106177426855336776.post-41862704786983761992012-04-03T05:30:00.000-07:002012-04-03T07:50:02.916-07:00Happiness the Creative process Pt 1<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Knowing what and how much of something is “good for us” is
an eternal challenge that we all face.
Often the “right choices” means that we will deny ourselves pleasure. Like
not eating a 3<sup>rd</sup> cookie. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Your mind is then faced with playing mediator to your
“lesser” physiological self, and your “greater” moral self. Some days, we have ALL had to have the
3<sup>rd</sup> cookie!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH?</b><o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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to pleasure, the debate has kept scholars, philosophers, and religious leaders
busy for centuries.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In 1534, King Henry VIII, a man not known to deny himself
anything. Created his own Christian Church when he ordered the
Church of England to succeed from Roman Catholic Church, Kicking off the reformation. </span></div>
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his marriage to Catherine of Aragon after not producing a male heir to the British throne. The annulment to allow the King to marry his mistress
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As artists we have found pleasure in the creation of art.
Each of us, at one time or another could be found guilty of “losing our heads”
in the pleasure of creating our own art. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What do Cookies and Kings have to do with us as artists? We admit to enjoying things that make us feel good, and from time to time we have a holiday tossed our way, and we "may" over indulge. Our occasional discretion's make us feel better.... don't they? Humans will go to extraordinary lengths to achieve "happiness" </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 32px; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><u>WHAT IS HAPPINESS?</u></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 32px; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><u> </u></span> </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Happiness has various definitions, because it is something that varies by individual, for me it is the "quest for the appreciation of life" </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Psychologist Martin Seligman <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">(2)</span> summarized positive psychology's findings:</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u>Pleasure: </u>Beautiful view, Chocolate,
yummy food, foot rubs, romantic liaisons.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u>Relationship: </u>Knowing we are “part of”. The social
engagement of interacting with others, even without the use of a portable electronic
devices!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u>Accomplishment: </u>Realizing a goal that you have
established for yourself.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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that is challenging yet, enjoyable.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u>Purpose: </u> Knowing we are part of something much greater than ourselves.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">*Can you think of recent examples of your own happiness in each
of these categories?</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Create happiness: would you like to be part of a happiness project? email me a .jpg photograph of a image that makes YOU happy by Friday April 6th 2012. My goal is to to collect 100 images, I will share your image in a special gift for weeks post.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i> <u>ABOUT THE AUTHOR:</u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"><i>Tamra Engle is a independent music business strategist based in the S.F.
bay area she is available for
private & corporate consultations to help you develop your independent business, produce your next demo. host a workshop or speak at your next event.</i></span></span><br />
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at <a href="http://www.tamraengle.com/">www.tamraengle.com</a> you can email her at <a href="mailto:guitartam@gmail.com">guitartam@gmail.com</a></i></span>
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-Lifestyle Rebalancing
-Branding / clarity
-Transition planning- Helping you get to and through your next phase
-Developing additional revenue streams
-Artist Development / Coaching
-Social Media Management
One time consultations
Monthly Programs
Short term projects
Long term assignments
www.tamraengle.com info@guitartam.com
</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15491493926434902084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106177426855336776.post-24500143175689394122012-03-26T17:30:00.001-07:002012-03-26T17:30:00.597-07:00Fight or flight (pt 4 of a series)<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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spiders, and being in large groups of people are on the top of my fear list.<br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Professionally, being afraid of
spiders doesn’t effect me on a regular basis but being in large groups of
people is part of my job, and having this be one of my phobia’s – could have
been career ending as a speaker, performer, and artist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Most people who meet me are pretty surprised
that I fear being in large groups of people, since we are usually meeting at a
conference, festival, or workshop with LOTS of people around!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is something that I have spent years
working on, using the desire and passion that inspires me to create and help
others create to diminish the fear that would have paralyzed me. If I left the fear in place? Then it would have prevented
me from touring nationally as a artist, speaking at conferences like, NAMM, ASCAP Awards,
& SXSW. Those experiences were some of the most exciting times in my career, that I would have missed if I didn't do something.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That same tool of
desire and passion are in your artistic tool-box, and you too can put fears that stop you behind you too!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Let's step back and examine what "Fear" is really all about.</span></div>
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“Fear” is our reaction to a distressing negative sensation by a perceived
threat to our safety.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is one of
our most primal instincts of basic survival, part of our autonomic response to "fight or flight". These responses in modern times have assumed a wider range of
behaviors. For example, the fight response may be manifested in angry,
argumentative behavior, and the flight response may be manifested through
social withdrawal, or perhaps substance abuse.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Fear almost always relates to
a worsening situation channeling our energy away from the perceived threat,
into directions or even old behaviors that seem safe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>We can leave fears like spoiled children to run free
in our creative house shutting doors and windows, locking inside our potential,
dreams, and hopes. Or we can use our own tool box to unlock the doors and
windows.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">There is nothing like that
ol’ time Religion to inspire your feelings! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Be good and follow the
“rules” and you go to HEAVEN, if you don’t, you are BAD and of course, bad
people go to Hell. Despite Hell being a much warmer climate, we are conditioned
that being bad and hell are undesirable destinations, and what ever spiritual
guidelines your people prescribe to, will determine which behaviors you will be
encouraged to follow.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The media does it’s<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>fair share to manipulate and exploit
the message of fear every day. Simply turn on the evening news. You are flooded
with images, economic failure, losing your home, and of course “Terrorists”.
