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Category: Music Career

Day 261: Sidestepping the Worry Rabbit Hole

Posted on April 19, 2023

I am having a lot of fun working on my latest film scoring project. Meanwhile, I’m taking some orchestration and music production courses on Udemy. Gradually, I’m learning about the world of…

Day 183: Your Receiving Matches Your Transmission

Posted on January 28, 2023

As I was writing the other day, I am continually looking at how our thoughts match up with our experience. Today I picked up another way of looking at it, courtesy of…

Day 168: Letting It Evolve Naturally

Posted on December 21, 2022

So I have been composing daily since the beginning of June. That’s almost seven months of daily composing. I have written a ton of new music, gotten a lot of experience using…

Day 144: My 4-Million View Video

Posted on November 23, 2022

So my Charlie Chaplin video has reached 4 million views. The magical fireworks were from May through July, where I got tens of thousands of views on an average day, and as…

Day 107: How Does This Feel to You?

Posted on October 18, 2022

Note: Tonight I had a nice “inner monologue” conversation where I discuss some shifts I want to make in my life. The question “how does this feel to you?” helps me discern…

Day 45: A Transcendent Production of “The Secret Garden”

Posted on August 16, 2022

This is a two-parter pertaining to musicals 🙂 Part #1: A Transcendent Production of “The Secret Garden” For many years now, my wife has shot pictures for “Music Circus,” an annual Summer…

Day 41: Reaching for Satisfaction (Music-Sharing Edition)

Posted on August 12, 2022

Today I sat at the cafe and blissed out for three hours writing, something I absolutely love doing. At one point I realized it wasn’t the topic I was writing about (which…

Day 36: My Short-But-Sweet “In the Heights” Adventure

Posted on August 7, 2022

A few nights ago I was about to close up for the night and relax, when my friend Lisa called. A few years ago we worked together on several musicals at a…

Day 28: Improving My Marathon/Life Balance

Posted on July 30, 2022

I can personally say that training for and running a marathon has been one of the most fulfilling and satisfying things I have ever done. However–this may sound obvious–it is not easy….

Day 6: What Does it Mean to Get a Million Views?

Posted on July 8, 2022

What does it mean to get to a million views on your Youtube video? Ask me this a few months ago and I would have had no idea. Yet a couple weeks…

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