DeClutter Your Music

of the house straightened up is always a good idea, too. If you tend to invite over other people on a regular basis, go to the trouble of keeping the bathroom clean, your sleeping area hidden or at least neat, and the floor free of dirty clothes, huge piles of old periodicals, and trash. Dust, sweep, mop and/or vacuum regularly, and you may find you have less sick days per year from respiratory problems—mold and dust allergies are very common, and any cold can be aggravated by additional reasons to sneeze. Pets and pet areas should be cleaned of waste, old food and fur often to keep smells down, and you may find this makes you and fellow visiting musicians as happy as it does your pet. Find sturdy boxes and at least somewhat organize your clutter by piling like-sized papers and mags into these until you can get to them for a proper sorting, and clear an out-of-sight closet for their storage, making sure to label those boxes so you can find them (try to work on those a little each week and clear out that closet, eventually!). I’ve had fun going through old papers, buying art paper spiral notebooks at the office supply store, and creating scrapbooks of favorite musicians, my old bands, and other categories of useful information and placing these where I could get to them for later reference. This helps no end at bill paying times, tax time, and music event deadline times, when you can easily find that needed piece of paper. I’ve even learned, too, to put much of this on my computer, set up bills so they can be paid by phone (saving trips to the post office, buying stamps, or at the last minute because I forgot to mail the bill in time), and post songs and bio information on the web so I can at least give people a website to peruse when I forget to bring a bio or a demo tape. It feels so liberating, too, throwing out the other 99% of the periodical into the recycling bin that I didn’t need after extracting the one ad or blurb with it’s 2-line mention of my band, that great picture of my favorite vocalist, or the review of a friend’s new album. Funny, my husband and I can now display favorite curios and toys on our shelves, now that I’ve cleared

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