Where Ya At?

Where Ya At?

Opinion, Rants

As we approach the halfway point of 2017, let’s take a moment to reflect on our accomplishments and challenges so far this year. We all make promises to ourselves at the beginning of the year. Weight loss, exercise, fall in love, make more money, build a new business,...
You’re Still A Musician

You’re Still A Musician

Music, Opinion, The Industry

You have a gift. A gift that should never, ever, ever be taken for granted. A gift that is always better served when you share it. It should never, ever be disrespected. Your individual creativity is a responsibility to the art of making music. It is something that...
Opportunities

Opportunities

Music, Opinion, The Industry

Opportunities. Do you seek them out? Are you able to recognize them when they become available? Do you create and take advantage of your own opportunities? Are they the opportunities you want and set as goals? Who holds your next great opportunity in the palm of their...
Practice Makes Perfect

Practice Makes Perfect

Music, Opinion, Students

A guest post by Renee Bailey It’s an idiom that we’re all familiar with but are you actually putting it into practice (no pun intended)? As musicians, we all know that you must practice to improve our craft. What truly represents good practice is tough to sometimes...
Advise For Music Students

Advise For Music Students

Music, Opinion, Students

Ah, high school band practice. You’ve endured tedious marching band rehearsals, broken enough drum sticks that logging companies now know you by your first name, suffered thru family members asking you to sing “Happy Birthday” to their neighbors and watched your...