by Kabir Sehgal | Sep 22, 2024 | All, Seven Point Sunday
Read time: 1 minute, 375 words. President Jimmy Carter is like an uncle to me. β In the 1960s, my immigrant dad arrived at Auburn University & rang the bell. β βLillian Carter (Jimmy’s mother) opened the door. β She was the dorm’s housemother. β She...
by Kabir Sehgal | Sep 15, 2024 | All, Seven Point Sunday
Read time: 1 minute, 299 words. I don’t watch TV. β I don’t scroll social media. β I don’t join boards. β I don’t go to parties or events. β I don’t have dinners with friends. β (well, I’ve had 2 this year) I sit in my cave studio...
by Kabir Sehgal | Sep 8, 2024 | Seven Point Sunday
Read time: 1 minute, 302 words. When it comes to social media, I’m an early adopter but late bloomer. I joined Facebook in 2004 – weeks after launch. β I infrequently used it. β In fact, I only “got serious” about social media about 12 weeks...
by Kabir Sehgal | Sep 1, 2024 | All, Seven Point Sunday
Read time: 1 minute, 326 words. If you’re like many artists I know, you launch headfirst into your project. β You complete the work. And struggle endeavor to get it out. β How do I get people to pay attention to my artistry? β Prussian General Carl Von...
by Kabir Sehgal | Aug 25, 2024 | All, Seven Point Sunday
Read time: 1 minute, 376 words. 20 summers ago, I attended a political convention. β I was working on a presidential campaign as a speechwriter & assistant. I heard a then-state senator talk about uniting red & blue states. β We had actually met a few weeks...
by Kabir Sehgal | Aug 18, 2024 | All, Seven Point Sunday
Read time: 1 minute, 339 words. Imagine that I put a big, beautiful brick in your mailbox. The next day, you receive 20 more beautiful bricks… And now there’s no room left in your mailbox. I’m talking metaphorically about email attachments. Every...
by Kabir Sehgal | Aug 11, 2024 | All, Seven Point Sunday
Read time: 1 minute, 278 words. Almost every artist I know is focused on the same thing… Their current project. β But a key to building a fanbase is OLD music. Otherwise known as the “back catalog.” β Yes, it has something that new music lacks…...
by Kabir Sehgal | Aug 4, 2024 | All, Seven Point Sunday
Read time: 1 minute, 346 words. A close friend sent me a message a while ago. “I need to talk to you.” β My heart sank. β I wondered if he was in trouble. β So, I called him. “Kabir, I need to borrow $400k to buy a boat. I need it in the next 48...
by Kabir Sehgal | Jul 28, 2024 | All, Seven Point Sunday
Read time: 1 minute, 295 words. My record label has issued hundreds of releases in a few years. β I look for these 5 things when signing an artist. β I mention the one question an artist has never asked me. β I wonder who will be the first? π€ β -Kabir β Seven Point...
by Kabir Sehgal | Jul 21, 2024 | All, Seven Point Sunday
Read time: 1 minute, 346 words.βI used to be self-conscious about being Indian American.βI was one of the few non-whites in the Christian school in Georgia that I attended.βI wasn’t a good ole boy (& didn’t shoot birds on the weekends).βClassmates...