Last week, a friend of mine posted a link to a video advocating education reform. It starts with the fact that our education system was designed for different times and circumstances and talks about how students are pushed through and not encouraged to think outside the box. At 7:42 it talks about divergent thinking or, [...]
Is it worth it?
Leaving a child and wife at home for what is (at the moment) an extracurricular activitie. I am constantly dealing with the balance of art and family.
A Time to Gig
Many years ago I learned a hard lesson in sacrificing family time for gigs. I was living in Atlanta and had been playing (on and off) with a smooth jazz group
If You Practice, Gigs Will Come
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 [...]
Mind over Music (pt. 3)
For the final installment of this little miniseries, I want to address something that young musicians (including myself…when I was young) deal with. I want to talk about stylistic diversity and what it means to making money as an instrumentalist…
Dear 1999
Ok, so, the cats at musicianwages.com has asked music bloggers to participate in a group blogging event today (12/30/09). The topic is a question- If you could go back to 1999 and give yourself one piece of advice, what would it be? My response is short and sweet but it definitely addresses the single biggest [...]
Mind over Music (pt. 2)
Now that you we’ve beaten the confidence/worthiness monster (Mind over Music pt.1), we have to get over the issue of geography. No matter…
Mind over Music (pt.1)
…So, I was in a bit of a conundrum. How in the world am I going to make a living as a musician in such a culturally void city? The answer?…
