Funny you should mention that. I seem to get some of my best ideas when I take a long shower or bath (and I highly recommend the jet streams in your bath!).

I almost always emerge with a synergistic idea or two. In fact, my biggest problem is that I have too many ideas and not enough time to implement them all...something I can't really outsource.

As for the band thing, I enter another world there. It doesn't work for me, because marketing ceases to exist when I'm playing. But before and after, I'm always thinking about it. In fact, it's funny because when I'm playing, the only thing that exists for me at the moment is the music. But as soon as I take a break, the business stuff all comes back to me. I may need to stop that, but it pays off. In fact, some of my bandmates make fun of me when I arrive for practice with a pad and pen, and then proceed to jot down brainstorming ideas during a break that has nothing to do with music. Oh well!

John