Listen on – iTunes Spotify Google Play Buzzsprout On this edition of “Winning the Job”, I was able to speak to Nathan Clark and Sam Huss about their audition success. Thanks to both of them for being willing to speak with me, and congrats on your recent successes! I’ve known Nathan for a couple […]
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Carlos Izcaray Part 01 – ep. 09
I’ve learned quite a bit over the past three months since I started releasing episodes for “That’s Not Spit, It’s Condensation!”. Some of the obvious things are how to record an episode, how far away the mics should be from your face, how to edit an episode, mixing an episode, things like that. Just the […]
We Talking About Practice Part 2: Tips for Success
I wanted to write a follow up article to my critically acclaimed practice method article “We Talking About Practice v. 02”. Just kidding, but thanks to everyone who has read it so far. If you haven’t, click here and make sure to check that out before reading the rest of this article, as it builds upon […]
We Talkin About Practice? – v 2.0
This post is part one of a two part blog. To read part two, click here. On January 15th, I posted an article outlining a method of practice that I was following that incorporated progression principles of powerlifting (say that three times fast..) on my blog. If you haven’t had a chance to see that, […]
The Music of Harry Potter – ep. 08
Listen on – iTunes Spotify Google Play Buzzsprout For this episode, I was trying to think of a way to connect my podcast with something we were playing with the Alabama Symphony Orchestra. I had some ideas about episode related to the Beethoven cycle, as well as our Disney show we did last weekend, but […]
Dean Haist – ep. 07
Listen on – iTunes Spotify Google Play Buzzsprout When I was thinking of freelancers that I knew that would make a great episode for my “Freeway Philharmonic” series, Dean Haist was one of the first names that came to mind. Being from Lincoln, NE, I’ve known Dean for almost my entire musical career. I did […]
Jim Sullivan – ep. 06
(Jim and his husband Troy) Listen on – iTunes Spotify Google Play Buzzsprout When a person comes up with an idea for anything, for it to succeed, they have to believe in it even if other people can’t see it or don’t believe it. There are countless stories of successful people who didn’t give up […]
So Why Live Stream?
A couple of years ago I was watching a video game streamer play video games on YouTube, and I thought to myself, “This is amazing. He’s doing something he loves and he’s built a community that supports him”. Then I thought “I wonder what applications live streaming would have for musicians?” Because streams often […]
The Good, The Bad, and Things I Learned the Hard Way – ep. 05
Listen on – iTunes Spotify Google Play Buzzsprout This was a really fun episode to do, to look back and try to remember all the things that have happened over the years, both good and bad. Sometimes you don’t realize how far you’ve come until you take a second to look back. I’m not one […]
Winning the Job – ep. 04
This edition of winning the job features both Jeff Strong and Tyler Lindsay. Jeff recently won the third trumpet audition with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Tyler won a position with the Presidents Own Marine band. Congratulations to both of them! I’ve known Jeff for a couple of years now. I first met him at […]