Let me guess, you have dream project that you would love to make a reality—and it involves raising money. Maybe it’s a festival you're looking to launch. An album you want to record. An after school program you'd love to create. Or a new work your ensemble hopes to...
Most of us don't like to admit that we're scared. But the truth is, we ALL have anxieties around performing, auditioning, public speaking, and/or interviewing. And then there's networking and social interactions. To help, here are my best kept Secrets Revealed: How to...
If real-time in-person networking makes your skin crawl, then try my Musicians' Networking Solutions to change your mindset and change your world! Let me level with you. I used to hate even the IDEA of networking. It brought to mind sleazy sales people pressing their...
How well are you dealing with the artist's struggle of the urgent vs. important? In his terrific book Making Your Life as an Artist, Andrew Simonet writes, “Most artists spend the vast majority of their time dealing with immediate problems. The PR package that was...
Surprise: Here are the three unexpected things I learned last week about change. The three are all about how we process change and why it's such a challenge. Even when we're motivated, many of us struggle to make change happen and we often get in our own way (think of...
Join me for the 5 Day Creative Productivity Challenge. Let's clear the deck so you can work smarter, get more done, and achieve the Flow state more consistently. It starts a week from today: OMG! I'm excited (and nervous!)—this will be my first FB live and I will be...
I recently sent the completed manuscript of the 3rd edition of my book, Beyond Talent, to my editor at Oxford University Press. If you imagine that a new edition involves a few updates of statistics and some added examples, guess again! At least in this case, it was a...
Want Money? Ask for Advice! Asking for advice is a great way to cultivate your community of potential supporters. Think of the 10-15 people closest to you—mentors from back home, family friends, and extended family—people who have shown interest in you and your music...
How's your self-worth these days? Too often the driving energy behind creative work is the desire for approval and validation. I'm asking, Are you worthy? Caught up in trying to prove yourself as a musician? If we scratch below the surface, many musicians are stuck...
In working with musicians on expanding their freelance performance and teaching opportunities, the uncomfortable topic of networking inevitably comes up. My answer: map your network. Huh? Too often I hear musicians say, I don't know anybody who can refer work to me....
