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Living On Gigging

essays & reflections on crafting a creative career

Give Yourself Permission

On January 10th, I visited an old friend and coach of mine. I thought I was doing her a favor… she had recently had knee surgery and was cooped up in her apartment. Yet when I walked out an hour and a half later, I had a new life.

What happened in that Washington Heights two bedroom overlooking George Washington Bridge?

I have no idea.

Except that something in the conversation left me with an overwhelming sense of permission.

Permission to be powerful.

Permission to ignore other peoples’ sh&t.

Permission to do what I need for my career and to stop compromising just for compromising’s sake.

Permission to simple be me and stop trying to explain or fix it away.

Posted in Personally..., The Big Picture Tagged give yourself permission, inspiring, motivation, personal 11,588 Comments

From Nothing To Change

Download “Nothing To Change”, and help inspire: part of the proceeds go to Girls Inc. “I’m working on getting some more peeps.” Gentle laughter from the sea of women (including Grammy Award winning Mya, fashion designer Eileen Fisher, a few other C-list celebs, and my mom) mitigated my feeble awkwardness. How did I manage to […]

Posted in Music Industry, Personally... Tagged composing, Crocs, Eileen Fisher, Ellyn Spragins, Girls Inc., inspiring, live performance, music essay, Mya, non-profit, producing, women 30 Comments

Making Connections

As I started to mention before, connections are critical to a career in music. And the best connections for me have turned out to be my ex-boss (who introduced me to my new boss at the jingle house), my mother’s chiropractor’s son (who hired me to write music for his websites), the intern (who introduced […]

Posted in Music Industry Tagged connections, inspiring, sharing 40 Comments

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