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Missing Jayna. ‘A Piece of Happiness’
0savesSave The first time I met Jayna Murray was over the phone in 2006. I was in New York City for work and walking around the streets in the evening when my phone rang. It was our mutual friend who was in Texas with Jayna. I don’t recall much of the conversation other than there [...]
Continue reading...Remembering that Fateful Day and the Ten Years Since
7. September 2011
0savesSave Many of us who were witnesses to the September 11th attacks will remember where we were when we heard and began seeing the disturbing images of an attacked NYC, Washington, DC, and downed plane in Stonycreek, PA. I always figured I would reflect back on that day when the ten year anniversary came up, [...]
Continue reading...Things Musicians Say (and Don’t Do): “Let’s play a show together.”
21. July 2011
0savesSave This may become a regular post on here because I’m a musician and am around many any given week. I call this “Things Musicians Say (and Don’t Do)” not to call out musicians, but to make them aware of certain behaviors they (and I included) say aloud but don’t actually mean or do. [...]
Continue reading...Why No One is Reading Your Newsletter
18. July 2011
0savesSave A little over a year ago I read a chapter in Ariel Hyatt’s book Music Success in Nine Weeks on newsletters. After reading it I felt like I had made many many mistakes with how I was writing my music newsletter. I began a journey in salvaging whomever I had left that was reading [...]
Continue reading...Why Nashville? The Last 48.
10. April 2011
0savesSave My last two days in Nashville had more open time to hang out and meet a few more folks. I took my time Tuesday getting out needing time to sleep in and relax a bit. Considering all I had been up to, I wasn’t overwhelmed with the pace of Nashville or all the people [...]
Continue reading...Why Nashville? Tin Ear Studio Recordings
7. April 2011
0savesSave I’m doing quite a bit of catch up here from my trip. I have to say the best part of this trip was going into a Nashville studio to do some recording on Monday. In Nashville there’s a section of town called Music Row. I at first thought it was a bunch of music [...]
Continue reading...Why Nashville? Busy, Busy, Busy
5. April 2011
0savesSave If living in Nashville as a musician is anything like the last two days, I just won’t use a laptop ever again. I haven’t been able to get any time to update everyone on my trip since day 2 and I’m on day 5 here with only 48 hours to go. And technically I [...]
Continue reading...Why Nashville? Those Opportunities…
3. April 2011
0savesSave I’ve just arrived in Johnson City and I must say gas prices are racking up pretty heavily on this trip! But I’m trying not to think of that right now, it effects anyone with a car, but makes me wonder if touring this far is worth it. How much is air fare to Nashville [...]
Continue reading...Why Nashville? Day 1 on My Return to Music City
1. April 2011
0savesSave “Why Nashville?” That’s the question I am asking myself and getting from people here that I’ve run into. Why am I here? It’s a fair question and I don’t know that I have one concise answer for it. There are my focused reasons why. Opportunities that I won’t necessarily get in Washington, DC. Like [...]
Continue reading...Top 10 Most Annoying People at a Gig
16. February 2011
0savesSave Some nights I get home from a show annoyed because somebody (or multiple people) in the crowd just rubbed me the wrong way. I try not let it bother me, but some nights it just does. In my five years of playing as a solo acoustic, I’ve had my share of these instances time [...]
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