Stop copying me! I use to say that a lot as a kid. When you’re just a kid you tend to copy everything you see. From watching Ninja Turtles on TV and copying their high fly kicks, to emulating how your parents or friends speak. I wanted to be Michelangelo. I remember sawing a piece …
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Pitfall 1: Inconsistent Work Every summer is when touring season starts, festivals, weddings, etc. But this last summer of 2013 it was a little odd for me because gigs didn’t start coming in till the tail end of the summer. What was I to do? I had to text, call, email a few of …
Ever heard of a trumpet player that’s worth $850 million dollars? Who could it be? Mile Davis? Arturo Sandoval? Wynton Marsalis? Dizzy Gillespie? Nope. Herb Alpert is the man, with a combined wealth of $850 million dollars. Combine all the trumpets players net worth above and they wouldn’t come close. Miles Davis’s net worth was …
You can call her J. Lo, Jenny from the block, or Jennifer Lopez. Jennifer Lynn Lopez was born on July 24, 1969, In a small neighborhood called Castle Hill in the Bronx. At the young age of five she began taking singing and dancing lessons and pretty much flourished. Her parents obviously didn’t agree with …
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I love songs about poop. Don’t you? I know a guy by the name of Matt Farley that has written dozens on tunes about poop. Not only that he makes roughly $23,000 on song royalties from a catalog of 18,000 songs as of to date. Which you can all listen to on iTunes or Spotify. …
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“I’m living on borrowed time and everyday is a gift” Quoting Paul Cardall from an interview on YouTube. Check it out here. Paul Cardall was born with a congenital heart defect and has gone through numerous surgeries in his life. He has also survived a heart transplant waiting for an entire year for a …
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Can’t seem to find the right musicians for your band? I know just how you feel. Jim Collins states. “If we get the right people on the bus, the right people in the right seats, and the wrong people off the bus, then we’ll figure out how to take it someplace great.” A month or two …
Unlocking my car door I hoped in feeling bloated from that grand slam dinner I had with Jose at Denny’s. As Jose hoped in the passenger seat I was scrambled looking around for my iPod thinking it might have fell in between the seats. Then Jose said, “Hey bro, look back!” I turned around. A …
