February 1, 2010 by Bruce Hembd
Archived under: General
Random Monday: Free Weiners, Bad is Good and What an Easy Job!
- Vienna Horns recording online
You can listen to their latest, “Director’s Cut” directly on their website – music from the movies.
- Online marketing
Today, I am presenting a talk for a special union event, The Orchestral Musicians Symposium. My presentation is “Making the Best of Your Online Marketing: Making Connections”My hope is to help other musician organizations in the region to get better connected and take advantage of Web 2.0.
It is a pretty involved presentation, so today’s post will be a little slim…
- Turn that frown upside-down
Feeling like a loser after losing that audition? Phil Collins advises:So, you give up? Change professions? Not so fast. Keep in mind that not winning can be the start of some great music-making on your part, if you want.
Every failure is an opportunity to learn and improve.
- Dream job?
Professional musicians only work 20 hours a week? Holy cow! Where do I sign up?
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