Growing up just outside of Chicago was always an amazing bit of luck for me. Not only lucky because I love that city, but because as I got older, I’d begin realizing that I’d want to be working there as much as possible. Music and a place like Chicago do go hand-in-hand and I wasn’t about to let that opportunity slip by. A few things could, and did, get in the way though. In the end however, nothing is as powerful as a dream.

I find practicing scales and fingerings on the guitar pretty boring but it must be done if one is to improve. With a full-time job, a side job and a wife to spend time with, I had trouble finding the time to do that guitar practice until I hit upon a good formula.

Mistake Number Seven: Not Spending Enough Time on the Phone (an excerpt from the book,…

try to explain to people all the time that dust is the enemy. If musicians would take a little more time to properly clean their equipment, they could avoid (sometimes costly) repairs.

Here is a step by step instruction to strengthen your music community
and make a little extra money to put toward your next album while promoting your friends.

He tells the whole Indie story 80’s thru early 2000’s. It’s excellent!