The Difference Between Good and Bad Feedback
Most musicians today suffer from some level of self-doubt, whether latent or utterly crippling. Learning to interpret feedback is a priority.
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Befriend Your Inner Critic
How to create a positive, working relationship with your inner voice, and not succumb to the self-critiques that can damage your confidence.
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Fear of Success Is Real. Here’s How I Found Out I Had It.
Fear of success seems a bit absurd. We’re all trying to succeed all the time, right? Fear of failure seems logical though; we don’t want to fail… Or do we? My band got into silent film accompaniment about 10 years ago. If you’re not familiar, it’s a show where a live band plays music accompanying…
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3 Ways to Help Create a Winning Mindset
If you work in the arts, you work in one of the toughest professions in the world. I once heard someone describe it as “getting kicked in the nuts every day and having to say ‘thank you’.” Ouch. Artists are constantly putting themselves out there, baring their souls, and getting doors slammed in their faces…
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Silencing Your Inner Critic
Every once in a long while, I’ll write a song where the whole arc — from conception to gestation to delivery — will feel gloriously pointed and true. I will be struck sideways with joy and awe over how exactly this gift of a song has communicated my truest, subtlest heart. But if you’re going to make…
