White Space
"It ain't about the notes you play," legendary trumpeter Miles Davis once proclaimed. "It's about the notes you don't play." In the ...
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The Times, They Are a Changin’
Diplomacy with Cuba. More mobile devices than people on the planet. Cyber-attacks, not bombs, are the biggest threat to national ...
You Are What You Believe
As we were about to take the stage together last week, Geoff Clapp, a New Orleans jazz drummer, said something ...
Video Killed The Radio Star
When MTV launched back in 1981, the first music video aired was aptly named “Video Killed the Radio Star” by ...
Sometimes You Just Gotta Feed The Pigeons
While studying jazz guitar at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, I had the privilege to study with the ...
5 Leadership Lessons From The Beatles
Inspiration comes from unlikely places. For some, nature is a source of ideation. For others, family and friends can give ...
Changing Your Soundtrack
Earlier this month, the 56th annual Grammy ceremony awarded Thomas Newman a Grammy for the score he composed for the ...
Chipping Away
MYTH: Achievement occurs through some gigantic epiphany or an all-at-once breakthrough. FACT: Most things worth accomplishing involve a persistent stream of small ...
Your Band Doesn’t Need Five Drummers
Imagine if the Beatles had no Paul, John, or Ringo… just four Georges. Their incredible contribution to the world – ...
Think Like a Jazz Combo
I’ve had the privilege of performing jazz guitar on stage for nearly 30 of my 40 years. Live improvisation is ...