Music Directors: Speak Clearly and Be Timely!
It would appear that last week’s post on gig preparedness struck a chord with folks, pun most definitely intended (if you haven’t read it, click here). A close friend of […]
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The Pay to Gig Prep Ratio: Why aren’t folks prepared?
We’ve probably all heard this argument before: “well, if the rehearsals aren’t paid, then I can’t commit to doing a rehearsal but I can take the gig” or any variation […]
Dumb Question Culture: Where any question seems to be a dumb question
Many of us were brought up hearing that no question is a dumb question. When we ask questions, we learn, right? While this is true to a point, at a […]
Get Organized! 5 Tips to Keep Your Music Career on Track
Wouldn’t life be great if we could just sit and play/create music all day? That is a delightful idea . . . and unfortunately not even remotely a reality for […]
Chops and Reality: 5 Things to Remember About Working as a Pro Musician
With the internet these days, it’s easy to find a player (regardless of the instrument) who has a massive pile of chops that they have honed over countless hours of […]
5 Tips to Help You Avoid Inaction
Many talk big, but few walk that talk. Extremely few. I’ve noticed that a tremendous number of people in the music industry greatly enjoy talking about all the stuff they […]
5 Tips to Streamline Band Practice
Save for certain walk-on situations, every band/artist/production has rehearsals in one form or another. I’ve seen rehearsals that are extremely organized and others that are more along the lines of […]
Symbiotic Relationships: A Follow-up to Soundcheck 101
I am back and moving again on the blog after a busy few months. Here is a follow-up (2 years late) to Soundcheck 101. I wanted to solidify my stance […]
Positivity: Stories from the Road (video)
I figured that I would take a slightly more informal approach to this week’s episode. So, here is a little pontificating on positivity along with a few road stories. Enjoy!
Video: 3 Tips to Strengthen your Relationships with fellow Musicians
Here is this week’s post. Hope you enjoy it! Do you have other tips for strengthening relationships? Please share in the comment section!
Music Business Etiquette: The Ground Rules 