Are you looking for ways to make money as a musician that aren’t just your typical bar gig? We all know that unless you’re an extreme hustler, know a zillion folks, and work every night (and day) of the week, it’s not exactly easy to make a living just playing bar gigs. Sure, some can be lucrative and sometimes you have a really great week, but is that sustainable every. Single. Week? What do you do when the gigs aren’t so Read More …
And my story of an insane music week continues… The other half of that week consisted of the re-debut of the Rockett Trio. We rehearsed a couple times that week during the day, so I was having some jam-packed (pun semi-intended) musical days going from Rockett Trio in the afternoon to The Boy Who Danced on Air at night. The week culminated in the re-debut of the band at Sycamore Den Thursday night with King Taylor Project and a second Read More …
Let me tell you about my amazing week… Not last week, but the week before, I had one of the most incredibly musically fulfilling weeks I’ve had in a long time. I had two different music projects to work on that week: one, the new musical I’m playing at Diversionary Theatre called The Boy Who Danced on Air, and the other, the re-debut of the Rockett Trio. In the first half of the week, we had a couple rehearsals for Read More …
Greetings beautiful people! I’m excited to get back to blogging now that I’ve officially launched Guitar Chord Kick-Start and plan to really dive head-first into it. As I mentioned in another post, I broke many promises to you and to myself in order to finish GCKS. Specifically, I promised you all back in February that I would be posting every day until I launched. My plan was to keep you updated on my progress and everything I was working on, Read More …
Hey guys, My new eBook, Guitar Chord Kick-Start, is live RIGHT NOW!!! You may have read a bit about my journey in creating this product, and now you can finally see what I’ve been up to for the past 8-ish months. Head on over to www.guitarchordkickstart.com to learn more about the product and maybe do some purchasing, if that’s what you’re in to. Also, if you’re so inclined, you can like the product page on Facebook here and I’d be super Read More …
I took a little weekend break from writing, but here’s a quick catch-up since my last note. Saturday was mainly a non-work day. My nephew’s birthday party was in the morning, so Meag and I went up to Orange County for that, met her mom for lunch, then sat in gnarly traffic trying to get home to San Diego. At night, we had a nice hang with one of our best friends (and now neighbor) Danielle. Boring for you reading Read More …
Greetings good people, Another quick update on this lovely, windy Monday Today was a hugely productive day. I spent the morning finishing up the edits from my personal proofreading for the guitar book, and then sent it off to my great friend, David Ryan Norgren, for a round of proofing from him. After that, I’ll have my fiancé go over it for the non-muso’s perspective, and then Dave and I will go over it once more. I’m feeling pretty good Read More …
Friends, I apologize for the radio silence over the past several weeks. I’ve been focusing on my projects, had a show going, and have been doing more Uber in addition to starting to work for Postmates, so I put the blog on the backburner. Just a quick update for today I went with my gut and decided to go with a guitar product as my first product. I’ve spent the last weeks building the product — outlining, writing, designing, and Read More …
Since this site is new, I’ll be working my way backwards in shows for a little bit. Just before (and slightly overlapping) Shrek the Musical this summer, I did a three-week run playing All Shook Up. Man, that show was a blast! First, a little background on the show: All Shook Up is set in a small Midwestern town in the mid to late ‘50s. Roustabout Chad gets out of jail and lands in this small town, inadvertantly plays Cupid, and causes Read More …
In almost 8 years of playing in orchestra pits, this summer marks the first time I’ve ever repeated a show. Here’s what I learned playing Shrek the Musical for the second time: Always give it everything you’ve got and play your best, even when you’re bored. Just because you have played the show a bunch of times before doesn’t mean the audience has seen it before. In fact, the vast, vast majority of the audience probably hasn’t seen it at all. Read More …