E143:  Speaking with singer-songwriter Steve Maher Boston born and Chicago / Denver raised in his career. On this episode we speak through his time transitioning through COVID to a new city as an artist, creating income and sustaining band members by treating your band as a business, AI in music production, and humoring life in general. We speak through the music industry but add in plenty of useful points for business owners and creatives of all kinds.  In This Episode We CoverAdapting to high elevation levels as a singer or musician Music career through Covid transitions Moving to new cities and adapting your soundDoing things with poor vision and vision defects Sustaining income for your band membersA band is a businessCreating revenue from your art so you can sustain itForming your teamBehind the scenes to make a show go well and keep the project goingHumoring life and bringing that to your artYou can only control your actions When to play and when to workEngaging with your inner childAI in music Quotes “Everyone want’s it to be just about the music, of course I want that but if you want to make it your life you have to form processes that bring in revenue.” - Steve Maher “If you don’t laugh you’ll cry” - Steve Maher “You can only control your actions and what you do, and how to respond to things.” - Steve Maher Resources Noted In This Podcast Episode  The Honey Houndshttps://www.honeyhoundsmusic.com/ The Green Mill Jazz Club in Chicago https://greenmilljazz.com/ Suggester: Chords and Scales Chords AIhttps://www.chordai.net/  Steve’s Links Steve’s Sitehttps://www.stevemarzmusic.com/ Steve’s Press Kithttps://kitcaster.com/steve-maher/ Night Routine Linkhttps://linktr.ee/nightroutine  Waking Up From Work Podcast Links  IG / Tik Tok / Clubhouse / Twitter / HiHo Follow & DM Me!@davewakeup Merch To Support Us!https://wakeup.itemorder.com/sale?fbclid=IwAR30nyVXdpFaax0mN0CRcC_mVjNzafbMo0spds82eoG-GMo01HG6Uq0dvzw Patreon (If you want to support the show check out our sweet offers for you)https://www.patreon.com/wakingupfromwork Facebook Community to connect to creativeshttps://www.facebook.com/groups/wakingupfromwork/about/ Email[email protected] Youtube Channel & Serieshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJeddF25VuWn8Eg3Fhy13fQ?view_as=subscriber For audio advice and more in depth music content from Davewww.crawlspaceaudio.com Dave’s Indie Band Broadwinghttps://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/broadwing/tennessee