What's the secret to connecting with an audience? If you’re a solo performer, how do you give the people gathered to hear you a meaningful experience? What about for bands? Is it even possible? (more…)
My favorite concerts make me want to rush home, grab my guitar, and practice into the night—until I’m so tired I just can’t hold the instrument anymore. (more…)
For about a year, I held a factory job, performing quality control tests and working on creating a database to organize the results. It was enjoyable work, with pleasant colleagues, providing some of my earliest computer training in SQL. (more…)
"We know what you want to accomplish. We may even know how you'd like everything to turn out. The real question ends up being-- what are you willing to push through any dips for-- what are you willing to stand up for, bleed for, commit to, and sometimes be unreasonable about because you want it so much? It is what's actually going to get done." (more…)