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Sleeping Through Life: How Sleep Apnea Can Affect Your Life Without You Even Knowing It
In the mid 1970’s, I formed the Chuck Anderson Trio with Al Stauffer and Ray Deeley.The East Coast jazz group focused primarily on my original writing but also included unique interpretations of jazz classics. We gave concerts and recorded our first critically acclaimed album called “Mirror Within a Mirror”. My reputation as a rising young [...]
Develop Your Own Uniqueness
The guitar world has always been obsessed with who is faster or better. The reality is that all good players are fast and knowledgeable about chords, improvisation and harmony.
What makes one different than another is not the external factors of technique but the unique projection of personality that comes through the music. Just as you [...]
The Advantages and Disadvantages of Versatility
It’s obvious to everyone that versatility is an advantage! You’re in line for more work and more variety of work. Certainly, versatility is better than limitation. Versatility also allows you to move in and out of areas if you get tired of them. Generally, this is a good thing!
On the flip side of this, there [...]
The Three Words
There are three words commonly used in music that should be avoided – or at least redefined.
These words are Practice, Play and Rules.
Practice – This implies boring repetition. It’s uncreative and unproductive.
Play – This connotes casual fun – a frivolous, optional activity.
Rules -These are a rigid set of “laws” which must be followed.
I [...]
Entertainment as a Career
Let’s say you are pursuing the life of a performer. Whatever makes you inclined in that direction tends to make you “un-inclined” to follow up on the business side of music. Are you sure that you want to pursue this as your business? Are you sure that this pursuit is not just a hobby? [...]
Parental Objection to the Pursuit of the Arts
Parental objection to the pursuit of the arts is premised on what? It is based at least in part on a lack of clear-cut evidence of potential in the field. Because of the confusion concerning the stability of the field, it is possible that those with great ability never pursue a career in music. If [...]
The Composer versus the Song Writer
To many, the terms composer and songwriter are interchangeable, In reality, they are not! They certainly share many common skills but there is a significant difference between the two.
A songwriter writes a single melody line and lays it over a chord progression. Lyrics are added if the song is to be a vocal tune. The [...]
Music and Age
The musician too often convinces himself that at the age of eighteen or twenty-two or. . . his decision is irreversible and has lifelong implications. This is not true. If he follows his own inclinations and tries, he will be moving toward the realization of a goal. This movement is important because it is a [...]
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