Who have replaced the communists as the evil dark forces we are told to fear
most. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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not need to cause ongoing distress or disrupt your life to limit you from
achieving your full potential. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">You have control. You can
turn off a TV or radio station to limit the influx of negative reinforcements. However, if you find you are avoiding situations or places, or that your fear
is resulting in disabling anxiety, fear, or panic you may need the support a
professional therapist to help you overcome your phobia.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It’s natural to want to run
and hide. You can’t undo the fight or flight response,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Remember, flight isn’t your only
option, you have the opportunity to face your fears, and reclaim control.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to your fear will help remove the anxiety and fear. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example if you are afraid of heights, if you have a
normal fear, you may feel anxious or have butterfly’s in your stomach and sweaty palms as you
peer down from a window in a tall building. You have a Phobia, if your fear of
the tall building results in you turning down a awesome job,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>because it is on the 15<sup>th</sup>
floor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Make a list of the situations
that you fear the most, then arrange those items from least scary to most
scary. For example if Tall buildings are your fear you may list riding in the
elevator, or even pushing the button as part of a scary situation that you prioritize.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">As you make your list(s)
notice the feelings you experience as you write down each item, do you notice a
churning stomach, sweaty palms, or increased respiration?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Remember, you are just making a
list, putting words on a page, you are safe, and nothing bad is happening, That
odd feeling your having is you trying a new behavior!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What is at the top of your fear list?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let us know in the comment
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15491493926434902084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106177426855336776.post-11649944006168351162012-03-20T05:30:00.001-07:002012-03-20T08:56:33.036-07:00The Creative Vampires (pt 3 of Fear series)<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #262626;"><i>“It is
the most challenging work for human beings to connect within themselves in
a loving, accepting, respectful way, and then to connect with other human
beings in a loving, respectful, accepting way”<a href="http://innerteacher.wordpress.com/quote-of-the-day">-source</a></i></span><span style="color: #262626;"><i> <o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To keep growing as an artist you have
to take a good look inside and clear away our own internal demons. Your
creativity is like a garden, you tend to it and provide periodic maintaince and it provides you
with long healthy relationships
and a successful career doing something you love, while helping others.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since you were a small person your parents, family, teachers and
members of your spiritual community have been generous no doubt in providing
you their opinions (beliefs) on how you should live your life. They weigh in
about you being a artist. Some love, some hate, some become manipulative and
create chaos and drama in your world.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They are Creative Vampires.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuhRMFdwsLY8J4RXhOgnlwSUuAED2o6goJ9uogCGtlABmKtvp8RlYQu7xW-7UUPYBsMoUzidB-4OwX9Og8VJhKuYBVDKxuaj9P8ilmLZZn9S9RjHvcR3xaUKKbQJK3RT9WBZuHBmxi158_/s1600/vampires_on_true_blood.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuhRMFdwsLY8J4RXhOgnlwSUuAED2o6goJ9uogCGtlABmKtvp8RlYQu7xW-7UUPYBsMoUzidB-4OwX9Og8VJhKuYBVDKxuaj9P8ilmLZZn9S9RjHvcR3xaUKKbQJK3RT9WBZuHBmxi158_/s200/vampires_on_true_blood.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="color: #262626;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Despite everyone’s good or bad intentions their opinons and
beliefs are seeds being tossed into your creative garden. Before you know it, You
have a whole garden choked full of everyone’s thoughts, fears, and opinions. You absolutely have to go through your inner
garden and clear out the bad seedlings and weeds planted by you and others, so
you can make room for good things,
like your vision, creativity and relationships grow!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While you are attending to your personal garden you will find
that some friends or family members will question why you are bothering with
the internal house cleaning? They
may even accuse you of being selfish or different. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some are so afraid and uncomfortable with any change, they
attempt to lure us back to old ways and give up good habits to make themselves
feel better. They are often
frustrated artists who are blocked by their own negative beliefs.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When we follow someone else’s plan for us, it’s a recipe to end up frustrated,stuck or lost.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Take the time to create your own plan and vision. Put yourself
as artists in charge. You will have a roadmap so when you stop for gardening,
maintenance or rest, you can
resume your journey where you last stopped.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Think back in your life, start with the past 5 yrs, then the 5
years before that until you’re a child. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Was it a friend, parent, teacher, spouse, or loved one?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Write down details that come to mind, how old you are, clothing, smells, the color of the room, how you felt, any information that
annoys or upsets you about the situation.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Create a cartoon, song, or even write a note, to the creative
vampire, your not going to send this to the individual, Express how you feel,
defend yourself, or make a parody of them…It doesn’t have to be elaborate, or
crazy. Just a simple creative vehicle to help you personally confront, the creative demon,
and take it’s power away from it.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">*Previous Postings discussing Artists / Fear<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<span style="color: #262626;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://guitartam.blogspot.com/2012/03/meet-little-monsters-pt-2-fear-series.html?spref=tw">Meet the little Monsters /Negative Beliefs:</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #262626;"><a href="http://guitartam.blogspot.com/2012/03/acceptance-and-approval-dealing-w-fear.htm">Acceptance and Approval:</a></span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tamra Engle is a independent business strategist, artist, speaker and blogger who writes as GuitarTam based
