If I were better at marketing myself, or at least at branding my blog, I would just do one thing, and write about that. Do the people who visit the blog because they want to read about singing and performing get disgusted with all this God Stuff? Or do the liturgists who came here forContinue reading >>
7 Quick Takes, volume 22
— 1 — Rather than being a season of joy and light, the holiday season tends to be a time of freneticism and stress for we musicians. I had a conducting gig earlier this week in the pouring rain, and though we were under and awning the ground was soaked, leaving me no place toContinue reading >>
1 quick take
I try to write my seven quick takes so I can post them over at Conversion Diary every Friday, but this Friday got away from me, and the idea of trying to format a post on my mobile device is just too much for me. Tomorrow I am cantoring a mass at Fenway Park, withContinue reading >>
Serving two masters
I have to ask you to forgive me the pun, ever since I started working on my second masters degree seven long years ago, I have dreamed of making a joke about “serving two masters”. And today, the day after being handed another diploma, I can finally say it. So now I hold advanced degreesContinue reading >>
If you loved me you’d “like” me
A few weeks ago I took the plunge and made a page for this blog on Facebook, prompting the existential question “Does anybody like me??” This angst was followed in short order by the realization that neither my parents nor my sweetheart are on Facebook, so perhaps I was investing too much of my needContinue reading >>