Where in the world am I today?: Driving back to North Vancouver, BC, Canada
As I was driving back from Seattle today I was reflecting on all the fun I had over the weekend watching, participating and performing in Moisture Festival. When I got home I had a Facebook notification that I’d been tagged in the photo that accompanies this post… It was shot by John Cornicello, one of the official photographers for Moisture Festival and should you care to check it out on Facebook you can see a slightly larger version of the shot here.
Taking part in a Festival like Moisture Festival allows you all sorts of opportunities to both blatantly and subtly market yourself –
On Stage – Be Great! Do a fantastic job! Have the audience rolling in the ailes and leave ’em wanting more and chances are you’ll get invited back. If you’re easy to work with and do a great job you will be well remembered and when they think back about who they enjoyed having in the line-up, you’re name will likely surface when it comes time to think about who to invite back!
Back Stage – Help promote an awesome hang! Moisture Festival is the sort of event where the hang is as important, if not more important than the pay cheque. Actually, there’s no question that the hang is the most important aspect about this particular festival. Enjoy the hang, contribute to the hang, wallow in the hang, BE the hang. Succeed at this and you will be wanted back! Period!
Off Site – I crashed on an air mattress at my friend Matt Baker’s house and thoroughly enjoyed the visit with him and his girlfriend Lara. Being awesome off site includes doing things like being a gracious house guest. Tidy up after yourself, contribute to the consumables (food and beverage) and when possible contribute to the over all harmony of the environment.
Before going down to Seattle for Moisture Festival I had pre-determined that this trip was all about having fun and that’s exactly what I had! It was a great trip from start to finish! Whether this premeditated determination to have a good time contributed to the fabulousness, was the cause of the fun or completely unrelated has little bearing on the fact that I got to reconnect with some great friends, meet all sorts of new people who quickly became friends and had a ton of fun taking what I do and sticking it in front of the audiences at the Festival.
There’s no substitute for being awesome, so whenever possible exercise your awesomeness and you’ll be amazed at the results. In the midst of the fun you’re having while being awesome, you may not even notice it, but this will be some of the best marketing you’ll unconsciously be executing.