in the S.F. bay area. She is available to help you manage your next project, for
private consultations to help you develop your independent music business, or
to produce your next musical demo.
You can read more about her, and
join her mailing list at <a href="http://www.tamraengle.com/">www.tamraengle.com</a> you can email her at <a href="mailto:guitartam@gmail.com">guitartam@gmail.com</a></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Quote adapted from: <span style="color: #262626;">http://innerteacher.wordpress.com/quote-of-the-day/. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Monsters: <a href="http://guitartam.blogspot.com/2012/03/meet-little-monsters-pt-2-fear-series.html?spref=tw">http://guitartam.blogspot.com/2012/03/meet-little-monsters-pt-2-fear-series.html?spref=tw</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Acceptance and
Approval:
http://guitartam.blogspot.com/2012/03/acceptance-and-approval-dealing-w-fear.htm</span></span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Attract the type of customers you want!
-Lifestyle Rebalancing
-Branding / clarity
-Transition planning- Helping you get to and through your next phase
-Developing additional revenue streams
-Artist Development / Coaching
-Social Media Management
One time consultations
Monthly Programs
Short term projects
Long term assignments
www.tamraengle.com info@guitartam.com
</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15491493926434902084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106177426855336776.post-55488746065010762542012-03-15T15:36:00.002-07:002012-03-16T14:16:15.585-07:00Meet the little Monsters (Pt 2 Fear Series)<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>LITTLE MONSTERS INSIDE OUR HEAD</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <o:p></o:p></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">March weekly series topic deals with “Fear” and how it relates to independent artists careers.</span></i></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As human beings we all want to be acknowledged for our
efforts as well as our triumphs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Parental support of our artistic pursuits is not common. Rather than live
with the fear of not being taken seriously, or not taking <u>ourselves seriously</u>,
many retreat into the shadows, behind barricades built by criticism, when these barricades are left
unattended they harden like little cement walls. These little cement blockades limit our creative growth, when the creative muse is trying to stretch.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Imagine that you live on a great big farm, in a comfortable
home surrounded all around by land filled with many trees, thick brush, and heavy foliage. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You have one long bike path that leads to the main highway, all along the path
are these “cement barriers” along the route, making the path difficult to
navigate. The path to the highway is much too long to walk, and riding a bike
will insure that you get to the main path where the other "riders" are peddling
along down the street.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Learning to let yourself create is like learning to ride a
bike, you start with baby steps to gain your confidence, you learn balance, and technique, you
pray that you avoid any obstacles along the way. You are learning, be patient and
understand your initial efforts are not going to be masterpieces. Critics will
unfairly judge your work against master artists, since that is what “they
believe” to be the standard other artists are measured against.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Regardless, what level of success you achieve, the struggle
continues.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Master artists struggle with pleasing their fan base, and
satisfying their creative muse- Think about when Bob Dylan went electric, or In this video clip where Joni Mitchell shares some amazing
insights on Jimi Hendrix <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>NEGATIVE BELIEFS:</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our Immediate family, fearful friends, spiritual &
social communities all weigh in on what notions they “believe” are
acceptable. Each of us has
beliefs, Acceptance of the notions
in our mind that something is true or real. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Beliefs reflect an individuals “notions” about what it means
to be a artist, It does not reflect FACT.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Each of us has
a internal dialog that tells us<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’m
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hurt or embarrass my family and friends<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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be awful and look foolish<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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don’t deserve to be successful <o:p></o:p></span></li>
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are not successful = I won’t be successful<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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if I run out of Ideas<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Negative beliefs (notions/ NOT FACTS) keep you scared and
stuck, they make you retreat and hide in a safe place, and not develop your
skills to prepare you to succeed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To create is part of who you are as a artist, your ability
to adapt, and grow will be so much easier if you take the time to clear away
the obstacles on your path.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Each of us can
work diligently to clear away the external blockades, and criticisms created by
others, that can still leave quite a clutter behind,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Have you thought about the blockades and criticisms that you
create? The scary stuff that
separates us from success is being brave enough to clean house INSIDE.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Want to test this out? Get a blank sheet of paper, and a pen, on the paper write 5 times <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My name is _______(write your name), I am a successful
artist.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As you start writing, and re-writing the sentence, you’ll
start to hear a internal dialog “no your not” “Poser”
“Artist-Shmartist”, all kinds of nasty stuff comes up.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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_____(write your name), I am a successful artist”.</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> Also write down all the negative stuff, the nasty
little monsters that your head dreams up.
