On my way to work this morning, I saw a man walking towards me with a FREE HUGS t-shirt on. My mind did some calculations and if you know me, I came to the conclusion that I should say something to him. I said, “Hey! Nice t-shirt!” He thanked me and I asked him…
Read moreShould You Stop Playing $100 Gigs?
Musicians!!! What do you think? I’ll do low paying gigs at this point in my career because I want to have fun with the players, eat a free meal, and drink expensive scotch from the bar. I would rather go back to working at a bank than do what I did 25 years ago. You…
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The Rewards Of Being A Musician
Being creative is one of the most rewarding parts about being a musician. There are others, like getting paid to travel to different cities and countries. I love what I do for a living, although being a professional musician definitely ain’t easy. There can be a lot more downs than ups. I feel that when…
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Diana’s Drums
These are some beautiful shells. I played them recentky at a reading for a new musical called “Diana.” We spent a week creating parts for the show. It was intense at times but a lot of fun because I got to work with David Bryan again. He not only wrote the music for the musical…
Read moreWorking on Broadway Is Like Job
In 1993 when I first came to New York, I was trying to meet as many musicians as I could. I was walking up Broadway near 51st St. and I saw a man with what looked like a saxophone case on his back. I ran up to him and said, “Hi, my name is Clayton…
Read moreWhy Mom’s Time Is Different From Dad’s Time
Surveys find that men and women work roughly the same number of hours a week—yet they experience their time very differently Excerpt from this article: http://m.us.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304757004579335053525792432?mobile=y Funny: I once sat on a panel with Adam Mansbach, the author of the best-selling parody “Go the F— to Sleep.” At one point in the discussion, he conceded…
Read moreDanielle Crittenden Says Feminists Have A Lot To Answer For
If I repeat the same words you hear from the woman in the video below, I’m called a sexist. If a she says it she is a…..? Men and women are not the same. We think differently, we behave differently, we want different things in life, our sex drives are different, what we want from…
Read more‘The road to high pay is a toll road.’—Warren Farrell
Why do women earn less than men? Women are systemically underpaid in part because they consciously or unknowingly make choices in their careers that lead to being paid less down the line, an author and educator says. Warren Farrell, author of a half-dozen books including Why Men Earn More, told the CBC’s Lang & O’Leary Exchange recently that his…
Read moreThe rise of women does not require the fall of men
I read a great article by Christina Hoff Sommers recently. I think it points out many things we choose to ignore. Read the full article HERE As one critic told me recently, the classroom is no more rigged against boys than workplaces are rigged against lazy and unfocused workers. But unproductive workers are adults —…
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