It amazes me how many pieces have been written over the last couple of months in which the author or the subject relays some epiphany they’ve had about the economy. Pick up today’s Times and read the business section and you’ll see what I mean. Actually, most of these great insights aren’t about the economy at all. They’re really about horrible business practices and how the current situation stems from them. I think one can pretty much sum them all up as follows: Continue reading
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We’re All In This Together
You’re an artist and you play to make yourself happy. Having spent some of my life as a performing musician, I know the joys of practicing (and that’s not sarcasm) to get better and do things you couldn’t before. But I believe it would be hard to find any performer who didn’t think it was even better when you had an audience there to support you and show you some love for all that hard work. You’re in it together. Continue reading
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I Can’t See So It Must Be Dark
Times are tough. I know – huge news. But one would think that because of that marketers would be exceptionally careful with every penny. One would think…and one would be wrong! Need proof? How about this: Continue reading
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