2020 is almost over (thankfully!). What are you going to do for 2021? How are you going to up make next year a better year for you and your business? How are you going to [...]
Remember the stress of having no money? Maybe it’s a current reality for you and you don’t have to think back too far. Every time I’m in that situation my immediate thought is to get [...]
Early in our marriage my wife and I got some credit cards. We thought that as long as we paid off the balance each month things would be fine. We’d build some credit on our [...]
How often to you spend time worrying about things you can’t control? What about stuff that, ultimately, doesn’t matter? In Season 1, Episode 3 of Schitt’s Creek Johnny Rose decides he needs to deal with [...]
There’s no excuse for not knowing how your money is flowing. What’s coming in and what’s going out? And which one is more? The Schitt’s Creek series starts with a raid by the Revenue Agency [...]
At the time of this writing the Coronavirus Global Cases map by John Hopkins University says there are 229,390 total confirmed cases of COVID-19. Many universities and school systems have moved online. Many bars and [...]
This is not a comprehensive list of all the things you need to build a portfolio career. It's a place to start. Through several hundred interviews and hours of coaching composers and creatives, these things [...]
Guest blog post by Samson Y. Hiss. This post was originally posted at http://www.samsonyhiss.com/blog/2018/10/18/21-one-man-band-tour-tips. Past One Day One Wheel Tours were a test of musical endurance. People from both sides of the street were [...]
It's been over four years since I started taking the business of composition seriously. I've made incredible strides and am getting ever closer to my goals. But it's a long, hard, slog. If you're anything [...]
There is more than one way to build a career as a composer—and that’s a beautiful thing. Yet there are some best practices and principles that show up consistently in the lives of successful [...]
