Now this is creative!

Came across this site the other day. It’s a school called Powercord Academy and it’s cool for several reasons: One, it’s totally focused on today’s music. While there are faults with that, it also makes a lot of sense. As a drum teacher it...

Want a recording contract?

Read this in an article the other day: Two rock bands, the Allman Brothers Band and Cheap Trick, have filed a lawsuit against Sony BMG alleging that they are shortchanged when Sony divvies up royalties from digital downloads. Filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in...

More on Pricing

One of my most dreaded questions during my career as a professional musician was “how much do you charge for…?” I hated it for two main reasons: first, I hated to have to draw attention away from the music and onto money. Second, I always felt like...

More About Me

As I start this post, I’m reminded of the dialogue from the movie “Beaches” where the self-absorbed character who’s been chatting endlessly about her accomplishments pauses and says: “Well, enough about me. Let’s talk about you....

Preparing for the top

Isn’t the top where you want to be? I mean, don’t you want to be a, um…ah……STAR? Don’t get hung up on that word, a star can mean anyone of a thousand different things to two thousand different people. All I want to say here is that...