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...
As a follow-up to last week's post on 5 Social Media Strategies, today I'm excited to introduce you to a concept I love. It's a cure for the all-too-common Musicians' Social Media Mania. For the confusion and overwhelm about what to post and how not to come across...
This seems like the right week to think about what we—as musicians and as citizens—can do to make the world a better place. In times of trouble, story can work as cure. We've got mind-boggling national and international events swirling around us. And the internet is...
It's summer festival time and like seasonal allergies, there are a set of common symptoms you may experience. I spoke last week at the fantastic Imani Winds Chamber Music Festival and worked with a terrific set of musicians (YAY!). Afterward, I found myself thinking...
There's a common musician affliction — opportunity blindness. It's a form of situational short sightedness rendering us unable to see opportunities within our reach. Most of us view our careers by measuring what's missing, what we haven't accomplished—the glass half...
MONDAY BYTES — April 20, 2015 Consider your constellation of creative influencers: people and organization that are sources of inspiration and ideas. Whom do you read, listen to, and pay attention to? Which organizations and groups play key roles in providing you with...
Monday Byres — November 3, 2014 Where are you in the arts ecosystem? The term "arts ecosystem" refers to the big picture view of how the arts function structurally and economically in a culture or specific community. For one big picture overview of the live performing...
MONDAY BYTES — August 25, 2014 My good friend Florrie reminded me recently that with "art music" concerts — just like the visual arts —not everyone "gets it." It's easy for musicians to lose sight of this, and to think that when it comes to appreciating music there's...
MONDAY BYTES — August 18, 2014 With some airport layover time a week ago, I had a walk in the Toronto Music Garden. Created in 1999, the Garden is a three-acre public park on Toronto's Harbourfront, a slice of beauty sandwiched between the busy city commercial...
MONDAT BYTES — July 14, 2014 What kind of Citizen Musician are you? Check out Yo-Yo Ma's inspiring Chicago Symphony Orchestra Citizen Musician program (from the CSO website): "About the Citizen Musician Initiative Yo-Yo Ma has described his concept of citizen...
