“The Musician’s Way is wonderfully thought-out and organized. . . . The third chapter alone is worth about five times the cost of the book itself!” —David Hodge, GuitarNoise.com The Fall 2015 issue of The Musician’s Way Newsletter presents...
“A performer’s reputation is enhanced by or diminished with each musical interaction.” -The Musician’s Way, p. 306 I suspect that almost every skilled musician has been asked to perform free of charge, often by people and organizations that can...
“What is best in music is not to be found in the notes.” –Gustav Mahler (Gunther Schuller, The Compleat Conductor, Oxford, 1998, p. 106) If you’re a classical musician who aspires to a concert career, you’re in danger. In danger of becoming a commodity. That’s because...
“When college-bound music students report their educational plans to family and friends, they often hear this question: ‘So, what are you going to do for a living?'” –The Musician’s Way, p. 300 Non-artists generally have scant knowledge of the...
It’s not just how good you are. It’s how intriguing. All of us musicians work hard to maintain and improve our skills. Too often, though, young musicians devote years to “getting better” without concurrently growing their distinctiveness, and...
