I live for deadlines. I love the thought that at some defined point in the future, the project that I'm currently working on will be complete, that I will have something tangible to show for all my efforts, and that I can move onto something brand new. A deadline is wonderfully focussing. For this reason …
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On the 10th May 2009, I set myself the challenge to post a blog-a-day for one month. In total, I managed to post 21 times. So, whilst I didn't actually manage to post every single day of that month, I wrote more (and procrastinated less) than I had in all the other months preceding it …
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Edit: As of August 2010 the Music Store exists no longer! Instead, head over to Premiumbeat to get your mits on some tunes. In going through old music to see what's available to put up on the Music Store for licensing to picture, I've had to go through a fair few old contracts to check …
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I'm the first to admit it. I'm not a fan of networking. I'm quiet, dislike talking in public to people I don't know and feel intimidated by anyone who may be even slightly useful to connect with business-wise. I'm really not built for it at all. So I've developed strategies, and practise (and pracise and …
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Read a very interesting post yesterday on a blog for Startup Businesses. Conversations With Myself: What Should I Work On Note: The post's gone! Gutted. Oh well. It was a great post about the trials and tribulations of having too many high priority tasks to be able to, well, prioritise! I sympathised with the writer …
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The more I think about this, the more the strands of the argument grow and overlap and evolve. I get more questions than answers and I want to know what you think. So... what is the value of your music? Or the value of any art you create? Aesthetic Value The value given to any …
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When planning your time, or if you're asked for an estimate for your delivery, it's well worth including 'contingency' time: this is in addition to the length of time it'll take for you to actually physically do the work...
I've become a fan of the 30 day challenge, where you pick a habit that you'd really like to create (or even one you'd like to lose) and you concentrate on doing that habit day in, day out, for a month. The idea is that it takes 20 iterations of an action (or so) to …
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Just a few points for starting up in the film music business… quite a few of which I wish someone had shared with me when I first started out. Register as self-employed no later than 3 months after you've made money from a music commission or track sale.Decide whether you'll trade under your own name …
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Here's 10 reasons to work from home in no particular order...
