Social Media Stories 03

Penny talks to Steve Lawson, a new media enthusiast & solo bass player, and the result is one of my favourite podcasts ever. Just jump straight in:

 

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Steve talks about the moving from performing other peoples music to writing and how he was lucky that he always had geek friends to draw on.

“Curiosity turned me into an early adopter without even knowing what an early adopter was…”

The audience took him along from step to step, from having a site, to playing solo gigs to releasing albums. I particular enjoy the way he pulls away the curtain from the wizard controlling the conventional way of approaching a career in music.

“The music was part of a narrative that i was in charge of… I’m looking at the world and I’m playing what I see… what social media allows me to do is to tell my story and invite other people to contribute to that”

This is brilliant stuff and not only great advise to any budding musicians, but to anyone wanting to strike out in their own field. And he even has a delivery room story

To paraphrase: the return is larger when you get the opportunity to tell your story. The conversation is where the longevity is…

Photo credit: Steve Lawson by Documentally (used with permission)