The original impulse to write this book sprang from my own frustration. At the time, I was running the Career Center at New England Conservatory and couldn’t find a book that spoke directly to the specific range of career questions I regularly heard from talented emerging and mid-career artists.

In today’s do-it-yourself marketplace there’s a dizzying array of online resources and information for promoting your music career. It’s confusing and overwhelming for most musicians to figure out “next steps.” So I wrote the book I needed that would cut through the clutter and provide user-friendly real-life advice along with inspiring examples from a wide range of artists—it’s the step-by-step practical tools to advance any career in music.

To my happy surprise, Beyond Talent became a favorite among classical and jazz musicians and it’s been used widely as text at scores of conservatories and universities. A few years later I wrote an expanded second edition and the third edition is in the works now.

For the musician wanting to create and sustain a meaningful life in music, I wrote this book for you.