{"id":44,"date":"2009-06-23T12:34:13","date_gmt":"2009-06-23T16:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelteager.com\/blog\/?p=44"},"modified":"2009-06-23T12:34:37","modified_gmt":"2009-06-23T16:34:37","slug":"do-what-you-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelteager.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/23\/do-what-you-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Do what you do"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Piggybacking on the previous post&#8217;s topic (finding your own voice and making your own market), it&#8217;s critical that anyone with a specialized craft (be it music, art, writing, comedy, technology, etc.) evaluate not only their hopes, goals, and progress, but also what they are already capable of.  I am a faithful, daily listener of the <a href=\"http:\/\/carollaradio.com\">Adam Carolla Podcast<\/a>.  Comedy aside, I really enjoy his regular discussions of the <em>craft<\/em> of standup comedy and acting with the various comics, actors, and directors he interviews.  In an episode I listen to time and time again, he interviews actor David Koechner and makes the following insight:  &#8220;Don&#8217;t think of what you <em>can<\/em> do, think of what you <em>do<\/em> do.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p>Say what you will about comedians (I consider great comics to be true artists), but the above statement is quite profound.  As musicians, we&#8217;re always chasing some elusive goal.  First, there are the purely technical aspects, or what can be written on the page: I need to play faster, cleaner, louder, softer.  Then, there are the musical considerations, which cannot be notated: I want to develop an original interpretation, create an original phrase, apply subtle nuance.  I may not have all of my 10,000 hours logged yet, but I&#8217;m far enough along to start applying my own personality, philosophy, and approach to the music I&#8217;m attempting to create.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Piggybacking on the previous post&#8217;s topic (finding your own voice and making your own market), it&#8217;s critical that anyone with a specialized craft (be it music, art, writing, comedy, technology, etc.) evaluate not only their hopes, goals, and progress, but also what they are already capable of. I am a faithful, daily listener of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-performance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelteager.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelteager.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelteager.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelteager.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelteager.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/michaelteager.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46,"href":"https:\/\/michaelteager.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44\/revisions\/46"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelteager.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelteager.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelteager.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}