Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Weekly Review – January 27, 2013
Only four weeks into the year, and it has already been a busy year. This week was the beginning of the CSULB Spring semester as well as the PAS SoCal Day of Percussion and 2013 LA International New Music Festival with SouthWest Chamber Music. I also found a great new app for iOS called Newsify. It…
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Weekly Review – January 20, 2013
Here are my links that I have been reading this week. Today is Martin Luther King Day and the Presidential Inauguration. It also marks the beginning of the semester at CSULB. It is going to be a busy semester and I am looking forward it! Recently, I have been working on the repertoire for a set of…
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2012. A Reflection and Goals for 2013.
To say 2012 was a busy year would be an understatement. I celebrated a milestone birthday, saw the birth of Zachary Andrew (our second son) and bid farewell to my friend and mentor Michael Carney. As I wrote on my FaceBook wall, “It is very hard to say goodbye to someone who has meant so…
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Weekly Review – January 13, 2013
One of my resolutions is to post more often. Each week, I am going to put together a list of articles, blogs and other related resources that I have been reading and enjoying over the past week. This is not a comprehensive list by any means, but if there is something I missed, please leave a comment…
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New Year’s Resolutions and Goal Setting
As 2012 comes to a close, there are plenty of blogs that are posting strategies for setting New Year’s Resolutions. Over the past two years, we have written two posts concerning goal setting: G-OOOOOOOO-A-L-S for the New Year SMART Goals for 2012 Earlier this week, I read a post on Lifehacker (on of my favorite…
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Audition Advice 102
Last month, I wrote an article about Audition Advice. We received a lot of good feedback on the post. Be sure to check out the comments for additional tips. I am planning on releasing my tips as a PDF document in the new year. I also wanted to draw your attention to some videos on…
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Audition Advice 101
Auditions are just around the corner and I thought it would be a good idea to crowd source an audition advice post so that we can give some advice to incoming freshman and transfer students who will be auditioning soon. To start off the discussion, I thought I would present my observations and suggestions from…
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How Effectively Do You Use YouTube?
We all know that YouTube is a valuable source for any musician. According to YouTube’s statistics, 72 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute. We all know that there are a lot of bad videos included in this number, but there are also many videos that are educational and worth watching. So how do…
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Digital CD release/marketing/distribution
On September 12, Tom Burritt and I sat down for a somewhat impromptu google+ hang out to talk about digital/CD recordings and their marketing and distribution. Take a listen to hear about how to get your recordings into iTunes, Amazon, and Google Play. And, a few other services you may not have heard about. After…
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Navigating Social Networks Article
I was interviewed for an article called “Navigating Social Networks” for Halftime Magazine. The article is now available online. Thanks to Jeremy Chen for asking me to be a part of the article. Below are some excerpts from the article. Click here to read the entire article. Navigating Social Networks By Jeremy Chen With social…
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