I thought I had it all figured out. I was going to develop my “day job” (in full disclosure: my piano teaching studio) to create a nice base that would help me…
Category: Money & Investing
Fly in the Face of Adversity and Build Your Nest Egg!
Whether we like it or not, adversity is a part of our lives. In everything we do and everything we experience, there will be certain things that don’t go our way, don’t…
The Curse of Negative Childhood Money Messages
Quick disclaimer: I do not blame my parents, teachers, neighbors, friends, or ANYONE else for the attitudes, stories, and habits I picked up as a child (Yes, even the negative ones!). The…
The Most Important Financial Decision You Will Ever Make… (Life Changing Video)
(Note: the most important financial decision you will ever make is probably the fact that you became an artist in the first place. Beyond that, this one is probably runner up…) I…
Why Artists Need to Learn about Personal Finance
All artists (all people in fact) should learn about personal finance. Money is one of the central issues of our lives, and yet many people (including my former self) brush it off…
The Spiritual Currency of Being Paid for Our Art
As artists, we are blessed to have a unique vision of the world. We take that sensitivity and translate it into our music, our painting, our poetry, our plays, our graffiti, our…
The Two Pennies That Became Twenty One Million Dollars? (Or Why It’s Not Okay to Quit Anything That Matters To You. Ever.)
This morning I must have been in a very thoughtful mood when I found the two pennies on the ground during my morning jog. Because the thought process that ensued was pretty phenomenal. Read on…
Confessions of a Reluctant Self-Marketer
First of all, let me start out by saying that, as a musician, I work in a professional field that requires getting the word out. Music, like any business, requires that I pick…
The Blog-Writing Monster Speaks (me want Blog Cookie!)
Okay, so here I am sitting at my computer. It is Friday night at 8:16pm, according to my computer clock, which is always right as far as I can tell, because it…