Watching the Grammy Awards tonight I was struck with one thought: they might call that the Music Industry, but that has nothing to do with what I do as a working musician. I have been a professional musician for 15 years, and it’s been my sole job for 9 of those years. But whatever that […]
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Thanks to a tweet by Bob Lefsetz I came across the blog of Danny Barnes. I’ve been familiar with Barnes since my friend Matt turned me on to his band Bad Livers many years ago, but I had never seen his site before. Not only is the whole website beautiful and easy to navigate, Barnes’ […]
This past Saturday my band Water Babies played a double-bill at a The Comet Tavern with our friend, saxophonist Lee Redfield. Lee’s band plays pop covers in a jazz style, funkier soul-jazz tunes and some more free, modal kinds of explorations. Water Babies plays what we call “Spontaneous Funk”, which is all improvised funk music. […]
Now that the CD Release Party for my new CD “No More, No Less” is behind me I must turn my attention to the next step in the process: How do I get people to actually hear the darned thing? In this post I will detail a few of the steps I’ve taken to get […]
Every Friday on this blog is “Makin’ it Happen Friday”, where I feature another musician who’s found a way to make a living playing music. I am constantly inspired by others, and hope to pass that inspiration on to you. I “met” Elli Fordyce on Twitter, which is where I seem to meet all my […]
I first became aware of Amanda Palmer when I was researching Twitter and deciding if I should join. I read an article about how she used the service to grow her fanbase, mobilize said fans, and even make a ton of money. I was impressed. It was only after that that I learned about her […]
I came across Ashley Morgan and his site Upstart Blogger early in my research for this blog. I used his free 30-day blogging course to get me started and have referred to his writings many times since. I was also pleased to meet another trumpet player in the blogosphere, and with his blessing used his […]
My month of guest blog posts continues today with some very practical advice from Alex W. Rodriguez. Alex is a writer, trombonist and Masters Degree candidate in Jazz History and Research at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. His MA thesis will analyze modern representations of one of the first great jazz trombonists, Jack […]
Today’s guest post comes to us from Cory Huff. Cory is an actor, entrepreneur and internet marketing coach currently living in Portland, OR. He believes the starving artist is a myth and is out to prove it with his website TheAbundantArtist.com where he teaches artists how to sell art online. I “met” Cory after we […]
I don’t remember how I first came across Andrew Durkin’s blog, but I remember where it led me. I read his post “Winging It” concerning a review of the band Mostly Other People Do The Killing and the idea of spontaneity. The reviewer turned out to be Peter Hum of the Ottowa Citizen. I immediately […]
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