Wendy Day tells musicians that attitude shapes your career. Respect collaborators whether they're paid or not, respond to emails, keep promises, and don't interact with people when you're in a bad mood. Buzz and income are linked, so being likable matters.
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Hi guys, Wendy Day here. Welcome to 2020 Vision. It's time for you to start making money with your music. It's also time for you to build your buzz if you don't already have one, because you need the buzz in order to make money. So, um, let me talk about attitude first, and this is always a hard one to talk about because I know that you guys all think that you've got the right attitude, but most people don't. It's really important for you to thank the people around you and treat the people that are helping you with respect. Whether you're paying them or not, they still need to be treated with respect. I know a lot of people out here in today's world don't keep their word, so you'll overpromise and underdeliver, and that doesn't work. Or you'll ask people people for a favor and then not thank them, or you will only call them when you need something, not just to touch base. So it's really important to do like a quick evaluation of yourself and make sure that you're treating the people around you with respect. You know, one of my philosophies is I treat stars like regular people and I treat regular people like stars. And I think that's one of the reasons I get so much respect in the music industry. I think another reason that I get respect is because I treat people fairly and I treat people with respect. I'm a terrible communicator, like I'm really not good at keeping in touch with people. So I could see where people might complain that I only call them when I need something. But for the folks that I do call when I need something, they certainly know that they can call me when they need something too. And that's always made clear. To them no matter how bad of a communicator I am. I make sure that I thank people. I try to respond to all of the emails and texts that I get. I can't return all the phone calls I get because that's just not realistic. I get too many of them now, but I do try to return all of the emails and the texts that I get. So I suggest you start doing the same thing too. Just be respectful of the people around you. If you tell them you're going to do something, do something. If you tell them you're going to pay them on a certain day, make sure you pay them on that day. And if for some reason you can't, like if something comes up, at least give them a proactive phone call and let them know that you know you were supposed to pay them on that day, but something came up and you can't, and here's how you're going to rectify it. And remember that nobody owes you anything. Like, if you want people to support you and gravitate towards you. You've got to be likable, you've got to be respectful, and you've got to be the kind of motherfucker that people want to spend time with. Because there's too many people out here doing this, and if somebody doesn't want to help you, they're going to find somebody else to help. And that's just the reality of the music business in 2020. So treat people with respect, show gratitude, and just check your attitude when you're in a bad mood. Have a little conversation with yourself and either get yourself out of that mood or don't interact with people when you're in a fucked up mood. So that's my advice for today. Um, with 20/20 Vision, I'm gonna post something every day. I'm gonna focus more on the career aspects. I just had to quickly touch on the attitude thing because people help people they like. They don't necessarily help people that are paying them to help them. So make sure that the likable side of you is coming out. And show gratitude and just stop for a minute and think how people are receiving the messages that you're sending to them. What are they thinking about you and how are they reacting to you? You might think you're the nicest person in the world and you might just be the biggest asshole in the world. So, you know, take stock of that and have a little chat with yourself and make sure you come with a great attitude. There's too many other artists out here that are going to surpass you if, um, you drop the ball on yourself. Okay guys, I want y'all to succeed.
