Welcome! Today is Sept 16, 2025. I’ve been called to get help with developing my music and music “Career”. If you’re reading this, it may be a good idea for us to team up. You are one of only a few people in Calgary Right now.
Proposed format, generated by ChatGPT:
🎶 Musicians Mastermind – Draft Framework
Mission / Purpose
To collaboratively maximize the impact of each participant in fulfilling their soul- and heart-driven artistic expressions — through feedback, accountability, and shared wisdom.
Format
- Cadence: Biweekly (every 2 weeks), starting Tuesday Sept 23, 2025
- Duration: ~60 minutes
- Location: Zoom (recorded for transcription + notes distribution) or in-person when feasible (Alan’s place in Hawkwood?) Or mixed zoom and live.
- Participants: 3–5 musicians (enough diversity but still intimate). Perhaps Trevor Uruski, Alan Robertson, Rod MacCormack & Tru Starhorse
Meeting Flow
- Opening & Centering (5 minutes)
- Quick grounding (music clip, breath, or intention-setting).
- Rotate facilitation so everyone develops leadership.
- Check-In Round (15 minutes total)
- Each person gets ~3–5 minutes.
- Guiding questions:
- What’s a top 10% win since last meeting?
- What’s one bottleneck or challenge you’d love help with?
- What’s the one most important thing that would make everything else easier, more joyful, or redundant?
- Focused Spotlight (25 minutes)
- One or two people get the “hot seat” each meeting.
- The group listens to a song/idea/video or dives into a career question.
- Everyone provides feedback through these lenses:
- What’s working / what’s touching you?
- Where does this want to go next?
- What could be simplified / improved?
- What feels most impactful to focus on?
- Brainstorm & Synergy (10 minutes)
- Open discussion: cross-pollinate ideas, share resources, discuss collaborations.
- Commitments & Accountability (5 minutes)
- Each participant states 1–2 action items for the next meeting.
- Optionally, a shared doc or Slack/Discord channel to track progress.
- Closing (2–3 minutes)
- Gratitude round / quick reflection.
Shared Resources
- Shared Folder (Google Drive, Notion, or similar):
- Alan can generate a meeting transcript and summary with Fireflies.ai
- Running notes + accountability tracker.
- Links to each other’s music, projects, and references.
- Chat Thread (e.g. WhatsApp, Signal, Discord):
- Quick wins, inspirations, questions between meetings.
Extra Options
Co-Listening Nights: Just listening together to demos/albums with feedback lenses.
Guest Mentors: Invite an outside artist occasionally for perspective.
Mini-Workshops: Short skill shares (e.g. mixing tricks, music video workflow).
Open to feedback! ~Alan