Ask for what you want.

Anyone who has ever played a gig with Todd Wright will agree that Todd is not afraid to ask for what he wants.  If he wants me to play louder, he’ll ask for it.  If he wants me to drop out, he’ll tell me.  He doesn’t do it as a power play nor is he rude about it, he just knows what he wants the song to sound like and asks us help make it happen.  As a musician, I love this because I don’t have to guess or try to figure out what is expected of me — it has already been clearly communicated.

There’s a saying that goes “expectations are just resentments waiting to happen.”  If things aren’t going as expected, ask yourself, “did I ask for what I wanted?”