D.I.Y. Rock Star Rewind: Not Sweating Anything (March 2022) 😅

Vox Henderson
Feb 6, 2022
4 min read

Updated: Feb 7, 2022

Rough Start

— It’s amazing that yesterday turned out so well, because, as you know, it started out very poorly, attitude-wise for me. My stomach was in knots, I didn’t feel like I was accomplishing much, and doubted my abilities to be able to leverage the time the way I had originally envisioned it. But I kept GOING. Despite everything. And that’s all I COULD do to keep from just breaking down and throwing up my hands. I just kept saying to myself that, even if I WASN'T able to check these things off my list, that I was going to feel happier having worked on all these things at the end of the day, IF NOTHING ELSE. So, I just kept working. I didn’t give up, even if I moved from project to project. 💁🏾

Should I EVER play for free? (for the D.I.Y. Rock Star) https://bit.ly/214playfreeblog

Found Myself Somewhere in There….

The BEST news is that, now, today, I feel like I am BEYOND that ravenous period of trying to grow for growth’s sake. I feel like that was the mode I was in when I quit my torturous job in 2017. But I feel like I have been through a couple of different phases since then and I have settled into this NEW place of looking for a selective few key connections—that MAY lead to opportunities over time—but that I don’t mind being in this weird bubble where some folks know about us, but that OTHER folks don’t. I like being a little mysterious and don’t even think I could handle being massively successful overnight….🤷🏽‍♀️ Which is PROBABLY one reason that I am not doing that “sparkle vomit” thing quite as much anymore. 😳 I think that choosing fewer individual and institutional targets is better than just raining down all our shit onto EVERYBODY we ever meet. 🤷🏽‍♀️ I feel that we get a better result as far as attention and it feels better, so THAT'S the phase I am in now.

215. Learn how to be the HERO of your own story

(video: https://bit.ly/215beyourherovid and podcast: https://bit.ly/215beyourheropod )

As simple as it seems….

—Having said THAT, I TRULY decided that, if (insert any seemingly important person’s name)—or whomever!—“wants” us, they know where to find us, but that I am NOT anxious for ANYTHING now and, that instead, I am just out here, trying shit and enjoying life. 🤷🏽‍♀️🥰😊 —I MEAN IT! —So, THAT’S where getting the Cricut and making things and coming up with projects to try and products to launch comes in. I just LIKE doing that shit—ALWAYS have!—and the lack of having folks say anything about it is okay, because in the back of my mind, I KNOW we make an impression and THAT'S all I need for now. 👏🏾 Unlike ANY time EVER in the past, I am NOT sweating ANYTHING. I have decided that, for now, we will find all this, but I am CONVINCED that, like water building in a dam, when the time is best, we will breakthrough into the RIGHT opportunity. 🤷🏽‍😊 So, I have this sense of peace that, frankly is so unexpected, but it has caused me to allow that peace to flow on into other areas of my life. 🧘🏾‍♂️

Why Did We Get a Cricut? (for the D.I.Y. Rock Star) https://bit.ly/whycricutblog

What’s exciting?

Email

As I mentioned above, I am SOOOO excited to have emailed our brand new 100+ person mailing list (for our band, Bourgeoisie Paper Jam)! Our artist mentoring program suggests that we email them weekly, but since we’re SOOOO new to this, we have settled on a monthly check-in email. (If you’re interested in hearing more about this whole artist mentoring process, check out next month’s blog post on it.) 💌

Sugar Fit RINGTONE

Buy Now

Ringtones are HERE! (https://bit.ly/prejippieshop )

Ringtones

Finally, we have been WANTING to sell ringtones for 5 years now and we are just a week from launching a space within our Wix store to be able to sell those downloads. ( https://bit.ly/prejippieshop ) ☎️

19 Contest ideas for bands and other D.I.Y. Rock Stars https://bit.ly/contestideasblog

Thanks!

As with all that we are doing now, we are so happy to share it all with you! You make it so much easier to follow our muse, so THANKS IMMENSELY for that! 🙏🏾

216. How to Create a Music-related Content Calendar

(video: https://bit.ly/215beyourherovid and podcast: https://bit.ly/216contentcalpod )

Here's what we're celebrating this month!

Ringtones are HERE! (https://bit.ly/prejippieshop )
Building our Bourgeoisie Paper Jam email list (Want to join? https://bit.ly/BPJstreetteam )
We got new stickers! (From those Sticker Mule flash sales! ( https://bit.ly/prejippieshop )
Our daughter made her first long-form video review: https://bit.ly/zanfleabagblog

Gab & Jam:

213. Goals for 2022 (video: https://bit.ly/213goals2022vid and podcast: https://bit.ly/213goals2022pod )

214. Should I ever play for free? (for the D.I.Y. Rock Star) (video: https://bit.ly/214playfreevid and podcast: https://bit.ly/214playfreepod )

215. Learn how to be the HERO of your own story (video: https://bit.ly/215beyourherovid and podcast: https://bit.ly/215beyourheropod )

216. How to Create a Music-related Content Calendar (video: https://bit.ly/215beyourherovid and podcast: https://bit.ly/216contentcalpod )

Goals for 2022 for us D.I.Y. Rock Stars https://bit.ly/213goals2022blog

Blog Posts:

Goals for 2022 for us D.I.Y. Rock Stars https://bit.ly/213goals2022blog
Should I EVER play for free? (for the D.I.Y. Rock Star) https://bit.ly/214playfreeblog
19 Contest ideas for bands and other D.I.Y. Rock Stars https://bit.ly/contestideasblog
Why Did We Get a Cricut? (for the D.I.Y. Rock Star) https://bit.ly/whycricutblog
If you missed last month’s newsletter, check it out here: https://bit.ly/feb2022diyrockstar