Nobody wants to hire the person that’s pretty good at what they do for the really important projects, the really big shows. It’s fine to be average on small stuff where there’s not a lot at stake, but when it really counts and there’s serious money on the line, people always go for the best.
Read MoreEvery gig you play, every time you put your name on something, it adds another puzzle piece of who you are to people’s memory. That gig you took just because it paid well even though you weren’t excited about playing it? That’s going to have an impression with people who follow you, look up to you. For better, or for worse.
Read MoreComing up in July, I’ll be celebrating my third year of blogging. At around 150 posts a year, that’s a lot of blogs. Last year, I almost considered shutting down my blog.
Read MoreThere it was, ice cold, sitting on a square napkin on the stand next to the piano. She’d done it again- my amazing student’s mom Cindy had set out a chilled bottle of water for me before every lesson.
Read MoreI took a walk in the popular downtown district of St. Charles last night with my wife. With St. Charles being a bit of a college town. . .
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