On my way into work this morning, I stumbled upon this article, which provides great insight into ways employers can retain a highly engaged team working on a common goal for their organization or business. This type of mindset is important for artists to think about for those who are considering more traditional, 9-5 work.Continue reading “7 tips for artists considering work in a traditional, 9-5 job.”
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Launching a new ensemble, organization, or business? Read this, Part III. Developing your Concept.
For the past few days, I’ve written a step by step process for how I would go about launching a new ensemble, organization, or business. Today, I’m going to give you some thoughts on how to develop that great idea you came up with during the first two posts. Continue divergent thinking and brainstorming. Now thatContinue reading “Launching a new ensemble, organization, or business? Read this, Part III. Developing your Concept.”
Launching a new ensemble, organization, or business? Read this, Part I. Start with You
One of the most common questions I get as I mentor artists is how to successfully launch a new ensemble, socially relevant organization, or business. Today, I’m launching a series of “how to” posts designed to help you create and develop your great ideas. These posts will give you the tools to bring your greatContinue reading “Launching a new ensemble, organization, or business? Read this, Part I. Start with You”
Trying to find balance as an Artist? Stop taking every gig that comes your way!
We’ve all done it. We’ve taken that gig that seemed like a great idea six months ago. Now, we find ourselves sitting in traffic much like the photo above, wondering why we made the decision in the first place. Yesterday, I wrote this post about how artists could find balance using Pareto’s Principle, also knownContinue reading “Trying to find balance as an Artist? Stop taking every gig that comes your way!”