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I love yesness. But it can be a liability. Yesness is that attribute is possessed by people who are willing to try new things, go where leaders direct, and generally approach life without a neon NO over their heads. When does yesness become a liability? When yes people consistently take […]
What technology am I using for work, circa January 2023? Recording DAW: Pro Tools Notation: Dorico 4 Keyboard: A very old Kurzweill. I bought it 25 years ago, and aside from one small repair, it’s going strong! Microphone: Aston Origin Video Production: Final Cut Pro Graphic Design: Adobe Creative Cloud […]
It’s important to say thank you. Even to yourself. Every time I get a jar of last summer’s strawberry jam from my pantry and start spreading it on sandwich bread, I take a second to thank past me. June 2022 Jed worked very hard on that jam in the summer […]
Have a vision for what you want to create, and take steps to create it, but don’t expect it to happen as soon as you’re ready for it to happen. How much you want to change and how much you can change are two different things. When you enter a […]
You keep your New Year’s celebration. For me, today is all about celebrating Public Domain Day! This has become one of my favorite yearly posts. Every year for the last few years, music from 95 years previous has entered the public domain. 2023 is no exception, welcoming all music published […]
2021 started and ended with huge rises in COVID spread. It’s tempting to say that it was 2020 all over again, but it was palpably different. With vaccinations and more knowledge about effective mitigation, we were able to do a lot more normal things, even as we missed out on […]
I wrote and published every day in 2022, with my streak now standing at just over eight uninterrupted years. (I last missed a day in November, 2014.) This year, I wrote a little over 66,000 words – 5,500 per month, or around 180 per day. In the midst of that, […]
Every year I’m excited to do a roundup of the favorite recordings that either came out, or were first heard by me, that year. In addition to audio recordings, I’m including a few other types of recordings – films, shows, and live performances that stuck with me. Recorded Music Is […]
Books remain at the heart of the media I consume – not perhaps the most significant by volume, but certainly by the effect they have on my life. I finished 16 books in 2022. It’s a step forward from my 12 in 2021, but nowhere near the 30-40 I want to […]
Are you looking forward or backward? It’s a time of reflections and resolutions. I know some who focus on reflections – working to understand and learn from their successes and failures. I know others who focus on resolutions – looking ahead to what they hope and intend to do in […]