Carving Out More Time to Create & Promote Your Music (The DIY Musician Podcast, Episode 342)
Are you struggling to find the time to make and promote your music? In this episode, we discuss ways to carve out MORE time for your music amidst a busy life, and how to get more productive and creative within the limited time you have already.
Topics include:
0:00 Intro
03:29 Bad project management = wasted time
05:17 Juggling responsibilities
06:26 Incremental progress through daily habits
08:34 Is creativity a “project”?
10:21 Productivity & project management tools
12:22 Deadlines, assignments, & removing blockers
13:16 Sacrificing your big ideas
14:34 Creative “sprints”
16:17 The morning ritual
17:05 “Time-blocking is maniacally insane”
18:11 music creation & promo: To balance, or offset?
18:42 Quick-access to the tools you need
19:57 Name your files ASAP!
22:02 Give yourself onramp (and then wake up early or go to bed later!)
24:48 Good sleep & and health can improve productivity
27:07 Gear maintenance & wrapping cables properly
27:56 Don’t borrow from your future (health or wealth)
29:15 Delegate, collaborate, or outsource
30:10 Unplug TV, cancel subscriptions, sell your games
32:09 Social timers and app blockers
32:56 “Habit Stacking” to get through the drudgery
34:15 Dangerous ways to use your commute
36:26 Combine work travel with music
37:13 Double-purpose rehearsal to capture content
37:50 You’re not a bad parent if you take some time for yourself
38:30 AMAs, livestreams, or meetings while walking (the dog)
39:25 Shoot the music video WHILE you’re recording
39:49 Automation for social and app integration
41:35 Build a design and video world in advance: Remove decisions by templatizing
43:50 Set the timer for 20 minutes and then move on
45:05 Stay in your specialized flow
47:09 Enroll in creative challenges like FAWM, 60 Song Game, etc.
51:36 Mine from the past, cannibalize your unused material, etc.
52:10 Celebrate the steady progress, not just the big wins
