A few years before Rene Erickson put together the documentary, “A Life Well Played,” which details my life and musical career (such as it is), he did this short film as a sort of preparation.
This little film was early enough in the process for me that I had (and still have) a hard time looking at this one. Rene did his, as usual, stellar job the problem I have is with myself.
This is entirely due to my unease at speaking about myself. I am too self-conscious though that improved (thankfully) by the time we did the full documentary.
Paradoxically as a musician I have had to engage in all sorts of shameless self-promotion over the years such as interviews and promotions. That part of the biz never appealed to me and I don’t think I was ever particularly good at it. One of the pleasures of advancing age is that I no longer feel obligated to engage in this sort of endeavor. These days if I write a song and have a video created it is only to promote the music and share it and not to try to sell either the product or myself. I am trying to get rid of “ego” and think it’s a big mistake at this point to be embracing it.
Take care.
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