Paige Finn DohertyFounding Partner, Behind Genius · Founding Partner at Behind Genius Ventures

I used to cold email music artists’ managers to record shows…and this amine quote changed my mind

4 Mar 2023 · 1 min

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In this informal monologue, the speaker recounts their college days at San Diego State University, where they pursued free entry to live music shows by cold‑emailing artists' managers and offering to photograph the performances, even with a sub‑par camera. They describe attending an Aminé concert in 2018 at the Observatory North Park, where they saw a quote—"dreams are easy to achieve, believing is the hard part"—that resonated deeply. The speaker has framed the quote in their bedroom for four years, using it as a daily reminder that belief, not the dream itself, is the challenging component of achieving big goals. The overall tone is conversational and reflective, with an enthusiastic and hopeful sentiment toward personal ambition.

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So when I was at SDSU in college, I used to go and shoot music artist shows so I could get in for free. I used to like cold email their managers and be like, hey, do you have any photographers? And I would take my like camera that didn't really work that well and I would go to the shows, but I would go to all these shows for free. And I want to tell you guys about this quote that I saw that really changed my perspective on having big dreams. This is at Aminé's concert in 2018 at the Observatory North Park in San Diego. So it said, dreams are easy to achieve, believing is the hard part. So I've had a framed photo of this in my office bedroom for the past four years. I think it is such an incredible quote and truly encourages me to like work on big dreams because believing really is the hard part. So anyways, I just wanted to share. I hope you all are having an awesome day.