One week, in February, it snowed here in Nashville. Locals told me that it was a “newsworthy” amount of snow and the town was shut down for days. My apartment complex was covered in snow, the grass and sidewalks all…
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Taking time to learn
I love to learn, but I sometimes forget how important it is to add learning in my schedule on a regular basis. For me personally, I spend a lot of time creating and teaching and both of those things are…
Read moreWhat is hard work?
I have been thinking about this idea of “hard work” and the similarities and differences between that and “working hard”. A number of different conversations recently have sparked the desire to clarify my own thoughts and I thought it might…
Read moreMotivation and focus - dealing with a lack of “deadlines”
I have a strange love-hate relationship with deadlines.
On one hand, I like the structure and clear expectation. If you do what you need to do by this arbitrary moment in time, you’re good. I was raised to “get it…
Read moreFeed your soul with healthy things
Over these last few weeks, I have been trying to find my footing in this new reality. It has meant some interesting changes for me personally. For example, I have been spending less time on social media. I have sat…
Read morePressure and what to do when you're feeling it
In today’s blog I want to talk about “pressure”. You may have seen or read about what an amazing time it is right now to create, learn or produce. And in many ways that’s true. But we need to be…
Read moreThe Brave Musician COVID-19 isolation challenge
One of the core values of Brave Musician is community and as we head into uncharted, confusing, unpredictable, and frightening territory right now with quarantines, the reality that performing and seeing live shows is temporarily no longer possible, the challenges…
Read moreDo one hard thing
Sometimes I get inspired by the strangest things sometimes. But I find that inspiration can be found all around you if you’re looking for it. The other day I was watching a TV show and one of the characters said…
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Why I hate the word “talented” and I’m not alone
I was a sophomore in college when my saxophone professor told me, “Your natural talent has run out. Time to get to work.” Then he threw me out of my private lesson. He told me that he wouldn’t admit to…
Read moreWe have to do things to get better at doing things
The only way we get better at anything is to practice it. It’s part of what many refer to as “doing the work”. This may seem kind of obvious, but I can’t tell you how many times I hear “I’ll…
Read moreOn being perfect
I’m not perfect...
But for a long time, I thought I needed to be. Developing Brave Musician has been about so much more than music for me. In fact, it’s been about being a Brave human and facing some of…
Read moreI almost quit.
I almost quit.
“It’s too much work,” said the little voice in my head. “No one wants to read what you have to say anyway,'' said another. “No one will care if you don’t do this,” chimed in a third……
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