Victim-thinking is deceptively easy to fall into. It can creep into your marketing, your self-talk, your networking, and you won't catch it until it's already done its damage. Are you waiting to be saved? Here's a music career reality check. Telltale signs you're...
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Musicians’ survey results are in . . .
Thank you to all who responded to the Musicians' Survey on the biggest challenges you've faced during Covid. Hot off the press, the Musicians' survey results are in . . . see how your experience lines up with everybody else's. Drum roll please . . . the top three...
Ever have the kind of dream where . . .
What about you? As a musician, do you ever have the kind of dream where you're unprepared? Not the kind where you walk out on stage to play a concerto and find you prepared the wrong one. (That actually happened to pianist Maria João Pires!). And not the kind where...
Strategies for an Uncertain Future
The freelance life is full of uncertainties, and yes, fear. I should know, since it took my just 20 years to leave my "day job." I'd had a side business of coaching and speaking for year, but going solo on this was a revelation. To honor the journey, here are some...




