How does Beauty operate in your music career?
Lately I’ve been thinking about the experience of Beauty as an operating principle—in both music and in life. The questions of where and what Beauty is, what it's for, and how it works—these have fascinated me in recent weeks. I'm asking How does Beauty operate in...
How to handle rejection in an unfair music profession
Rejection—it’s an inevitable part of life as a professional musician. You fail to advance in an audition round, your grant proposals are turned down, or you experience radio silence in response to your email pitches. Rejection just comes with the territory. The...
How Artistry—in relation to Power—plays out in your career
Since seeing the film Tár a few weeks ago, I’ve been wrestling with the questions the film brought front and center for me. Especially, that of How Artistry in relation to Power plays out in your career. In case you haven't seen it yet, the film portrays the downfall...
Is your artistic temperament flaring up?
Here's the question: Is your "artistic temperament" flaring up? It's on my mind because of Don Cheadle's mesmerizing portrayal of the great Miles Davis in the film Miles Ahead. An off-the-charts genius with a legendary short-fuzed temper, Miles Davis might just be the...
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