CL069: Musician Andy Hall of The Infamous Stringdusters on life as a touring musician

In this episode of The Creative Life Podcast I talk with Andy Hall of The Infamous Stringdusters about life on the road as a touring musician and how he learned to love playing live. "Music is not a competition. You can't win. The only way to win is to keep doing it and make people smile and feel good." - Andy Hall Andy Hall Show Notes: Playing with The Grateful Dead (2:05) Getting started playing dobro (3:19) Getting over injury as a musician (6:00) Practising with inspiration (8:50) Developing as a dobro player (11:30) Moving to Nashville and the tradition of Bluegrass music (12:50) Using technology to build audiences (16:00) Understanding how to be a business (18:10) Quieting the voice of uncertainty (19:30) Knowing his path (20:15) Fear and anxiety as a performer (23:45) Having authenticity (30:55) GoPro and social media (35:35) Favorite Tools: GoPro Mixlr Favorite Album: Skip, Hop and Wobble by Jerry Douglas, Russ Barenberg and Edgar Meyer Interview Links: The Infamous Stringdusters Join James's Facebook fans: https://www.facebook.com/jamestaylordotme LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jameskirktaylor This is The Creative Life, James Taylor's weekly YouTube show. -------------------- ABOUT JAMES -------------------- As a creativity expert Taylor is a frequent guest speaker at universities and international conferences. He has given keynotes and talks at Apple, Subscription Site Summit in San Francisco, the British Music Show in the UK and at several universities across Europe including University of Dundee in Scotland and University of Macerata in Italy. He is often called upon by media outlets to give his views on trends in creativity and innovation. He has been quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle, Miami Herald, Columbus Dispatch, STV, Business Insider and San Jose Mercury News as well as featured on BBC TV and being the subject of a 30 minute program on his life for BBC Radio Scotland. As a host on shows about creativity and innovation he has interviewed legendary investor Maynard Webb (Yahoo.com, eBay.com & Salesforce.com board member) and New York Times best-selling writers Chris Guillebeau ($100 Startup), Rolf Potts (Vagabonding), Brand Cooper (The Lean Entrepreneur) and Ryan Holiday (Trust Me I'm Lying). James is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts (FRSA). Meet James at http://www.JamesTaylor.me -------------------- ABOUT THE CREATIVE LIFE -------------------- The Creative Life is a weekly self-improvement show full of #motivation, #inspiration, and #creativity strategies with creativity speaker and author James Taylor. The Creative Life blog can be read at: http://www.jamestaylor.me -------------------- SUBSCRIBE -------------------- Never miss a video, and join the Youtube self-help community living the fully creative life: http://www.youtube.com/jamestaylorme