In the early days of your career, even if it does not feel like it, you have one advantage, time. You are not under the pressure of schedules or deadlines, so use this to your advantage. If you do succeed…
What I am about to tell you is something most teachers in the world will hate me saying. You see, a good teachers job is to make them selves useless to their student. The early days are the most important…
Long are gone the days when artist was that mystical entity, living in his mansion high up on the hill. The only image we had of them was the one portrayed on the magazine cover, and if we were lucky,…
Why do we spend days on Facebook and Twitter screaming out loud asking people to listen to our music? Why do we make our first point of contact a “click this link!” or “Check out my video!” Why do we…
It’s a Saturday afternoon here in Dublin and I have been twiddling my thumbs for the past half an hour 😀 The morning was glorious and I made the most of it by going for a two-hour walk. Then after…
With out a doubt this has been a productive and eye-opening week. This week every one of my blog posts seemed to come from somewhere deeper than usual, and I really enjoyed writing them. But hey, as much as I…
This is the 200th quick tip post! How did that happen? I started these Quick tip in the beginning of the year, and the idea was to give musicians small actionable tasks. Obviously with time, the nature of these posts…
Right or Wrong by J.P. Kallio I honestly believe that if all of us would just concentrate on trying to be a better person, the world we live in would become a better place. Instead too often we seem to…
How often have you had a great idea and then forgotten about it completely in few hours time? Do you think it is only a good idea if you remember it? I can tell you from my personal experience, that…
Around every corner and bend hides an opportunity. They are not always easy to see. Sometimes the opportunity is just an opportunity to learn something new, or gain a new perspective. Sometimes the opportunity is something great, something so obvious that…
