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 [...]
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 [...]
I’m not a jealous person by nature, but seeing people I went to college with on TV is kind of hurting my unemployed feelings. At any rate, congrats to Ben Romans and The Click Five, whom I’ve just seen, promoting themselves, on “The N” (late night Nickelodeon). I haven’t heard their music, and don’t really [...]
