The truth is that the skill musicians need most now is . . . Courage Between the pandemic, the economy, the social justice outrages—and the uncertain future for the performing arts—we're living in a fear-based culture. Anxiety is running rampant throughout social...
What does it take? As a musician, what fuels your best work? You probably heard the sad news that the world lost the talented actor / director Chadwick Boseman to cancer a week ago. The star of the groundbreaking film "Black Panther," Boseman was just 43 years old and...
My BFF walking partner Florrie brought up this terrific question the other day, Florrie thinks it's something you either have or you don't. What do you think, Can you teach empathy? The essential skill for musicians. I'm not so sure. There are of course people who...
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...
Has this ever happened to you? Anticipatory anxiety. There's nothing to worry about yet, nothing bad has happened but you work yourself into a tizzy anyway based on your thought distortions: the messages you're telling yourself. Here's my latest. It involves some...
MONDAY BYES – November 18, 2013 Here's a present: a terrifically inspiring 20 minute video by Brené Brown on Why Your Critics Aren't the Ones Who Count (given at the 99U conference for creatives.) For all us who have ever NOT done the work we are capable of, out of...