Don’t be shocked if there is really nasty things, your subconscious will
attack everything, your sexuality, your spirituality, and anything in between<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On a new sheet of paper list the negative beliefs that you
noted in one column , in the next column, to the right of the “belief” note who
said this in your life was it a parent, teacher, partner, friend? Then draw one
more line to the write of the person, creating a 3<sup>rd</sup> column and next
to the negative belief write a positive alternative.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Weed out the little monsters, from your victory garden. Like a garden, from time to time the
little monsters will still need a
little weeding out as part of ongoing garden time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How does your garden grow? Do you have Little Monster you
hear from a lot?</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a;">In today's indie market there
is TONS of competition. In today's economic market everyone is working harder
for even less money. How do you capture the attention of hard working fans that
may not even know you exist?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a;">There are lots of ways to
invest in your career that help you make meaningful progress toward growing
your creative business.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a;">Each month's Master-class
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you can apply directly to your creative business!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a;">- Identify and Create multiple
revenue streams<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a;">- How to increase your
exposure<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a;">- Identify who your fans
really are<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a;">- How to focus on WIIFTY (what
is in it for them and you)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a;">- Which Business partnerships
pay off<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a;">- How you can use analytics to
measure your growth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">Apply exercises directly to
your business<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a;">At the completion of each
module you are issued a Master Class Certificate of completion.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a;"> At the end of 12 months you will have achieved Master Class
status and receive a MCC- Master
Class Certification<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">Written monthly exercises
keep you focused on the area of development, with the guidance of your business
development executive and guest experts to educate, prepare, and mentor
creative leaders in a safe encouraging creative environment.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Tamra Engle is a independent music business strategist based
in the S.F. bay area she is available to help you manage your next project, for
private consultations to help you develop your independent music business, or
to produce your next musical demo.
You can read more about her, and
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<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Attract the type of customers you want!
-Lifestyle Rebalancing
-Branding / clarity
-Transition planning- Helping you get to and through your next phase
-Developing additional revenue streams
-Artist Development / Coaching
-Social Media Management
One time consultations
Monthly Programs
Short term projects
Long term assignments
www.tamraengle.com info@guitartam.com
</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15491493926434902084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106177426855336776.post-47861185905513206302012-03-08T14:39:00.001-08:002012-03-11T12:17:24.796-07:00Acceptance and Approval: Dealing w/ Fear (Pt1 of a series)<br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #052f84; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #052f84; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #052f84;">Acceptance is not submission; it is acknowledgement of the facts of a situation. Then deciding what you're going to do about it.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #052f84; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">”</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #052f84; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #052f84; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-Kathryn Casey Theisen</span></i></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acceptance">ACCEPTANCE: </a></u></span></div>
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morality, opinions, and the expectations of “others” dictating how one behaves
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A common childhood playground ritual of getting picked for a
team- The desire to be accepted by the cool kids, and the absolute horror and
humiliation of being chosen LAST or not accepted by the group. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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As a creative person having your art accepted as legitimate work during your
lifetime and not dismissed as a craft or hobby seems to have existed as long as art in all its forms has been created.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> In the 19<sup>th</sup> century art world the Beaux-Arts in France was
the standard that paintings were measured. A small group of realist painters, Monet, Sisley,
Renior, Bazille, and later Manet, Pissaro, Cezzane were all artists who's works were rejected
by the Beaux-Arts Jury’s. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the Salon de Refuses (Salon of the Refused) was organized.
