Think about DOING.

What do you do? How do you do? Do you do that voodoo that you do so well?

Actions of all kinds can be opportunities to develop your musicianship. By employing your sense of rhythm, pitch, phrasing, melody, harmony, and composition (as well as the many other innate musical sensibilities that you already use to make your music), you can live a more musical life and bridge the gap between the inspired and the ordinary.

When you allow your music to infuse the rest of your life, even mundane tasks such as tying your shoes or brushing your teeth can become musical (See Mel Brooks in High Anxiety for the most musical tooth brushing scene to ever grace the silver screen.).

Join this SOS episode and explore ways to bring more music into your life (and more life into your music).

This is part four of a four-part series of “Musical Lifestyle” podcasts.

 

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Timing Is Everything.

As a musician, you have the advantage of applying what you already know about rhythm in music to the rest of your life. Establishing a good tempo, getting into a groove, working with meter, and aligning with your natural sense of rhythm are pieces of musical knowledge that can be translated into how you manage your career, what your daily habits and routines look like, and how much time you have to put into your creative work.

Although many great musicians have suffered in their personal or professional lives, a Whole Musician approach maintains that being a prolific artist, cultivating effective time and energy-management habits, and designing a creative and meaningful career are three interdependent aspects of living a fulfilling musical life.

Join JP as he discusses seven distinct time orientations and explores some innovative ways to make more time so that you can create more music. 

This is the third of four in the Musical Lifestyle Series of SOS podcasts.

 

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