GIVE YOUR MUSIC AWAY! Please, if you’re an indie artist, if you’re not signed to a major label (which probably won’t allow you to do this), PLEASE put up downloadable MP3s on your homepage.  Put all your tracks on MySpace.  It’s almost impossible to be recognized, to get any attention in this overloaded world, and […]

I hate to hype my own work, but I want to expose you to Keith Urban. I got the one I love beside meMy troubles behind meI’m alive and I’m freeWho wouldn’t wanna be me That’s what music is supposed to do…  MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD!I found out this podcast was up by researching myself […]

I just finished a book entitled "The Talent Code". It’s not much different from "Outliers".  It references the same 10,000 hours for greatness.  But there’s a bit of science, illustrating that it’s all about the formation of myelin on your nerves via "deep practice".  The more myelin, the more skill.  Deep practice is about breaking […]

Taylor Swift and John Mayer – White Horse (5/22/09 Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA) Hang in there until 4:00, when the audience takes over the song… Audio is far from perfect, but you’ll get the idea… Song starts approximately :35 in…