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On Winning at Life (and why you should stop trying)

grammyI was watching an interview with Stephen Merchant (Kevin Pollack Chat Show Ep. 171) and he was talking about how people love to see celebrities screw up their lives because “they want to be able to reassure themselves that you can have money and fame but it doesn’t make you happy and it doesn’t make you a good person necessarily….. that you haven’t won at life just because you’re successful.“

I love this. I don’t think it’s necessarily a great part of human nature that we like to see others fail BUT I do love the reminder that success and achievement are not equal to winning the game of life.  I think we artists especially need to be reminded of this.  We can get so caught up in the end that we ignore the means.  We’re told from an early age to “go make a name for yourself” and “someday you’re going to BE somebody”.  We spend our days obsessed with “chasing our dream” or “responding to our calling”.  But at what cost? What if you don’t “make it”?

I’m not at all saying we should all give up our dreams.  We shouldn’t.  But we need to enjoy the ride. Concentrate on enjoying the journey regardless of whether you reach the destination.  Dive into your art!! But do it for the enjoyment of creating NOT for what it might lead to.  Because if you don’t, I believe you’ll be pretty disappointed when you get “there”.  What good is achievement if you haven’t enjoyed life along the way?  If you’re an ass to everyone around you, if you put yourself first in everything, that Grammy acceptance speech is going to feel pretty lonely.

In his wonderful book “A Million Miles in a Thousand Years“, Donald Miller wonders if “we were designed to live through something rather than to attain something, and the thing we were meant to live through was designed to change us. The point of a story is the character arc, the change.”


Jonah Brockman is an independent music producer and engineer dedicated to empowering songwriters with the resources they need to make great music.  Visit jonahbrockman.com for more information, rates, and work examples.

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Posted by Jason Mapes on Wednesday, May 29, 2019

NEW RELEASE!! Jason Mapes – The Devil Plays Guitar.  Featuring rock legends Rudy Sarzo (Ozzy/Whitesnake), Bruce Kulick (KISS), Bill Leverty (FireHouse), Brian Vollmer (Helix), Jeff Neill (Streetheart), and Stacy Mitchhart.  Produced, recorded, and mixed by Jason Mapes and Jonah Brockman.


صحت سے روشن مستقبل | Healthy and Bright Future for all (Emirates Song)

صحت سے ہی روشن مستقبل متحدہ عرب امارات پولیو مہم، ہر مہینےگھر گھر پہنچ کر، ہر پانچ سال سے کم عمر بچے کو عمر بھر کی معزوری سے بچانے کیلئےدو قطرے پلا رہی ہے۔ مسلمان دوست ملک کی طرف سے صحت کا تحفہ۔Healthy and Bright future for allEmirates Polio Campaign is going door to door every month to vaccinate the children of Pakistan who are under the age of five in order to prevent them from a crippling future. Gift of Health, from one Muslim friend to another#EmiratesPolioCampaign #EPC #UAEPAP #UAE #Pakistan #KhyberPakhtunkhwa #Sindh #FATA #Karachi #Peshawar #Islamabad #PolioEradication #Polio #PakfightsPolio

Posted by UAE PAP on Thursday, June 13, 2019

A wonderful project written and directed by Ali Ashraf featuring Nehaal Naseem on vocals.  Music and mixing by Jonah Brockman.


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