This is the first in my series of reviews that I promised to provide based on feedback from other musicians and my own research. Frankly, I’m starting with the ones that “didn’t cut it” in my book. So, this may not be a very exciting review for most of you … unless you like one […]
I said I would deliver this to you in February. It was mostly true. But there were a few “issues”. In my initial post where I asked for the input of other musicians, I didn’t define the parameters enough. In the process of receiving your vast, insightful input, I discovered that there is a significant
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I’m curating musician resources that I hope you’ll appreciate on Twitter. Meanwhile, here are some of my musician tips and resources. Click the images and headlines to read more. Playful blessings,Stan
In February, 2012, I will post an article/review about online musician services. I’ve looked at a few of them myself, but it would be impossible for me to check out all of them, so… I need your input. If you’re a musician or band using an online music service, I want your feedback. (I’m looking
Here’s an unedited piece that I just improvised this morning. Piano instrumental improvisation for your enjoyment! Please spread the word using the share buttons!
People enjoy, appreciate, adore, and admonish music. Music creators (musicians) can tend to be a quirky breed. It turns out that this is scientifically backed: music has an effect on your mind in the creating, playing and listening. Many studies in neuroscience back the idea that music is like “medicine to the mind“. Like the pharmaceuticals dispensed
Imagine for a moment that it’s blogging day and nothing is coming to the blogger. It’s not that nothing is going on. It’s just the “what to blog about” question. Now, imagine that the blogger is me. No imagination required, actually. It’s sort of like the white space on a whiteboard. It’s perfectly fine. In fact,
Five things: Having a booking agreement can save you some serious headaches regarding the gig. It stinks if you get to the venue with a 5-meter extension cord and find that the power source is 60-meters away from the (also unexpected) outdoor site. And it’s happened to plenty of bands/ensembles with or without the agreement.
Though she probably didn’t realize it at the time, a new blogging and tweeting friend of mine nudged me to write this. I had another great idea for a blog, but my day-job cut into the moments I had set aside to research and write it, so the research never got done. When she first wrote
Really, there’s not much more to say. Everyone should protect the vastly helpful sense of hearing. Especially if you are a musician, recording engineer or producer, your ability to listen is essential. Without full-spectrum hearing, musicians do not have the essential tool to review music (and other sounds). You can only protect your hearing by
