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…
Category: Music Career
Day 168: Letting It Evolve Naturally
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
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?
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”
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)
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
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
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?
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…
Oh, To Enjoy My Songs!
This week has been pretty remarkable, because for the first time in recent memory I have been playing my songs. And enjoying myself. And I’m not just talking about playing the song…