As a musician. one learns the value of persistence.  Recent examples of this in my life have appeared in the guise of booking performances and running a fan-funding campaign.  Throughout my career I have made many cold calls (calling people who don’t know me) to try to book gigs.  I have heard the word “no” […]

I have always been a shy person.  It is amazing that I have grown up to live such a public life of performing, blogging, and being active on social media! I guess probably not surprisingly, but I have always suffered from insecurity. Recently I have been thinking back to try to figure out where this […]

As a child, I did not have it in mind that I was going to be self-employed. Now that I look back on my life, I remember reading “World Magazine”.  I loved those magazines!  I especially loved the section about kids who were running their own businesses, and I always kind of wanted to be […]

So, in my last blog I talked about how financial advice can carry over into the music world.  This month I wanted to continue with this theme. Primary Reimbursement – you probably know this more as “Pay Yourself First” Which means exactly how it sounds. It is the habit of paying yourself (your savings, retirement […]

I believe that this is advice given in the financial world…  Well, I would also give this advice in the music world!  This past week I did an interview with a contributing arts writer for Wizzley.com.  As we were talking about my career, we talked about my various interests and skills and what they mean […]

As many of you know, I love this time of year.  Yes, I love Christmas, but I also love the idea of starting over.  The idea of taking a look at who you are right now, and who you want to become.  Twice a year I go through the process of taking a look back […]

There is so much involved in recording an Album!  So many more steps than just going into a studio to record! Let me give you a peek into what it has looked like so far in recording my new Album so far: Writing:  If you are going to record music, you need to write a […]

I have seen many bands perform, and have had the chance to perform many times myself.  In music, you tend to learn as you go, and sometimes, things (like sound checks) are not pretty when you start because nobody has told you how to do one properly.  Here are 7 tips from my years of […]