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John_Galt (brandonmartin@dailyuprising.com) 07:09 pm UTC 06/16/09 |
| In reply to: | re: The Psychology of Jim Steinman's Missing Songs - Vin 05:46 pm UTC 06/16/09 |
| Yes! I'm not sure if it's true for Jim, but I know where you're coming from in regards to the perfection=procrastination problem. For my blog, I interviewed a guy who recently began doing videos on YouTube. He mentioned that he had the idea and concept for his YouTube schtick about 3 years ago. He even bought all of his equipment and then let it sit for 3 years as he was thinking of ways to make his approach better. His biggest regret was not getting started right away. In the 3 years he procrastinated in an effort to improve his concept, he didn't make any real significant improvement. Meanwhile, guys who suck and started 3 years ago often have subscriber lists around 60,000+. Now he's doing really great work but he's really had to work hard to get a few thousand subscribers to watch that work. BTW, please put me on your email list for distributing any creative work you do. I'm just about the worst time management guy around and while I try to check this message board sometimes I get caught up in work and I miss things... Didn't Dave build an RSS feed for the message board? -=John Galt=- > Can't speak for Jim, obviously, but as a creative-minded > type with numerous "projects" kicking around in my head, I > know that the single biggest obstacle to me producing > anything is procrastination, and the reason I > procrastinate is: in the back of my mind, I fear that when > I actually sit down to write, what comes out will not be > as good as what is in my mind. ("the beautiful reflection > that came first") > > So instead I put it off, to think on it some more, until I > get it perfect in my head, know exactly how its supposed > to go and what its supposed to be, which almost never > happens. > > I wouldn't be surprised if Jim goes through something like > this. Honestly, I think many creators do, and the reason > why some hacks have success is that they are able to blaze > forward and produce piles and piles of product without > getting hung up on if its any good. > > > > > > > Does Always It's The War count for or against the > > > arguement? > > > > I think that everyone is missing one big part of the > > puzzle. Jim is Peter Pan, in his mind. Peter has no > > responsibility or anything holding him down. Jim writes > > most of his songs based on how he sees neverland. > > Maybe he isn't writing much because the responsibilities > > and realities have clouded his version of neverland and > > created a bit of writers block. > > Or maybe he just doesn't care... | |
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