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A small note: today was full of meetings with the parent company, but it also included hanging out with the lead singer of my favorite band ever, and seeing Kings of Leon at MSG.

Both experiences compounded with the meetings really cemented for me something.

When staring back at a full 10000 people, or talking to someone who actually wrote and pulled off a song called with the line “the carpenter’s out, running about and barking in the street” in it, it cements the reason myself, and those I work with stick with the job we do. It’s about passion, and nurturing the passions of both artist and fan to a situation that realizes itself in the moments where someone gets lost within it.

Looking back in the show, I saw dad’s with their sons, girlfriends and boyfriends, college kids, older people, high schoolers and everything in between. All collectively focused on four guys from Tennessee on stage as equally awed by the spectacle as the audience.

And likewise, talking to a guy who has been in this business for 30 years, but still has his eyes light up talking about the Santogold record, or MGMT or his latest record — its fucking inspiring as hell.

Music has power to it, and you can never, ever forget the power of it, especially when you are in the business of nurturing talent, promoting music and distributing it. If you loose sight of that power, it’s to your own detriment and failure.

I actually think this applies to other industries as well. The power of mass communication, motion picture, television, journalism, etc.

The businesses that are “dying” are somewhat doing so because they are so entrenched in the business of surviving, that they loose sight of the power of living.

We have to step into our own worlds periodically to figure out how to live within them.