Hustle Vs. Art

“I just did not realize how much of the pie chart in my brain was the hustle versus the art.” Amanda Palmer, on the Tim Ferriss Show Amanda Palmer was talking specifically about how her transition to Patreon, and the support of 15,000+ subscribers, has changed the way she makes […]

Uphill Battle

In his excellent music podcast Broken Record, Malcolm Gladwell was without his cohost Rick Rubin for his interview with Pentatonix. Maybe that explains the following exchange: Scott Hoying: We usually learn everything on our own, and then come to rehearsal, and then, if we have it all learned, it comes together very […]

Studio Pace

One of my favorite places to reflect on pacing and its effect on success is in the studio. When a studio session is going well, one good take leads inexorably to the next good take. A flow evolves that seems to induce better and better singing/playing out of the group. […]

Slow. Down.

It’s a great mantra for anyone learning anything new. Slow. Down. “If you can’t sing it slow, you can’t sing it fast,” my mentor would say. But of course it’s true for everything from writing to cooking to teaching to learning. We start slow. The unspoken corollary, and one I […]