Shagtastic Voyage

As the dreaded tax deadline approaches and three quarters of the American population struggles with the numbers, I wanted to talk about what all us (200k +) professional musicians put in those blanks…

If you can’t tell by posts like this, I have a habit of dissecting marketing campaigns. You see, there is never a time when an organization does anything for the public that is not intended to either pull in new clients or solidify the patronage of existing ones. No matter the façade attached to it, [...]

Here lately, in many areas of my life, there has been a… well, just call it a principal, that keeps beating me in the face. It just keeps coming at me. In my family life, my spiritual life, and my musical life. I have been working hard to apply it to all those areas, too. [...]

As the debate about government funding for the arts continues and said funding continues to be cut (see a recent conversation here), it is clear that musicians need to, more than ever, make a point to support each other. It’s hard to make this support count for saving teaching jobs and school programs but we [...]

A New York Times article published yesterday (Jan 23rd), gave some interesting figures and information on current state of the Music Industry. Along with that, an exclamation that “…digital music has failed” (analyst, Mark Mulligan, Forrester Research). They base this on the fact that growth in digital sales increased only half as much as the [...]

I was reading an article in the December issue of Downbeat magazine called “Thief!” by Ed Enright. It really kind of opened my eyes to a side of piracy that I never really thought of.

…Musicians are taking note of all this and, instead of working on getting a “deal”, we are working on building relationships with our fans…

I took a quick second and put all the updates on this one post. I hope you guys dug the short glimpses into my day! Thanks for watching.

I remember a time in the not too distant past that me making money as a musician was a rare event. I was lucky to break even after buying strings and the occasional instrument cable. In the less than four years since then, I have made leaps and bounds in playing, band leading, and networking. [...]

First off, sorry for the cheesy, over used Field of Dreams reference; it seemed to fit too well to not use. Now on to the meat… It may be an old sentiment but it still rings true. Work hard and things will happen. People will pay attention to you or come to your gigs or [...]