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Tip Jar: A Tale of Loss, Redemption, and Fulfillment That Is All True and Uplifting
When I was just back from my first year in college, I was staying in the house in Lexington on Hunt Road, and I was just getting ... -
Tip Jar: Low-Cost Guitars That Earn Their Place on Stage
By the time a guitar survives years of live performances, price becomes irrelevant. What matters is whether it holds tune, projects reliably through a PA, ... -
Tip Jar — The Cost of Culture: How Art and Entertainment Left the Common Man ...
A few weeks ago, I went to see Elvis Costello in concert—one of my longtime heroes, a songwriter once known for his sharp wit, his ... -
Tip Jar: Succeeding in a Man's World
Excerpt taken from the book Street Smart by Dina LaPolt Here’s a jarring thought: It’s a man’s world. Actually, it’s a white, straight man’s world. ... -
Best Career Tips 2025: For the Masses
DeeAnn“Always stay true to yourself, be honest and follow your gut because you might have different people trying to pull you in various directions based ... -
Best Career Tips 2025: For the Producers
Charlie Peacock“Be imaginative with ideas and solutions but don’t voice them, necessarily. You want them to be available but you also don’t want to overwhelm ... -
Best Career Tips 2025: For the Artists
Matthew Feder“Your instinct is what defines you as an artist, and the sooner you can hone that, trust it, and move forward with it without ... -
Best Career Tips 2025: For the Collaborators
Don Was“I would find it offensive, especially with the caliber of people I’m working with, to take over someone’s record. Why should someone else paint ... -
Tip Jar: Staying True To Yourself While Navigating Non-Stop Career Twists And Turns
By DeeAnn My journey as a singer/songwriter and recording artist is a bit unconventional because changing life circumstances led me to perform in various genres ... -
Tip Jar: Bringing Music To Life In A Visually Authentic Way
By Baz Halpin To help put what I do as a producer and director into perspective from a musical lens, I’ll start off by rewinding to ... -
Tip Jar: Songwriting From The Heart
By Brenda Russell Before I share my story about how I became a working songwriter, it’s important right off the bat to encourage the new ... -
Tip Jar: A Personal Reflection: The Journey, The Shift, and The Calling
By Keith Mitchell When I considered writing this piece, I knew it was time to be vulnerable—to release certain elements of my story that haven’t ... -
Tip Jar: Choosing to Run Your Own Record Label
By Dr. Dave Before I share my cautionary tale about an encounter with an independent record label that ultimately led me to take back control ... -
Artist to Artist: Blue Monkey Discusses Creative Freedom
By Blue Monkey I think artistry, like life, has unique, cyclical timing. We are constantly coming home to ourselves. So, to speak on rebranding as ... -
Tip Jar: Todd Trainer — Inside the Mind of a Drummer
Who among us hasn’t spent at least a few minutes during a concert wondering what goes on in the mind of the drummer, the wooden ... -
Tip Jar: The Healing Power of Music
By Melba Moore When I was given the opportunity to write a piece for this column, a singular two-word phrase popped into my head: Music ... -
TIP JAR: A FAMILY AFFAIR — HUSBAND-AND-WIFE DUO VICKI PETERSON AND JOHN COWSILL
Vicki Peterson is best known for her work with paisley underground/new wave icons The Bangles (alongside sister Debbi Peterson). Her husband, John Cowsill, came to ... -
ARTIST TO ARTIST: Mz Neon Reflects On Being a Trans Musician In 2025
Having grown up outside of Boston during less-than-accepting times, rapper, singer, musician, and performer Mz Neon was a child of the punk movement but she ... -
Tip Jar: Promotion or Emotion?
By Darryl Evan Jones As an artist—especially an indie artist—it’s very easy to find yourself chasing the rabbit of promotion. Don’t get me wrong, promotion ... -
Tip Jar: Rewriting the Beatles
By Mark Winkler That visual artists learn their craft by using a great master’s work as a tool is nothing new. When I was in ...
