A few years ago I wrote a post called “The Prodigal Son Returneth.” At the time, I hadn’t blogged for nearly 8 months, so the title suggested a sort of mock-guilty confessional…
Category: Music Career
Day 344: You Just Can’t Trust Your Own Brain!
The last few days have been very busy. Let me count the ways: I taught a Music Appreciation class for ballet students (a first for me) I played a piano show for…
Day 307: Music Career Confessional
So for many years I had these ideas of what I thought my music career would (or should) be. Here’s a basic idea: writing, recording, and performing my music, selling it, marketing…
Day 296: The Musician Not Writing About Music
A few days ago I was talking to my mom about my blog. In the course of talking, it came up how I don’t generally write much about music on these posts….
Day 270: The Art of Fugue
So for a few weeks now I have been working with a free music notation software called Musescore. Initially, I started using it because some of my students are into it. I…
Day 256: Saved by My Night of Performing
It’s funny how perfectly things can loop around. Earlier today I was thinking about this blog post, and what it could be. I was failing at that endeavor, since I was generally…
Day 228: Another Musical Production, Another Fine Experience
This week the musical I am doing at the high school, “The Pajama Game,” is opening up, so we are getting ready starting tonight with what is called “Tech Week.” “Tech Week”…
Day 225: A little goes a long way for me
I have written a few times about being highly sensitive. I have learned to honor this quality in my daily life. For example, although I consider myself very people- and performance-oriented (after…
Day 195: Musicals, Gigs, and the Joys of Learning New Music
I played piano for my first musical back in high school: “Pippen,” which I performed for my former grade school’s production (my brother played the lead part). By that point, I was…
Day 176: Another awesome gig
Many of my posts focus around satisfaction and alignment. I am on a quest to align myself with my bliss as much as possible in life, to do things I love doing,…