muz4now

when the going gets tough, get a team

muz4now — Tue, 08 May 2012 08:36:37 +0000

Recently, I completed the Tough Mudder event at Pocono Manor. It was definitely tough and very muddy.

I knew it would be a challenging run, so I trained hard. I used a variety of workouts to try to prepare my body. And for the last [...]

“Can’t believe it’s already May” PULSE ecstatic trance dance

muz4now — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 07:16:17 +0000

Check it out, everyone: next week will be May of 2012 … and that means it’s time for the first Monday PULSE!

Join us at 7:30PM on Monday, May 7th to dance the night away! Come, ready to go barefoot on the great dance floor and bring $10.00 to help us pay for the space [...]

radical renewal

muz4now — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 21:06:23 +0000

“We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.” ~ Carl Jung

I’m always looking for ways that will help me to shift from the place of blame — either of someone else or myself — when things go badly in friendships and relationships. Besides simply ignoring the behavior or [...]

muse schmooze

muz4now — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:51:45 +0000

“The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.” ~ Sylvia Plath

One of the great things about being an improviser is that I get to be in contact with the muse frequently. I improvise music at least once a week and, almost every week, it’s with other people in the room. This is an awesome and [...]

Poem 0185 of 1,000: suggestion

muz4now — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 09:38:13 +0000

Just a suggestion:
Maybe just for a moment
You could smile.
Doesn’t matter if it’s
On the inside or the out.

I am simply knowing that
The lack of smiles is
Making my insides sad.

With this poem, I profess
That the rest of this day
[...]

review of VibeDeck

muz4now — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 10:07:18 +0000

And now, my choice for digital direct listening and sales of songs to my fans … for now:

VibeDeck

After covering so many of the more established services — like BandCamp — and those offering so many more services [...]

review of BandCamp

muz4now — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 12:17:48 +0000

This is the penultimate review in a series based on my own research, plus awesome input from a number of other independent musicians. My basic goal in this series is to find the best-of-breed that [...]

review of CDBaby

muz4now — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 21:43:00 +0000

This is the seventh song sales tool that I’ve reviewed after getting lots of wonderful input from many musicians across Twitter, the blogosphere and the web. My main interest right now is direct sales of digital downloads of songs, so that’s my [...]

review of GenuineCaring

muz4now — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 16:40:51 +0000

Before I continue my last three reviews of digital direct sales tools for independent musicians, I want to give an extra special mention to Genuine Caring. Not only do they provide an awesome service to a number [...]

review of ReverbNation

muz4now — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 09:47:18 +0000

This is another in my series of reviews of tools/services for independent musicians to perform digital direct sales of songs. I asked for input from other musicians and got it on this blog, on Twitter and in person. In previous reviews, [...]