This is an old blog post that I decided to go back and update. Some of the ideas I expressed here have evolved since the first writing, so I wanted to reflect that. I’ve totally removed the bit about making organized practice routines because, as it occurs to me, they’ve never been so successful. I’d …
I could have used this about ten years ago. Derek Sivers, Berklee alum and inventor of CDBaby.com, gives a pep talk to the entering class of 2008.
It is 2:30 AM. I should go to bed. I have a big gig tomorrow as well as a paper and a speech to prepare for the end of my third term at ECPI.. which, by the way, has been getting the best of me. I don’t have any issues with the subject matter, and I …
Sometime in 1998 I was attending my first lesson with Whit Browne at Berklee College of Music. I picked Whit as my teacher after an incredibly embarrassing placement audition. Whit was actually one of the professors that auditioned me, and I won’t say I was totally horrible, I just didn’t know what was expected of …
