For every instrument, there could be 1 million great players out there in the world, but who is actually creating anything? I’m not a music critic, but it doesn’t take a professional to asses that we are obsessed with duplicating and replicating what has come…
Continue Reading →Any gig or show that is not local will involve traveling. Whether you are traveling by car, plane, bus, or train, a few simple guidelines can make the process a lot smoother for everyone. I’ve assembled a few suggestions centered around common sense that may…
Continue Reading →Sound familiar? Maybe it’s an excerpt from something your high school band director told you when you were asking too many questions, or talking to the person sitting next to you when you should be making changes to your music. It was probably prefaced by…
Continue Reading →You’re out of the gate with your music career and now you are trying to get to “The Next Level”. You’ve established yourself in one circle or another and you’ve come to realize that you deserve more money, recognition, and better gigs than you are…
Continue Reading →You are in one of 3 scenarios:
You are in your teens or twenties and you’ve decided college or working full time is not for you and you want to be a musician and break onto the scene.
You’ve just graduated music school with a…
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