My friend and drummer Derek who plays with a large classic country group showed this last night: we were playing a set with a difficult funk beat. He aced it, but back in the dressing room he said he’d been nervous about it for the week coming up to the gig. He’d practiced his butt off, then put on his game face and did an amazing job.
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If you are an music artist, your original music is your loss leader. Unless you’ve either been insanely lucky or worked hard for 20+ years, you can literally make more money doing almost anything other than selling your music to fans and companies
Read MoreSo you’ve gone to your local music meet up. Things are going good, so you decide to screw it up a bit, but how? Fortunately I’ve been there, and I’ve figured out how to screw things up for you. Here are my 10 favorite ways to be a complete pain in the butt when connecting with other musicians and artists:
Read MoreHere’s a note I got from a reader this week:
How do you find balance with family, career, and of course just fun time playing music? I saw the one post where you talked about work/life balance, but I guess I’m wondering if you are able to get in some “me” time as well?
Read MoreI’ve been on a Wunderlist kick over the last two months, and it’s been great to see how useful this free app can be. Here are 5 things I use it for:
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