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Sam Pilafian on the Secret to the Music Business
I am here in Clemson, South Carolina with the Boston Brass All-Star Big Band and just had breakfast with my good friend and mentor, Sam Pilafian, at a Waffle House here in Clemson. Our conversation...
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The Power of Showing Up
“Eighty percent of success is showing up.” - Woody Allen The close of a calendar year is always a great time to reflect on any aspects of our career where we failed to show up in the previous year. If...
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Abraham Lincoln’s Insights into the Music Business
“I’ll study and get ready and be prepared for my opportunity when it comes.” -Abraham Lincoln Whether you are an aspiring band director or trying to earn a living as a player, real opportunities don’t...
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Making Your Own Opportunities
“The man who grasps an opportunity as it is paraded before him, nine times out of ten makes a success; but the man who makes his own opportunities is, barring an accident, a sure-fire success!” -Dale...
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Links That Make Me Think – April Edition
Here are April’s links that make me think. Some are recent and some are not, but all have proved thought-provoking. ——— Yet again Seth Godin nails it right on the head (and in only 57 words!) In...
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Three-Step Checklist for Getting Hired Again
Show up: 1. Early 2. Prepared 3. With a positive attitude and you will get hired again. (This goes for both performers and educators.)
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Perfect Advice on Starting Any Arts Initiative in One Sentence
“You need to know what you know and you don’t know and how to partner with people with different strengths.” -David Cutler (The Savvy Musician) You will never read a sentence that sums up how to...
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Are You Taking Enough Risks?
“People with a low tolerance for risk, whose behavior is guided by fear, have a low propensity for success.” -Keith Ferrazzi from Never Eat Alone Whether trying to become a band director or start a new...
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The Most Marketable Commodity in the Music Business
“I always wanted to play something different than the way most trumpet players played.” -Miles Davis The single most marketable commodity in the music business is originality. Sand Beach at Acadia...
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Who Should You Partner With?
“Find like-minded, bright, hard-working people that you think share a core set of values and a core vision of what you are trying to do and where you’re trying to go. That makes it substantially...
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