I’m in the middle of Rework by the founders of 37Signals. This is a great book with much of the attitude of our own New Rockstar Philosophy book. Each chapter is a quick thought/look at a part of the business world. Some may be turned off by a “Business book” but a successful band must turn into a business type entity if it wants to stay successful. I just hit upon the Hiring section and DIY is the first subject.
“Never hire anyone to do a job until you’ve tried to do it yourself first”
–Rework
Obviously DIY means do it yourself, but for some reason trying every job never quite got through my head. Recently I tried hiring out for a job that I still haven’t done and essentially the whole thing fell apart because I didn’t know what qualifications the job needed. Once again I learned my lesson, but reading Rework reinforced my resolve to Do It Yourself first.
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Music Consciousness
Voyno
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I love ReWork! About halfway through, I realized the book can just be slightly re-worded, and it would be completely about bands.
The spot that kicked that into my brain is when they were talking about a business mass mailing out all their promo stuff. When no one cares about your stuff, it’s likely to get ignored, since no relationship has been built.
That part, I started thinking of the book as a musician’s guide.