Jim Offerman http://www.jimofferman.net inspirational piano pop for you Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:09:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 en hourly 1 (c) 2008 Jim Offerman Music. Music is licensed under a CC-BY-NC license (see my website for details).jim,offerman,pop,rock,music,indie,singer,songwriter,dutch,netherlands,nederland,holland,uplifting,male,piano,guitarMusicinfo@jimofferman.nlJim OffermanJim Offermannojim,offerman,pop,rock,music,indie,singer,songwriter,dutch,netherlands,nederland,holland,uplifting,male,piano,guitarMusic from Dutch indie pop singer-songwriter Jim Offerman.Music from Dutch indie pop singer-songwriter Jim Offerman.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.gifSome Rights ReservedJimOffermanhttp://feedburner.google.com Optimaal FM Podcast! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JimOfferman/~3/SJQCsap3o6s/optimaal-fm-podcast http://www.jimofferman.net/blog/2009/optimaal-fm-podcast#comments Sat, 26 Sep 2009 16:55:55 +0000 info@jimofferman.nl (Jim Offerman) http://www.jimofferman.net/blog/2009/optimaal-fm-podcast Podcast of my appearance on “Hoteldebotel met Jorre & co” on Optimaal FM this afternoon: part 1 and part 2.

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]]> http://www.jimofferman.net/blog/2009/optimaal-fm-podcast/feed noPodcast of my appearance on “Hoteldebotel met Jorre & co” on Optimaal FM this afternoon: part 1 and part 2. Jim Offerman inspirational piano pop for you | permalink | get the music | join the fan club! © 2009 Jim Offerman MJim OffermanPodcast of my appearance on “Hoteldebotel met Jorre & co” on Optimaal FM this afternoon: part 1 and part 2. Jim Offerman inspirational piano pop for you | permalink | get the music | join the fan club! © 2009 Jim Offerman Music. jim,offerman,pop,rock,music,indie,singer,songwriter,dutch,netherlands,nederland,holland,uplifting,male,piano,guitarhttp://www.jimofferman.net/blog/2009/optimaal-fm-podcast What people want to hear http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JimOfferman/~3/ujTLR_NSOMo/what-people-want-to-hear http://www.jimofferman.net/blog/2009/what-people-want-to-hear#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:02:19 +0000 info@jimofferman.nl (Jim Offerman) http://www.jimofferman.net/?p=607 I’m sure we’ve all heard this one before: “take back that thing you said earlier, then I’ll give you what you want.” It’s easy to accept such a peace offering when you do regret that thing you said earlier. But what if you don’t? What if, despite everything, you still stand by those words? Do you tell the other person exactly what they want to hear, just to get that thing you want?

I vowed I would never do that again, after I picked up Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People. I never made through to the end of book, since every word of it made me cringe. Horrible! I do think the author is spot on in his assertion that more people will appear to like you if you consistently tell everybody what they want to hear. I also believe that such insincere manipulation of others is very, very wrong. In my view, you don’t win friends… you have to earn them. I choose to earn my friendships without resorting to manipulation.

Of course, the downside is that some times I do not get what I want, because I will not take back that thing I said earlier. I think that’s a small price to pay.

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]]> http://www.jimofferman.net/blog/2009/what-people-want-to-hear/feed http://www.jimofferman.net/blog/2009/what-people-want-to-hear Music vs the girlfriend http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JimOfferman/~3/S8FwCnKLc6Q/music-vs-the-girlfriend http://www.jimofferman.net/blog/2009/music-vs-the-girlfriend#comments Sun, 06 Sep 2009 16:57:15 +0000 info@jimofferman.nl (Jim Offerman) http://www.jimofferman.net/?p=603 I’ve always wondered what would come first: music or the girlfriend. Since the latter has long been absent from my life, it was impossible to know. Now that I have a girlfriend, however, there is no doubt about it: music doesn’t even come close! Crazy as I am about making music, I’m just that much crazier for my girlfriend. She adds stuff to my life that music simply can’t touch. Of course, I wouldn’t be complete without either of them…

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]]> http://www.jimofferman.net/blog/2009/music-vs-the-girlfriend/feed http://www.jimofferman.net/blog/2009/music-vs-the-girlfriend Charlotte! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JimOfferman/~3/VBbvmXFRer0/charlotte http://www.jimofferman.net/blog/2009/charlotte#comments Sat, 05 Sep 2009 15:34:47 +0000 info@jimofferman.nl (Jim Offerman) http://www.jimofferman.net/?p=601 Charlotte is the first single! You should be hearing it on a radio near you* soon, but in the meantime check it out exclusively on my Hyves! You will have to scroll down to the music player and hit play yourself - apparently that’s deemed convenient nowadays…

*disclaimer: that’s assuming “near you” is somewhere in the Netherlands.

