Thinking Aloud

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 spent [...]

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 these [...]

“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 being [...]

I haven’t written since February 19th. If you have been wondering what’s going on I don’t blame you. Life in my world took a turn for the worst a couple weeks ago when I was about to get a couple fresh posts up here. I will spare the details, but if you’ve lost an amazing [...]

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 and [...]

I recently had an on radio interview where the host asked what kind of gear I use when I play live.  Just so we’re clear, I usually play solo and play an acoustic guitar.  What I said in the interview was basically too much gear playing solo acoustically complicates how you play and can put [...]

You just left the studio and recorded the final notes for your album.  There’s the mixing and mastering process for your producer to take care of and the artwork for your album and any merchandise to do–but the real deal is when all of this comes together and you officially release your album at a [...]

I was inspired to write a piece today on promoting yourself as a musician (shows, your music, anything really) from the How to Run a Band blog’s post, “Are Fliers for a show Even Worth it?“.  It is a legitimate question and I would like to take it a step further.  Mostly I’d like to [...]

I don’t like making predictions, but I’m going to make one for social media (and in conjunction music industry) this year: Myspace is going to die.  In some ways Myspace is already dead.  People and fans no longer sign in and bands have given up on using it to promote themselves.  I hate to use [...]

Today I’ve been writing down goals, not just with music, but health, wellness, and life in general for 2011.  My last post went into how to accomplish your new years resolutions but today I was thinking of what it means to be fulfilled.  Being fulfilled, to me, means knowing who you are and living up [...]