Quick Tips

When you actually have time left over (and what to do with it)

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free time leading to different paths

Have you ever had one of those unicorn days where everything goes right and you somehow end up with (gasp!) time to spare? Probably not often — but when it happens? Pure gold. I recently had a Tuesday that certainly didn’t start out so beautifully, but it astonished me. But by 1:30pm, I’d wrapped my … Read more

Make practice a little more ‘super’

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Our most observant Twitter followers have probably picked up on my fascination with Lifehacker, a blog that covers wide-ranging topics and solutions for problems you didn’t even know you had.  Sometimes it’s genuinely helpful.  Sometimes it’s dead wrong. Sometimes it’s just plain fun.  (And sometimes, it even features one of our own!) A post from … Read more

Tips for that elusive look

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Are you camera-shy, or just a little nervous about your next photo shoot? Prep work helps, just as it does in almost everything else in life. Before your next headshot shoot, put your best tootsies forward with some tips from a top photog in the acting world. (Considering that actors tend to get shot far … Read more

Looking into your own soul

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It’s sometimes surprising how many performers are actually fearful about diving too deeply into activities that require keen self-awareness. Is it possible to be an effective communicator without some sense of what drives and motivates you, what you’re terrified of, and what you love more than anything else? It’s too late at night to tackle … Read more

What are you willing to REALLY reach for?

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There’s something about being a musician that makes some people feel helpless, like luck is everything. Quasi-proverbial clichés like “it’s who you know…” and “opportunity knocks” can be misinterpreted as reality checks, and can often feel like slaps in the face. But they should really be calls to action. If you know what you want … Read more

Face-to-face with “as long as possible”

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Planning on working well into retirement? We hear this a lot from classical pros of all kinds, including singers. The “plan” may be to work for as long as you can, but is that really a plan? The fact is, you and your current streams of income will likely stop before you drop. And you … Read more