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The First Rule: Make the Gig

One of the greatest rewards for learning to play and perform music is the love...

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Bad Piano: Part 2

To follow up on my bad piano story of August 19 (“Don’t Shoot the Piano...

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Don’t Shoot the Piano Player

As I write in Chapter 25 of my novel, The Musician, “No matter how episodic...

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A Sports Analogy

I often think of how similar playing music is to other professions that involve performing....

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Tyrone Jackson: A Night at Eddie’s Attic

As a jazz writer for the online music publication EarRelevant.net, I get the opportunity to...

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A Lesson on Practicing

In our book What You Learn Learning Music, to be released on November 3, my...

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Are You Nervous?

After all these years, many of them playing five or six nights a week, I...

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Overcoming the Impossible

We’ve spent many episodes of our Music Life and Times podcast extolling the virtues of...

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Thanks for a Place to Play

Among the most special people in the lives of musicians are those who provide us...

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Listening or Playing: The Effects Are Similar

Underlying our discussions in our Music Life and Times podcasts and in our soon-to-be-released book,...

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