When I was a musician, I read magazines, and I suggest you do the same thing. However, I’m probably not talking about the same magazines your reading today.
While I absolutely think you should read trade mags, and magazines about your specialty within the industry (mine was Modern Drummer), I strongly recommend you read some of the great business magazines when you can. Fast Company is one such magazine (be sure to check out the wealth of info on the site too). Filled with trends, marketing ideas, branding concepts, entrepreneurial ideas and a hundred other things in every issue, I cannot encourage you enough to get a subscription. If you read just one business mag, make it this one.
I’d also recommend you join the local chapter of Company of Friends (see the site). Organized through the website, each chapter is simply a reader led group of people that meet to discuss the magazine and their goals and dreams. What a great way to meet forward thinking people like yourself! Check it out…
