Artist Empowerment

Aristotle said that true happiness is a state of being, not an emotion. Many people think that the opposite is true, but in this case, he was onto something.

Think of happiness as a healthy, balanced way of seeing the world, not a fleeting emotion that comes and goes. Truly happy people feel sadness, frustration, and other unpleasant emotions like everyone else, but it is all in proper perspective, never too much, never too little.

Similarly, Artist Empowerment is a state of being, a life-long journey.

We often forget that a goal is merely a milestone, a passage to the next level, to a higher level.

Sometimes we will hit our goals and sometimes we won’t. The question is, how quickly do we learn and how quickly do we improve?

There is no such thing as a failure - there are missed targets that turn out to be invaluable learning lessons.

We just have to learn to see them that way.

I often meet young artists who say, “My ultimate goal is to get signed to a major label and become a famous recording artist.”

While there is nothing wrong with setting such a goal, it would be wiser to say:

“My goal is to become an empowered artist so that I can share my music with as many people as possible, to function at my fullest creative capacity and to live the life I want to live.”

This subtle shift in thinking makes all of the difference because you become the master of your destiny, not a major record label.

Though a major label might play a role in your career at some point in the future, it is up to you to start with the right mindset and to take your career in your hands.

Artist Empowerment isn’t a destination, it is a journey.

You don’t wake up one day and think, “Wow, I am an empowered artist!”

You commit yourself to a process, you set goals along the way and if you do it right, you accomplish your goals and continue to set higher and higher goals and the cycle repeats as long as you are committed to the journey.

Pretty soon, the process becomes integrated into your life to such a degree that it becomes a part of you.

You become Artist Empowerment.

Artist Empowerment becomes you.