To address the general level of anxiety I find most musicians experience, I'm busting out my Big-Ass List of Fears. For real. You know, the gnawing 3 am, 'what am I doing with my life?' kind of fears. The fears that keep us awake at night are almost always...
Question: Is it time to quit your Day Job? Back in 2016 I quit my day job as Director of the Center for Music Entrepreneurship at Manhattan School of Music. After 5 terrific years in that job, I needed a change. I’d been living a double life: working three days a week...
If nothing else, Covid has shown us clearly that the systems are broken. That there are long overdue changes needed across all sectors. It's a tough lesson to learn. Which systems are broken specifically? Well, there's the system that is our democracy. And the...
What would you do to feel 50% happier with yourself and your career? What are the changes you'd be willing to make? I'm asking because sometimes we think we're ready to make real change in our careers. But then when it comes down to the nitty gritty of building...
It's Martin Luther King Monday. And for most of us, life goes on, and work keeps going, with a vague acknowledgment that it's one of those holidays where some things are closed and others aren't. But do yourself a favor and take just a moment right now, a beat to...
It's uncomfortable, right? The gap we all experience. The gap between where we are in life now and where we'd like to be. Maybe we think our careers should be further along. In the gap, it can feel like we've been working hard, but that we're in stuck in second gear,...
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...
MONDAY BYTES — May 9, 2016 To honor this commencement season, we're examining—using minimal pomp and circumstance—the value of rituals for musicians. Graduation ceremonies are rituals that mark the end of one chapter in a person's life and the beginning (commencing)...