This ultimatly was the birth of a entirely new art movement
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impressionism#Beginnings">“impressionism” </a> </span></div>
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Cezzane, Monet, Toulouse-Lautrec, and Van Gogh <a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_134436060">during their lifetimes</a><a href="http://guitartam.blogspot.com/2011/10/getting-heard-above-noise.html"> </a> .<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/approval" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">APPROVAL: </a>" To have everyone LIKE your art" <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The reaction to creating art, manifesting your inner vision
into a reality. As artists we get our energy, inspiration, and fulfillment in
the process of creating, and sharing our work with the world.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The outside world may not have any response at all to our
work in this lifetime, or any lifetime. Our job as artists <i>who desire to make a living with
their art</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> is to satisfy our inner creative
muse, and to improve the quality of your work while attracting fans who want to
purchase your creations.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Continue to create, refine, and improve the art you are
producing, and importantly listen to the feedback you are getting, good, bad,
and if <a href="http://www.naturesongs.com/cricket1.wav">this is what your hearing</a> It's a sign to get back to the
drawing board and keep working. You will know your own the right track when your
creating a lot of excitement. Do you have a acceptance or approval success or frustration you want to
share? Please include them in the comment section below- <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In today's indie market there
is TONS of competition. In today's economic market everyone is working harder
for even less money. How do you capture the attention of hard working fans that
may not even know you exist?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are lots of ways to invest in your career that help you make meaningful progress toward growing
your creative business without breaking the bank.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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topic is focused on helping you grow your creative business. You will be
provided with a syllabus filled with exercises and strategies that are
successfully used by top selling artists and businesses around the world, that
you can apply directly to your creative business, with the help of successful business professionals.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><b><a href="http://www.squidoo.com/guitartam-master-classes">Visibility Master Class</a> you
will learn:</b></span><span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Identify and Create multiple
revenue streams</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> How to increase your
exposure</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Identify who your fans
really are</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">WIIFTY (what
is in it for them and you)</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Which Business partnerships
pay off</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How you can use analytics to
measure your growth.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Apply exercises directly to
your business</span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">Written monthly exercises keep you focused on the area of development. </span></span></span><br />
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status and receive a</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">MCC- Master
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tamra Engle is a independent music business strategist based in the S.F.
bay area she is available to help you manage your next project, for private
consultations to help you develop your independent music business, or to produce your next musical demo. You can
read more about her, and join her
mailing list at <a href="http://www.tamraengle.com/">www.tamraengle.com</a> you can email her at <a href="mailto:guitartam@gmail.com">guitartam@gmail.com</a></span></span>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Attract the type of customers you want!
-Lifestyle Rebalancing
-Branding / clarity
-Transition planning- Helping you get to and through your next phase
-Developing additional revenue streams
-Artist Development / Coaching
-Social Media Management
One time consultations
Monthly Programs
Short term projects
Long term assignments
www.tamraengle.com info@guitartam.com
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making a living creating their music all have one thing in common, they all
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Are you’re a performing artist or a band?</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Then you know<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>you <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>have some revenue from live shows, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hopefully you have Merchandise that you are also <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>generating sales from, *In addition to your cd's doo your fans like hoodies, Tshirts or hats?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>TIP: you can help drive traffic to your
website if you have a online store integrated on your site, Some artists prefer not to deal with the inventory and use a
on-demand store like<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1191883362"> </a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://Zazzle.com/">Zazzle.com</a>, or <a href="http://cafepress.com/">CaféPress.com</a> </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What are some other ways to add revenue to your business?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b> Private Parties-</b>Corporate/ House concerts /Seasonal Events/ Weddings, receptions and other major life celebrations pay well.</span></div>
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other artists</b>- there are 7 days in a week, make yourself available to other artists for gigs</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Teaching</b>/Instrument/Voice- </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Evolve your web presence by creating web portals for the
individual streams to create even more opportunities for your fans to find you
on the web. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Taking advantage of your own skills, and the skills of your
band mates to divide tasks. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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creative business? Share them with our readers in the comment section below.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Tamra Engle is a independent music business strategist based in the S.F. bay area she is available for private and business consultations to help you develop your independent music business, & manage a balanced creative lifestyle, regardless where you live in the world, You are only a skype and email away! You can read more about her and join her mailing list at </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.tamraengle.com/" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration: none;">www.tamraengle.com</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"> you can email her at guitartam@gmail.com</span></span></span></div>
<!--EndFragment--><div class="blogger-post-footer">Attract the type of customers you want!
