Things that irritate us
I was talking a few days ago with an eminent colleague pianist, expatriate as myself, who, while on holidays in her native country after several years of absence, was asked by friends what she was...
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2010 has been declared Chopin year!
Each year represents an opportunity to honor a particular composer, and 2010 has been prepared actively. Indeed, pianist and composer Frédéric Chopin was born in 1810 and next year will be HIS year. We...
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Needing Rebirth? I don’t think so…
This week, a post a little more personal. I would like to comment Greg Sandow’s post entitled Needing Rebirth, which sparked a controversy in the american blogosphere. At first I paid no attention to...
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Hello 2011!
First post of the year : 2010 just ended and 2011 shows the tip of his nose. My best wishes for a prosperous 2011! I do not know about you, but for me, 2011 will be full of great events. A lot of work...
View ArticleDon’t worry, be happy!
8:30 am. I just had a light breakfast, and I’m about to drink the first coffee of the day. Half sleepy, I check my feed reader while sipping my dose of caffeine. So, what’s happening in the classical...
View ArticleShift perspective and be positive!
Not so long ago, I was a struggling artist. I was depressed because my career wasn’t taking off, I was feeling like a dog abandoned on the highway of success before a summer vacation. However, I had...
View ArticleLove music, be an agent of change.
Nothing remains the same, everything is dynamic. Everything has to change if it wants a future (except the Coca-Cola recipe maybe!). This simple rule might have been forgotten along the way in our art....
View ArticleThe Good Enough principle.
We live in a society where striving for perfection is awkward. Look around you, every product falling in your hands promises wonders and often leaves you bitter: it’s in fact just Good enough. You’re...
View ArticleStop building up frustration, be a happy musician!
Concert pianist is an awkward appellation, I never could get used to it. I was sometimes forced to put that somewhere and didn’t like it at all, it is far too restrictive. It’s not a secret, I’m not...
View ArticleOpen letter to musicians struggling in big cities
A week ago or so, my friend Meerenai Shim pointed me to a blog post written by Demetrius Spaneas about The need for struggle. I read the thing carefully and I thought that I would have agreed with it...
View ArticleConnect the dots and discover your true self
Being in your thirties is great. Actually that’s for me a nice decade where my dreams are taking an awesome shape and where I don’t feel much social pressure. For some of us (me included!), we...
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A few tips to rock your Sick Sad World (of music)
The music industry, like other businesses, is going through a crisis mostly because its players have difficulties to adapt to the new deal. I have plenty of colleagues spreading their gloom all over...
View ArticleDon’t compress my future!
Spotify and streaming services have been a hot topic over the last months, mainly for their questionable business model and the ridiculous royalties paid to artists. Everybody is talking about money,...
View ArticleWaiting for something to happen…
…is clearly a bad idea, especially in the music industry, especially in 2014. If you’re in this position take this short advice: nothing never just magically happens. Younger, I thought the career of...
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