This is a guest post by Bruce Houghton of HypeBot - a blog about music, technology and the new music business.
Music Marketing 2.0 has not quite arrived, but it’s clearly just around the corner. Traditional media are being replaced as music promotion and discovery engines by a multitude of online media and person to person […]
This short essay was handed to me by Billy Atwell.
This is a notion that can and should be argued for ages. I have always said that I’ll take a pound of passion over an ounce of
technique.
But in reality it’s that tension of the two extremes that make for the most explosive music and art. […]
This is a post by associate editor Geoff Young.
Hi, my name is Geoff and I usually blog knucklecurve.com blog about baseball because it is one of the great passions in my life. Music is another. I mainly consume these days, but through most of the ’90s and up until mid-2005, I played in working […]
“I’ll take a pound of passion over an ounce of
technique.”
Billy Atwell is a musician - which makes him a good fit for being interviewed on this blog, because he’s really good. I had the honor of asking him a few questions and in the next few posts I’ll try to profile him as a musician. […]
In a previous post, it was commented that ethics may have nothing to do with competence.
Let’s recall my definition of competence:
Knowledge + Ability + Ethical Stand-Point = Competence
Tags: being_ethical, collaborative_piano, competence, ethics, hip_hop_artists, knowledge_ability, listen_to_music, personal_values
This is Part 2 in the Competencies Series. See also Part 1 (Personal Comeptence), Part 3 (Scientific Competence) and Part 4 (Practical Competence).
Playing alone is something I like doing a lot. I like it because it makes me free, self-responsible for my doing, my musical creative process.
Unfortunately, it’s also the “easy way”. If musicians […]
This is Part 1 in the Competencies Series. See also Part 2 (Social Comeptence), Part 3 (Scientific Competence) and Part 4 (Practical Competence).
A good musician has a great personality. Unless you can convince your crowd of your competence, you won’t convince at all.
Also, you have to be at total peace and happiness with your […]
Ever heard of Ethan Bortnick? Take a few minutes and watch this video:
I’m not sure what to think. I’ve seen videos of Ethan on Jay Leno, and in various places elsewhere. Some random thoughts:
He’s talented.
He might be being pushed by media and parents.
His teacher practically decides over his success or failure.
His teacher said two very […]
Reader Shankar recently chimed me via IM to ask about the difference between artist, composers and interprets. While I thought the distinction to be rather straightforward, it actually can be quite confusing and isn’t always second nature. So here’s a round-up of these terms, and why they mean different things in the music world.
In 1989, […]
“Stage Performances turn good musicians into stars.”
Besides being damn good at playing that song or piece, you suffer stage fright and your performance is probably not one that radiates the presence of a star.
On TV, casting shows hugely depend on people who can stage perform. Why,the infamous “Popstars” even launched an “On Stage” version of […]
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