-Lifestyle Rebalancing
-Branding / clarity
-Transition planning- Helping you get to and through your next phase
-Developing additional revenue streams
-Artist Development / Coaching
-Social Media Management
One time consultations
Monthly Programs
Short term projects
Long term assignments
www.tamraengle.com info@guitartam.com
</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15491493926434902084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106177426855336776.post-89927019298225050472012-02-23T16:30:00.001-08:002012-02-23T16:33:18.553-08:00Rowing the boat in the same direction (Pt 4 of series)<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 25px;">During the month of February, I am featuring additional ways you can get more visibility as a Indie Artist.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjHcXjWd8KLFg29fc5VapGm1GE_aiwuo7sVk3NeXSMoaRXH_9T51IRpRNJF49LqEQx2-rdWM2LISxQeFbFrYGeQO729z-unWD3exfiMVNaLvsV0QB7Vu5Nn4Vwx7qtyjsJQI1Rt6cXhaBh/s1600/round+rowboat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="169" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjHcXjWd8KLFg29fc5VapGm1GE_aiwuo7sVk3NeXSMoaRXH_9T51IRpRNJF49LqEQx2-rdWM2LISxQeFbFrYGeQO729z-unWD3exfiMVNaLvsV0QB7Vu5Nn4Vwx7qtyjsJQI1Rt6cXhaBh/s200/round+rowboat.jpg" width="200" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Are you rowing the boat in the same direction as everyone else?</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am not suggesting you alter
your rebellious ways in any way, or to cave to conformity.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am suggesting that as you grow your creative business, you
soon discover you need help! Volunteers, which may start out being your
girlfriend or boyfriend, or band
mates sweat and hard work, eventually grows to others in your
network that that want to help
you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is your opportunity to build your “A” team who will be key to helping you get to
your final destination for a long or short term project.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To help keep everyone sane, and contain costs, you want to
get everyone in the boat rowing in the same direction. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What Can you do? </span></div>
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<b><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">CONNECTING:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Your network, is the key to your growth and success! Are you actively connecting with new people? and reconnecting with folks you haven't seen since before the holidays?? Check in with your creative friends and connect with others doing what you love
to do. Then, watch how your audience of supporters grows!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are numerous events to perform,
raise money, honor a business or individual who is a community supporter. The individuals and organizations that
are passionate about the same things you are, will be more likely to be
interested in what it is you are doing. Besides you are helping others, nothing but good can
come from that!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_116678183">Monterey Bay Aquarium</a><a href="http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/cr/donors.aspx"> </a> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://guitartam.blogspot.com/2011/01/10-steps-to-creating-your-personal.html">In this post</a> I share the important legal reasons you should have a
newsletter platform vs just email and how not to be tagged as SPAM! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Your upcoming <b>performance calendar</b><span style="font-weight: normal;">, (include a link to purchase tickets for the show)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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share behind the scenes video while your driving, or rehearsing before the
show, Like this great video with musical artists<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTABohv5kpc"> Coyote Grace and the Indigo Girls</a>- </span></span></div>
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with your local chapter of <a href="http://www.habitat.org/">Habitat for Humanity</a>- ask them if they would mind if
you invited your fans to meet on a upcoming construction day, to help HfH build
a home?</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Coordinate a date, and invite your fans down to roll up
their sleeves with you. The good news is you don't have to wait for a natural disaster, If you are able to handle tools and enjoy physical work it is a awesome opportunity to help some one less fortunate
than you by doing s</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">omething really <u><i>cool with
your fans!</i></u></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I bet you will also see those faces at your next show, (probably helping
you load your gear in!)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> *Try this
during a tour to break up the monotony of being on the road, you'll sleep REALLY well I promise!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Create as many
fun different ways to connect with your
fans and share your musical journey with them .</span></div>
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showcasing a new song or cd you want people to buy!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You build a much stronger art
community when you work together,
Partner with other artists to host events, Shows, or tours your blended
audiences with another creative partner and host a benefit, show or tour. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is power in numbers, work together, divide the tasks,
and be prepared to work HARD! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <a href="http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/081211albumcost">Getting visability is a expensive business,</a> in 2011 New artists expecting to compete on
the charts were working with budgets over $1million US dollars. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If your a Superstar, Then plan on spending about $4.6million.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To seriously compete professionally and make a living wage in your
home town, or region You need a dedicated
budget toward developing your business, next project, and promotion of
your new projects.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A professional
can help answer your questions,
put together a plan, budget, and network development
recommendations Which will
save you money, time, and avoiding
unexpected expenses will all keep you in high spirits as you move forward.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What are ways you have successfully connected with your fans, share them with us in the comment selection below!</span></div>
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15491493926434902084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106177426855336776.post-79626266575106779442012-02-16T22:53:00.000-08:002012-02-17T10:03:06.270-08:00How high can you go? (pt 3 of a series)<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">February posts are are focusing on ways you can get
additional visibility as an Indie Artist. </span></div>
