Working with a client today and the need to go slow to go fast in his business was slapping him upside the face. I know just how he’s feeling because it’s been slapping me, too – specifically with my flugelhorn. For one year, my teacher has emphasized that in practicing the flugel, which takes great [...]
Imagine yourself in this situation (which showed up last week on American Idol for two young musicians.) You’re in the top 8 remaining singers (out of the approximately 100,000 plus who started out.) You’re preparing the song you’ve chosen to perform this week; and if the public doesn’t like it, you can get voted off [...]
About a year ago, I started playing the flugelhorn. I didn’t even know what a flugelhorn was (think Chuck Mangione) until a few weeks before I went online, bought a horn, and starting playing. I’m a pianist, so blowing a horn is new to me. But with the assist of a great teacher, Ross Hill, [...]