📍LA || Guitar / Drums / Tech || Credits: Def Leppard, Steve Vai, Dweezil Zappa, Melissa Etheridge, A Perfect Circle, Maroon 5, Bush
Los Angeles
Joined April 2009
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Freelancers: Imposter syndrome is when competence exceeds confidence.
Even the best practitioners in the world are also figuring it out as they go along. Go do the thing.
See you at work.
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Rosh Roslin retweeted
I interviewed @RoshRoslin about financial literacy for musicians.
His approach to music and money is realistic, grounded and thriving.
moneymaestroblog.com/ep-56
Only three more months until everyone posts how many gigs they did this year. Can’t wait. #Blest
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Give me the confidence of a musician posting “hit me up” expecting people to, in fact, hit them up.
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Good morning to everyone except the people who complained about the cold, cloudy weather in June.
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At my 4th of July gig:
Singer: “The next song we’re gonna play is Birthday, by the Beatles. Do we have any birthdays?”
Me: “America has one! 🦅🇺🇸”
(I’ll let myself out)
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Day two without wearing a black shirt.
Am I losing my emo street cred? Was it just a phase?
So many questions. 🤔
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Freelancers: Student loan repayments will restart in October with interest resuming in September.
If you have student loans, and aren’t aware of your payoff date, view the amortization table and when you’re actually paying towards principle, instead of interest.
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Give me the confidence of the ableton playback op who humblebrags that they MD’ed the entire show.
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Overheard on my flight from the captain and flight crew:
“Folks, this is your handsome and dashing captain speaking, we have been cleared for takeoff. We are gonna go so fast, we’re going to fly.
So, sit back and relax or sit up and be tense, the choice is yours”
✈️😂
Freelancers: Ask yourself. “What’s the highest leverage activity I can do today?”
If you’re unsure, build or create something that doesn’t stop working after you do.
Build once, sell twice.
See you at work.
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Freelancers: To this day, one of the most effective ways I’ve found to build my roster of music students is to offer a simple incentive:
If any of my music students refers a new student to me, I give them a free lesson.
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That drummer anxiety dream where the drum throne is raised so high that your feet dangle and you can barely reach the pedals.
And, you’re also subbing in Meshuggah at Dodger Stadium.
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To the mom who helped me load a Marshall half stack into a Toyota Tercel for band practice and gigs, without ever trying to talk me out of being a musician, Happy Mother’s day.
Every day is for you, even if we only say it once a year.
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Definitely fun to hear sounds I dialed in for clients from a laptop half the world away on both weekends of Coachella.
Always grateful for my clients. ❤️
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NAMM Pro Tip #3627:
NAMM is like Guitar Center, only bigger. But also like Hell, only smaller.
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NAMM Pro Tip #26282:
Saturday at NAMM is also commonly referred to as the 4th stage of grief: depression.
But with slap bass.
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