The Importance of Being Full of Yourself
One common thought that goes through many creative artists’s minds is also one of the most destructive: ‘Who am I to put my work out into the world?’ That little voice that nags away saying ‘Don’t be too full of yourself. Why should you...
Mean Tweets: Music Edition
The Internet is a wonderful thing. More information is more available than ever before. More people are more connected to each other than ever before. More opportunities are more available to tell more people what we think, know and feel than ever before. And...
Stop Trying to Be the Next Someone Else. Be the First You.
So many young artists get comfortable defining themselves as the next someone else. ‘I want to be the next Taylor Swift.’ ‘I’m gonna be the new Jay Z.’ ‘I’m trying to be the next Michael Jackson.’ It’s painful to...
Alan Watts: Music and Life
I never let my schooling interfere with my education. MARK TWAIN A wonderful education is a wonderful thing. The more we know, the more possibilities open up. The more we train our minds, the more we can do with them. But sometimes education becomes schooling. It...