I've been thinking recently about work. What kind of work do I want to be doing? This is a multi-level question. Right now, I work 25ish hours a week at a day job which is entirely unrelated to the arts or music at all. I think it's time to find a better gig, and I … Continue reading Working day for a musician
Category: Life in NYC
My heat wave practice area….
It's so hard to be productive when you can't leave the airstream of the fan. But we manage, because we must.
Improvisation
Improvisation is very near and dear to my heart. I started my love affair with improvised music in college, sometime during my first year of undergrad. I love it, the creativity happening right in front of you, spontaneously. It's so authentic, it's impossible to play anything you don't intrinsically understand. I started with jazz, and … Continue reading Improvisation
Anne Dearth Maker 