Showing up…
A cool thing happened to me about a month ago. I showed up. Yes, I show up in lots of places, and I’m one of those who believes that just showing up is a BIG part of success. But this night back in August was the Songwriter’s Guild round at the Red Lion down in the village. I met up with my friend, songwriter Annie Dinerman (www.anniedinerman.com), saw an impromptu performance by Modern Man (www.modernman.com), as funny a pair as you’ll find. Then I met funny gal Christine Lavin (www.christinelavin.com), who it turns out is a fan of my song Be the Change; then Annie introduced me to Ann Ruckert(www.ruckertmusic.com) whose accolades are too long to list. and can be seen on her website.
What does all this mean?? Well, a heckuva good time at the Red Lion!; getting a national radio gig on the Joey Reynolds show (WOR) (through Christine); and being the guest speaker last night at the weekly meeting of the NY chapter of the Songwriter’s Guild (through Ann). The point being that last night I took one of my ’mental snapshots’ and thought, “Hey, I’m playing live on national radio AND the guest speaker in a songwriting group.” These are the subtle ‘wins’ that happen quietly on the chosen path.