(this concludes item # 993)

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]]> http://www.jimofferman.net/blog/2009/charlotte/feed http://www.jimofferman.net/blog/2009/charlotte 1 down, 999 to go http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JimOfferman/~3/awq5MoIjVi8/1-down-999-to-go http://www.jimofferman.net/blog/2009/1-down-999-to-go#comments Sat, 05 Sep 2009 13:47:23 +0000 info@jimofferman.nl (Jim Offerman) http://www.jimofferman.net/?p=598 I have about a thousand things left to do before the big concertthere. I suspect I’ll sell a few more tickets if people actually know there are tickets to be sold. That’s still just a hunch, of course… ;)

So, that’s one item down! Only nine hundred and ninety nine more to go.

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]]> http://www.jimofferman.net/blog/2009/1-down-999-to-go/feed http://www.jimofferman.net/blog/2009/1-down-999-to-go Who decides what you want? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JimOfferman/~3/nJSrrxbv8KI/who-decides-what-you-want http://www.jimofferman.net/blog/2009/who-decides-what-you-want#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:14:35 +0000 info@jimofferman.nl (Jim Offerman) http://www.jimofferman.net/?p=590 Seth has the uncanny ability of stating the obvious in such a way that makes you wonder why it isn’t already obvious to everyone:

If you decide what you want (instead of letting someone else decide for you) perhaps you could choose the things that would actually bring you and your loved ones the satisfaction you can live with.

Since I ditched cable TV and most other forms of push advertising a couple of years ago, I’ve become pretty adept at deciding what I want all by myself. I do still buy into the occasional hype, but I’m usually fully aware and perfectly happy with buying into that particular hype. You?

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]]> http://www.jimofferman.net/blog/2009/who-decides-what-you-want/feed http://www.jimofferman.net/blog/2009/who-decides-what-you-want Green Light Police http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JimOfferman/~3/cskiznrqzE8/green-light-police http://www.jimofferman.net/blog/2009/green-light-police#comments Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:11:23 +0000 info@jimofferman.nl (Jim Offerman) http://www.jimofferman.net/?p=587 Just came across a great analogy for those beloved DVD piracy warnings: showing a piracy ad to your paying customers is like the police stopping everyone who crossed on a green light to explaining the dangers of running a red light, while letting everyone who actually runs a red light pass without a fine or warning.

Now if only Hollywood were smart enough to understand this too…

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]]> http://www.jimofferman.net/blog/2009/green-light-police/feed http://www.jimofferman.net/blog/2009/green-light-police Thanks, Bob! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JimOfferman/~3/10Krxundh3M/thanks-bob http://www.jimofferman.net/blog/2009/thanks-bob#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:26:52 +0000 info@jimofferman.nl (Jim Offerman) http://www.jimofferman.net/?p=585 My quote of the day comes from Bob Lefsetz on Imogen Heap:

If you’re a musician, focus on music. Sure, make it available, get your fans excited about it, but no matter how much you talk about it, it’s not as powerful as actually listening to it. Don’t forget, Led Zeppelin got lousy reviews. But the public spread the word, the public loved Led Zeppelin. If you release music the public loves, the public will spread the word, you don’t even have to.

(found through EHPO)

I guess now I can finally stop feeling guilty for not sending out tweets on every little thing I do! ;)

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]]> http://www.jimofferman.net/blog/2009/thanks-bob/feed http://www.jimofferman.net/blog/2009/thanks-bob Band Rehearsals Off To A Good Start! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JimOfferman/~3/KJKwC7P7kUw/band-rehearsals-off-to-a-good-start http://www.jimofferman.net/blog/2009/band-rehearsals-off-to-a-good-start#comments Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:05:23 +0000 info@jimofferman.nl (Jim Offerman) http://www.jimofferman.net/blog/2009/band-rehearsals-off-to-a-good-start We chomped through the first half of the playlist for October 17th yesterday, so the band is off to a good start. Which is good, since we have only about 9 more weeks to prepare…

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]]> http://www.jimofferman.net/blog/2009/band-rehearsals-off-to-a-good-start/feed http://www.jimofferman.net/blog/2009/band-rehearsals-off-to-a-good-start “Good Night Mary” nominated for a JPF Award! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JimOfferman/~3/LjHeBa6ijuo/good-night-mary-nominated-for-a-jpf-award http://www.jimofferman.net/blog/2009/good-night-mary-nominated-for-a-jpf-award#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2009 09:57:46 +0000 info@jimofferman.nl (Jim Offerman) http://www.jimofferman.net/blog/2009/good-night-mary-nominated-for-a-jpf-award My song Good Night Mary has been nominated for Best Lyric in the 2009 Just Plain Folks Awards! The amazing thing about these awards is that the nominees are selected from an utterly insane amount of music - 42,000 albums and 560,000 songs were evaluated by an army of judges until everything was boiled down to only handfuls of nominees.

I suppose I should be honored then!

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