Your Music and People - Derek Sivers

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2025-03-31

Restrictions will set you free.

Whenever you’re feeling uninspired or unmotivated, use creative restrictions to set you free.

Creative communication

The way you communicate with people is part of your art.

“Marketing” just means being considerate.

Marketing means making it easy for people to notice you, relate to you, remember you, and tell their friends about you.

Marketing means listening for what people need, and creating something surprisingly tailored for them.

Marketing means getting to know people, making a deeper connection, and keeping in touch.

2025-03-28

Art doesn’t end at the edge of the canvas.

Marketing is the final extension of your art.

This is only a test. See what happens.

It’s actually impossible to fail if your only mission was to see what happens!