054 – Podcast Update for April 1, 2024

Creativity Excitement Emotion

We interrupt this regularly scheduled program to bring you an important update. There are several great announcements in this episode, and you won’t want to miss out! In this episode of Creativity Excitement Emotion, David shares essential updates concerning his business as well as the podcast. Download the PDF Transcript Sponsors: Productivity, Performance & Profits Blackbook: Get a free copy of the “Definitive Guide to Productivity for Artists and Entrepreneurs.” Highlights: 00:17 – Podcast update 01:17 – David’s grandfather passed away 02:18 – How DavidAndrewWiebe.com is transforming 03:54 – The launch of MusicHackers.org 06:23 – The launch of Better Ways to Survive 07:28 – The future of the Creativity Excitement Emotion podcast 08:29 – Closing thoughts Transcript: Welcome to Creativity Excitement Emotion. I know this is one of the few times I’ve even given an intro like that, and there is a reason for it. I began recording episodes for Creativity Excitement Emotion in July 2024, so aside from the interview with Jody in episode 9, as well as episode 30, in which I talked about why I deleted Music Entrepreneur HQ, you’ve been hearing episodes I recorded months ago The last few episodes, specifically, were captured around October of last year. But today’s episode is more current, meaning I’m capturing it at the end of March 2024, to give you a timely update. And I know it’s April 1, but I’m letting you know at the outset that what’s covered in this episode is not an April Fool’s joke – we truly are moving forward with the things talked about here. Either way, there is much to talk about today, so let’s go item by item. The Passing of David’s Grandfather Last weekend, I got the news that my grandfather had passed away. So, I decided to honor him with a week of silence – you may have noticed that I didn’t post any new podcast episodes last week. I know that may sound kind of convenient, but they say everyone mourns differently, and the main way it’s been showing up for me is exhaustion, so I’ve been resting a lot and taking things slow. There has been no reason to overexert myself, and in fact, I’ve kind of been enjoying more of a relaxed pace lately. I’m discovering more and more that I don’t need dozens of projects in my life to sustain or fulfill me. Anyway, I plan to honor my grandfather in the written word, and I’m going to write something for the man who never taught me anything but showed me several things, like how to fish, how to drive a lawn tractor, or how to drive a truck. And yes, I will be sharing that piece publicly, so keep an eye open for it on DavidAndrewWiebe.com. DavidAndrewWiebe.com’s New Look and New Focus Speaking of DavidAndrewWiebe.com, I needed to make some decisions concerning how I wanted to continue to build my brand. There were a couple of big considerations, with the first being that I hadn’t brought the styling of the website fully up to date. I got some great photos done in February, and I hadn’t gotten around to using them across the entire website yet. So, it was time to get on top of that. We also chose the specific fonts and colors I’m to be using on the website. If you go to the website now, while it’s still somewhat of a work in progress, you’ll find that we’ve largely implemented the new style. The second consideration was deciding on a specific direction for my site. It was far too general to appeal to anyone, and that put me in a position of having to work for attention and business instead of attracting and earning it. So, I now have a very simple sentence explaining exactly the purpose the site serves: Here I document my journey of music, starting businesses, and personal growth. It took some time to land on that one, but that’s almost exactly what the site already is, so I’m very happy we were able to condense it into that. Additionally, I’ve warned in the past,