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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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) Ten Lessons that the Arts Teach 2) From Alfred Ledger Lines Blog [...]

Welcome to Five Link Friday #3. Enjoy! 1) The 2012 NEA Jazz Masters Awards Ceremony & Concert Webcast 2) One of my favorite videos on why we need to fail to succeed. 3) Think Twitter is a waste of time? Can’t find the point? Here’s a good article explaining how to use it and what’s [...]

Welcome to Five Link Friday #2. If you missed the first one, you can find it here. 1) “My goal in life is to play better tomorrow then I did today” – James Moody Check out the other videos from that same interview. 2) At the JEN conference last weekend I met a trumpet player [...]

10 things that hold you back – just replace music / relationship as needed. http://www.active.com/fitness/Articles/10_things_that_can_hold_you_back.htm?cmp=17-8-375

NEA Survey Finds Jazz Musicians Are Largely Male And Well Educated But Many Are Underpaid And Lack Benefits Respondents Call for Affordable Health Care, Pension Plans, Education Programs and More Philanthropic Support From 2003, but still really interesting. Wonder how much has changed in the last 8 years? Read the rest: NEA News – Jazz [...]