“I’m not good enough.” Those four words are responsible for a staggering amount of failure in every discipline you can think of. That curse very nearly ended my music career before it got started. But it’s a total myth, and myths are made to be busted! What Is Good Enough?[…]
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Greetings all! Our autumn here in Oregon has been one of extremes so far. Sunny and warm one day, windy and rainy the next. One thing’s for sure, it keeps things interesting! I’ve been spending a lot of time on a new project that I am really excited about. Read[…]
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Hi everyone, it’s been a busy summer but now it’s time to try and catch up a little bit. I feel like I’ve spent most of the summer learning things, some directly musical and some not so much. But they will all have a part in my continued musical education.[…]
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I recently had a chance to learn a bit about neurological Darwinism. While the theory has been around for more than 40 years, some things just don’t find their way into your consciousness until you need them. In a nutshell, the theory of neurological Darwinism suggests that groups of neurons[…]
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Sometimes, the devil really is in the details I recently spent several days at the Accent on Music guitar seminar in Portland. It was challenging, and I got to meet a number of other players from around the world, as well as receive instruction from the amazing Clive Carroll, the[…]
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Help out and win something cool Hey everyone, I am working on developing promotional material and need your help. The goal of musician promotion is to focus on what sets an act apart from others, and as part of that process I’m looking for a design motif that addresses my[…]
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Greetings all! Please excuse the silence, I was listening to the Marcel Marceau single, “Walking Against The Wind” and just got carried away. That, and life’s been a bit fragmented for the past few weeks. But things are beginning to settle a bit at last. Tales From The Adventure My[…]
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It’s a smelly world out there. Debbie & I recently took a trip to do some promotion for “A Musical Adventure”, and that trip turned out to be more of an adventure than I’d expected. The Rumbling Box First, a little explanation. When you don’t see well, taking a trip[…]
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Greetings all, happy spring (or autumn, as the case may be)! Lately I’ve been feeling a similar transition from winter to spring–a lot of things happening that don’t seem to show very much, but pave the way for visible results. The videos I did in February are in editing right[…]
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We’re with the band, man… Those of you who follow this blog or know much of anything about me know about my interest in the Make Music PDX program. I owe a lot of my musical career to the lessons I’ve learned as a member of several bands. But now[…]
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