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stars, suddenly, ridiculously, gone. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fame comes at a price, for a addict that is generally a
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Do you want to be a known nationally touring act?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Or <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All levels require lots of hard work. The last one requires something more for a select few that have that "special something"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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look at how big the fishbowl you want to rule is. There are levels of success in any industry.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> In the
entertainment industry there is tremendous pressure to produce results and sell records. No spotlight is hotter than being a pop
/ RB Female artist- Listen to Grammy winning producer Narada describe working
with Whitney Houston and what her
schedule was like during the peak of her career.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Master the tools of your trade at each level in your career,
much like playing a video game you need to find them and learn how to master them in order to advance to the next level in
your career. Imagine if you were going to to pick instrument for the first time would you expect to jump to the level of playing like a concert
master? If so, your going to be frustrated and disappointed, because you were not properly prepared for what was expected for you to be a successful concert master musician. No magic short cuts, just lots of hard work.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Measure the size of your pond, master the tools at each level and word will get out about you.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> hire a strong team of A list players to help you, remember you get what you pay for! And always be true to yourself.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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help, there are resources available to you:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3a3a3a;"><a href="http://www.grammy.org/musicares">MusiCares</a> established in 1989 by the Grammy foundation to provide musicians services and
resources which cover a wide range of financial, medical and personal emergencies,
and each case is treated with integrity and confidentiality. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tamra Engle is a independent music business strategist based in the S.F.
bay area she is available for private consultations to help you develop your
independent music business, & manage a balanced creative lifestyle. You can
read more about her and join her mailing list at <a href="http://www.tamraengle.com/">www.tamraengle.com</a> you can email her at guitartam@gmail.com</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Attract the type of customers you want!
-Lifestyle Rebalancing
-Branding / clarity
-Transition planning- Helping you get to and through your next phase
-Developing additional revenue streams
-Artist Development / Coaching
-Social Media Management
One time consultations
Monthly Programs
Short term projects
Long term assignments
www.tamraengle.com info@guitartam.com
</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15491493926434902084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106177426855336776.post-75953918468732595462012-02-09T07:00:00.000-08:002012-02-09T07:00:08.254-08:00“Lead with your heart” {pt 2 of Visibility series}<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Yoga instructors queue poses and transitions by encouraging
students to push or lead with their heart.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The physical act of pushing your chest forward, head held
high, feeling a gentle lift and pulling from the center of your chest creates
an emotional lift visible to all who see you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">As you build your business pay particular attention to the
sensations your heart gives you as you are making decisions, and presenting
your work. Have you ever felt the
sensation of “something not feeling right” later to discover your instincts
were dead on? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Your fans can see, hear and FEEL the work that you create
from the heart, the beauty, pain, and joy all laid bare for all to see.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Stop focusing on features of your product or services, your
fans, like all humans want to see WIIFM
(what’s in it for me?) or what are you giving me? <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Fan’s want to feel cool,sexy, a “part of”, help them blow
off steam, save them money, or the biggie, make them look good to others. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">When you tap into two basic human instincts
Pleasure and Pain- Make a direct connection to people feeling good, and
removing a pain point for them, and they will follow you everywhere!</span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGuDHI_bhIGM977ACK5CMzR77MLcgZQU6ijNiInqbEfFAOJ4mfbtDEMtVCk1Vzs7kok2UVbZL1CyKNxuhw6-g4V3AUllere_sosC5qP96MZdyOu__AGE7FX0Oe4yMkAq7XotZEKj9VaXbi/s1600/walk-off-the-earth-gotye.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGuDHI_bhIGM977ACK5CMzR77MLcgZQU6ijNiInqbEfFAOJ4mfbtDEMtVCk1Vzs7kok2UVbZL1CyKNxuhw6-g4V3AUllere_sosC5qP96MZdyOu__AGE7FX0Oe4yMkAq7XotZEKj9VaXbi/s1600/walk-off-the-earth-gotye.jpg" /></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A very recent success at massively increasing their
visibility is the Canadian band “Walk off the Earth” who in addition to
recording their own original music has has enormous success by creating clever You
Tube covers of hit songs. In a
very recent example, they took the 2012 Grammy nominated super hit of Goyte <a href="http://youtu.be/8UVNT4wvIGY">“Somebody I used to know”</a> and put
a very clever twist on a spot on cover, tricky since the original video is SO unique.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> When I first <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9NF2edxy-M">saw it this video </a>had less than 1 million hits…. It currently has
over 48 million views, changing the trajectory of the bands career.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Before you dismiss the success of this technique to growing
your visibility, it has a history of success.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> Carlos Santana (Fleetwood Mac’s
-Black Magic Woman), and a kid named Jimi Hendrix (Dylan’s -All along the
watchtower) Jeff Buckley (Cohen’s Hallelujah) <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here is a Link to the<a href="http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_coversongs.html"> best cover songs of all time</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I bet your favorite cover songs are songs that you have a
strong personal “heart felt” connection to. Share links or comments to work where you have lead
with your heart in your creative work in the comment section below.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Tamra Engle is a independent music business strategist based in the S.F.
