September 19, 2017
What motivates songwriters varies widely from artist to artist. But whatever the motivation for starting a songwriting journey, time and experience often transform an initial vision to meet the needs of the writer and the culture. For songwriter…
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Do you ever get the feeling that you’re not getting what you want from your performances? Or that your audiences aren’t either? If that sounds familiar to you, you can rest assured that you’re not alone. I’ve taught live performance master classes…
Read more →August 15, 2017
“Playing a real song is like keeping a wild animal for a pet: gorgeous and terrifying, it lives in your house, but it is never really yours…” Kristen Hersh - Rat Girl . Pacific Northwest singer/songwriter Erin Jordan, inspired by this favorite…
Read more →August 14, 2017
Imagine two floors of a major hotel reverberating with a variety of “unplugged” music flowing out of rooms and down the hallways in an ever-shifting scene until the wee hours of the morning. Then imagine a hotel conference room turned into a first…
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NOTE FROM EDITOR: This is companion piece to Are You a Liar? , an opinion piece submitted by David Guilbault. If you haven't read that piece yet, we'd suggest you start there, then come back here. It is our sincere hope that you will read both…
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