This is a tough one to write and you’ll see why. One of the things I wrote about early on […]
Category: Lessons From Exile
Lessons from Exile #81: Let Them Judge You
Here’s a secret. I’m a Black man in the United States. Not just a Black man, but over six foot […]
Lessons from Exile #80: Teach
No, I am not suggesting setting up a private lesson studio. (Though, it you can make an arrangement with the […]
Lessons from Exile #79: Study Songwriting
Whether or not you ever actually perform what you have written – and I believe you should – there is […]
Lessons from Exile #78: The Nature of Collaboration
This is not widely known, but my Masters thesis project was a semiotic analysis of “The Beauty of All Things”, […]
Lessons from Exile #77: Can ≠ Should
Just because you CAN doesn’t mean you SHOULD. I’ve adopted this saying for some time. Admittedly, there are a lot […]
Lessons from Exile #76: Forgiveness and The Church
The Church has the potential to do a lot of good and affect a lot of lives. I will not […]
Lessons from Exile #75: Musical Shape – Macro vs. Micro
As I mentioned in an earlier entry, music has shape… and I’m not just talking about form. Music has places […]
Lessons from Exile #74: Thank Your Team
As I’ve mentioned before, no one gets anywhere by themselves. If you are a leader, then anything you’ve managed to […]
Lessons from Exile #73: Watch for Both Faces
I’ve written a bit about how actions reveal far more than words do. Just because someone sanitizes his speech and […]