bay area she is available for private consultations to help you develop your
independent music business, and record your demo. You can read more
about her and join her mailing list at <a href="http://www.tamraengle.com/">www.tamraengle.com</a> or can email her at <a href="mailto:guitartam@gmail.com">guitartam@gmail.com</a></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Attract the type of customers you want!
-Lifestyle Rebalancing
-Branding / clarity
-Transition planning- Helping you get to and through your next phase
-Developing additional revenue streams
-Artist Development / Coaching
-Social Media Management
One time consultations
Monthly Programs
Short term projects
Long term assignments
www.tamraengle.com info@guitartam.com
</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15491493926434902084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106177426855336776.post-48959233704418114452012-02-02T11:04:00.000-08:002012-02-02T11:04:49.751-08:00Increase your visability Pt1<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">During the month of February I am featuring additional ways for you to get more visibility as a D.I.Y. Indie
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Regardless of your
customer or fan base demographic it’s not hard to find fans who Love,
Love. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Marilyn Manson on Love: </b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>“</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #052f84; font-weight: normal;">When you're taught to love everyone, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #052f84; font-weight: normal;"> then what value does that place on love?”</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="http://www.pictures19.com/wp-content/pictures/2011/06/Marilyn-Manson-wallpaper.jpg%20%20" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://www.pictures19.com/wp-content/pictures/2011/06/Marilyn-Manson-wallpaper.jpg%20%20" width="200" /></a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The most popular topic in best selling music is Love... endless, unrequited, or broken dreams these are all themes that we can all relate to.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Whether you <a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_293424699">“Set fire to the rain”</a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCLS_ztGOBk"> </a>a perfect example of a well written metaphor for
burning tears. Rhianna's <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg00YEETFzg&ob=av2e">“we found love” </a> , or <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OnnDqH6Wj8">Good Feeling</a> by Flo Rida.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Let’s assume you don’t have the fanbase that Adele, Flo
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Photo Credit: Tamra Engle- <a href="http://www.folkartmarket.org/index.php/profiles/entry/vincenta_flores-ataucusi/"> Artist Vincenta Flores Ataucusi: </a> </span></td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Most of us have had our heart broken,
and have fallen in love at one time or another, with a human or special pet. Describe in in broad themes what that was like for you, Have
fun, and write the best song you can, then m</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ake a</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">good quality demo recording of it. Allow yourself enough time to print them with out expedited shipping charges to save money.</span><br />
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your website, and email for booking
inquiries. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Make sure the holder of the CD can find you again!</span></div>
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the hands of other “lovers”- Savvy business owners are looking for easy ways to
bring more customers into their stores.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Think of the
places you would </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pop into to get that person a little treat or </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">take “that special someone". </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Create a Partnernership w/ your local card shop, specialty
chocolate shop, local winery, or gift boutique.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Offer to help organize a special musical shopping event-
where shoppers are given a free
copy of your valentine song to everyone that purchases something. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Include special shopping times to have a in store solo acoustic performance to bring more shoppers into their store.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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homes of special valentines- make it “affordable” so you can book several in a evening.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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couple of days you will have full pockets.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is SO much material right now just begging to be
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Love Sucks:</b><span style="font-weight: normal;"> Taking a counterpoint view on the
holiday<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Super bowl</b><span style="font-weight: normal;">- <a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_293424680">Madonna
Parodies anyone?</a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJ0gCoYHb_I"> </a> Please I’m dying
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Remember, we are still mad at the banks? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>The Election / Presidents day:</b><span style="font-weight: normal;"> You can make a career
poking fun at the power mongers, and so much rhymes with Newt, Mitt, Barak…<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Partner with other local business owners to create a fun
event, make sure you have something to give your fans so they remember you,
grow your business network, and help another business owner. Utilizing the momentum of a holiday that has shopping involved, allows new fans to spend money buying your products.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Do you want to increase your visability even more? Share the links to your songs, and video’s in the comment section below. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Baking Love- Photo Credit: Tamra Engle- <b>Artist Vincenta Flores Ataucusi: </b> http://www.folkartmarket.org/index.php/profiles/entry/vincenta_flores-ataucusi/\</span></div>
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