So, friends. I’ve been busy recently, and not writing a lot. I have just moved 80% of my belongings by volume a hundred miles (the other...

The question I received recently from tumblr user @life-of-mack was this:  “How to make a practice/work/school schedule and stick to it?”...

An anonymous person asked: I don’t know if you’ve written about this but how do you set goals? With there being so many different things...

I have a Patreon! Please consider supporting this blog. The question I received recently from tumblr user @life-of-mack was this:  “How...

The biggest demon of most musicians is a feeling of insecurity. It’s the creeping (or blatant) suspicion that you are literally the worst...

The following article is taken verbatim from my book, How to Music Major: Surviving the College Search! It’s on Amazon and all other...

I will be completely honest here: one of the strangest but most predictable events of my musical school year is the annual Fleeing of the...

Most musicians end up teaching at least a little, in order to help make ends meet. Some teach as their primary source of income. The...

It turns out that being a music major doesn’t always result in lots of income, you know? Especially not when you’re still in school. So...

Summer is a time of laziness. Golly gee, do I know that. However, that’s no excuse to totally ignore your instrument. In fact, summer...

Hey! Are you like me? Do you ALSO have huge plans for stuff you are going to accomplish over the summer? And yet, do you wake up in...