Passion Is Like Coffee
It’s de rigueur to talk about “passion,” how it informs our destiny, and how following it is the most important thing we can do. And surely passion, in its mad… Read More →
Is Your Work Ready to Ship?
- Categories: Art and creativity, Music business, Social media •
- Tags: abstracts, art, brogan, chris brogan, culture, draw, fiction, humanities, ideals, independent artists, knowledge, literature, perfection, reach, ready, shipping, work, work readiness •
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- by Wampus
Social-media maven/gadfly Chris Brogan once wrote about “the difference between ship and shit.” Chris draws this genteel distinction between work that is ready to ship, to share with the world… Read More →
From Redesign to Rededication
- Categories: Art and creativity, Music business, Self-referential •
- Tags: authors, branding, ebook publisher, fans, human interest, identity, identity branding, independent artists, independent labels, readers, recording artists, rededication, redesign, redesign website, relaunch, the may bees, unique, wampus, web design, website redesign •
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- by Wampus
Today we’re rolling out a redesigned Wampus web site. It’s no small task. Why? Because in addition to being a music label and an ebook publisher, we are an identity… Read More →
A Constantly Expanding Vocabulary
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- Tags: artistic evolution •
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- by Wampus
I made my first recording (on a small reel-to-reel) at age 12. A year later, living in a small town, I met my first singer-songwriter. He was The Guy, the… Read More →
Seven Lessons from Bogie
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- by Wampus
“The only reason to make more money is so you can tell big shots where to go.” —Humphrey Bogart Recently I happened upon a 1997 biography (Bogart by Sperber and… Read More →