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At a TIFF premiere, Q & A with director and I got the last question. I asked what his process was like with the composer.   He answered the composer […]

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Access to a car or van and affording gas, insurance, upkeep are regular economic hurdles of touring.   I don’t recall how I obtained the emails for the Ghost Bees […]

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Every time I hear the two notes of certain Samsung texts I hear Bemsha Swing by Thelonious Monk. Every time I hear my the opening tone of my iPhone I […]

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Often financial obstacles to touring at the level most of us work at. Often few free things promoters include, a place to stay, dinner, guarantee vs. percentage, rider. Often you […]

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I was in Winnipeg a few years ago touring a play called Actionable about lawsuits and songwriting. Neil Young was going to play the next night. I figured out which […]

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There’s song plugging. Trying to market songs directly. Song pluggers. People hired claiming to get your song heard by the Taylor Swifts’ of the world. Some call it payola but […]

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Another way to get over performance fear is go to comedy, especially comedy open mics. They have no song to hide behind and no instrument. It’s about whether they know […]

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When I asked the guy in the long rush hour line about whether the express bus would arrive soon it was clear he couldn’t speak much English. He’s visiting from […]

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Sometimes students describe a state of almost getting it and frustration surrounding them as though there’s a missing piece of information hindering their accomplishment. But what’s not as simple to […]

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You keep track of press especially flattering press because it’s like currency and gets traded into more work. I’ve had a leg up with quotable responses about my music occasionally from the […]