Yes my site is plain on purpose. It’s my minimalist desire for only what’s needed.
The world has given me enough. I don’t want more money or fame. I’m just giving back, and trying to live up to my lucky circumstance.
Me in 10 seconds
I’ve been a musician, producer, circus performer, entrepreneur, TED speaker, and book publisher.
I started CDBaby and HostBaby long ago. My short audio/book about it tells you everything I learned while starting, growing, and selling the business.
Introvert, slow thinker, and love finding a different point of view.
California native, I now live in New Zealand and Singapore.
Me in 10 minutes?
See my “about” page.
What am I doing now?
See my “now” page.
Contact me?
See why you should, though read my frequently asked questions, first.
Books
- Anything You Want (2011)
- 40 lessons for a new kind of entrepreneur: my tales of starting, building, and selling CD Baby
- Your Music and People (2018)
- a philosophy for musicians (and normal people) of getting your work to the world by being creative, considerate, resourceful, descriptive, focused, and connected
- Hell Yeah or No (2018)
- a collection of thoughts around re-defining yourself, changing focus, and saying yes to less
- How to Live (2018)
- radically different approaches to life, in succinct directives
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My private email list
If you want the announcements and opportunities that I never post publicly, get on my private email list, here:
Projects see all projects
- Book Notes
- detailed notes from the last 250+ books I’ve read
- Now Now Now
- a collection of sites that have a “what I’m doing now” page
- MusicThoughts
- inspiring quotes about music, translated into Español, Français, Deutsch, Italiano, Português, Русский, العربية, 日本語, and 中文
Videos
- TED (ted.com)
- 3 short talks from the TED Conference.
- Anything You Want
- 7 short animations from my book “Anything You Want”.
- Uncommon Sense
- Entrepreneur lessons learned from starting, building, and selling CD Baby.
- Conference Presentations
- Talks from other conferences, all subjects.
Interviews
Through 2015, I got personal and poured my heart into 40 hours of interviews.
Each one has an MP3 you can download, or a transcript if you prefer to read.
Photos (click for big)
Tweets see all tweets
- August 6
- You don't need confidence, just contribution. https://sivers.org/contrib
- August 2
- My definition of success: http://grantpirosblog.com/a-definition-of-success/ (thanks to Grant Piros for putting it succinctly)
- July 25
- New notes on four great books: https://sivers.org/book - especially “Story of Philosophy” and “Courage to be Disliked”.
- June 18
- Imagining a band: John Bonham, Jaco Pastorius, Bill Evans, Michael Hedges, and Björk, produced by Brian Eno.
- June 7
- Unlearning : https://sivers.org/unlearning
- April 17
- New books added to my book notes collection, plus a search box. Total of 250 books now. See new FAQ: https://sivers.org/bfaq
(micro.blog/sivers is a nice mirror of my posts.)