Welcome to Five Link Friday! Today I decided to do something a little different and post 5 of my favorite YouTube Videos of the week. Hope you enjoy! Feel free to share you favorite links of the week in the comments below! 1) WDR Big Band: Basstronaut – Monday night I went to a concert [...]

There’s just a few more weeks of school left and now’s the time we all start thinking about what we are going to do during the summer. In between family trips and video games, why not practice? Summer is a great time to do the musical things you don’t always have time to do during [...]

Welcome to Five Link Friday. Every Friday I share 5 of my favorite links found online. Enjoy! Please add your own favorites in the comments below! 1) Sometimes as musicians we forget that if we really want something we need to go after it. It’s not just about playing well. In fact, I would say [...]

Welcome to Five Link Friday – this is where I share with you some of my favorite recent links. Have one of your own? (Or five.) Please share in the comments below! 1) A while back I took a survey on how musicians and composers make money. Here is the results of that survey. I [...]

1) Ever used a vision board? I’m the crafty type and I like creating collages and such. This blog got me thinking that maybe I used my fun little hobby to help my career. What do you think? How Artists Can Use a Vision Board 2) This is a really interesting episode of Finding Your [...]

I recently had to take eight days off from playing. Not a single note on any of my horns for 8 long days. I honestly can’t remember a time in the over 20 years that I have been playing that I had to do that. I have spent the last year practicing and performing 6 [...]

Little background: I started Doublers Collective with the help of Mike Crotty in 2010. The goal was to play a whole bunch of different instruments in a progressive jazz setting, commission and perform new music, and do performance clinics at schools. It’s such an exciting project. Find out more about Doublers Collective, including some videos [...]

Last weekend I did a Doubling Clinic with Mike Crotty at the Highland Jazz Festival. This particular festival is in its third year and is one of my favorite festivals. Run by two of my friends, the Highland High School Band directors, Kevin Bennett and Lewis Nelson, it is one of the few festivals where [...]

Welcome to Five Link Friday! This is my fun Friday post where I hip you to five of my favorite links of the week. Please feel free to share your own favorite links in the comments below! 1. Clean out your horns! We all swab out our horns when we are done playing (or at [...]

Welcome to Five Link Friday – the fun Friday post where I hip you to five of my favorite links of the week. Please feel free to share your own favorite links in the comments below! 1) Chris Potter transcription of Confirmation – my dear friend Adam just posted this on his website and it’s [...]

Welcome to Five Link Friday – the fun Friday post where I hip you to five of my favorite links of the week. Please feel free to share your own favorite links in the comments below!   1) Free Flute Sheet Music – http://www.flutetunes.com/ – Free music, including midi and accompaniment. Worth bookmarking! 2) Are [...]

Last week I did an interview with Joe Carroccio over at 11radio.com We had a great conversation for his Musicians Speak Out show – to be aired sometime in March. It was a lot of fun. Joe was really easy to talk to and the time just flew by. I’ll make sure to post the [...]

Welcome to Five Link Friday! This is where I post 5 of my favorite links from the week. I hope you enjoy and please check out the FLF’s from previous weeks. If you have a favorite link please post it in comments! (Sorry I missed last week – it was one of those insane weekends [...]

Welcome to Five Link Friday! This is where I post 5 of my favorite links from the week. I hope you enjoy and please check out the FLF’s from previous weeks. If you have a favorite link please post it in comments!   1) Highland Jazz Festival This is an annual event that happens here [...]

Welcome to Five Link Friday! This is where I post 5 of my favorite links from the week. I hope you enjoy and please check out the FLF’s from previous weeks. If you have a favorite link please post it in comments! 1) 3 Ways to Reduce Online Noise and Get More Done – a [...]