How well am I meeting my new goals?

Back in March, not too long after I announced that I was leaving Chicago for San Francisco, I put together a post titled Unemployment Never Sounded so Sweet.  In it, I outlined the major goals I was planning on focusing on as I moved out here.  This was the first...

My Appearance on The Musician’s Guide to Hustling

I had a blast being interviewed by Seth Hanes for his excellent site The Musician’s Guide to Hustling.  Seth does in-depth interviews with interesting folks involved in the world of music.  Some of my recent favorites include: Chris Coletti from the Canadian...

The Best Advice You’ll Ever Get: Make Good Art from Neil Gaiman

I found this life-changer of a commencement speech from Neil Gaiman through Tim Ferriss.  If I remember correctly, he listens to it once a week, which says something about the power of it! You can watch the whole speech here, and I’ve transcribed some of my favorite...

Banish burnout and rejuvenate your playing!

Hi readers, Peter Tambroni here doing a guest post for DoubleBassBlog.org. I will be doing a semi-regular column from my perspective as a long time public school string teacher and bassist. ____________________________ It happens to all of us. We practice. We have our...