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Increase Your Bump Tolerance

Thought I was going to die last week . . . Seriously. Have you ever been “that guy,” dry-heaving over the toilet (or next to a tree) late at night, swearing that, if you make it through just this one time, you’ll never touch alcohol again? Well,

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Lesson From A Giant

I got to thinking recently, after hearing about Sean Ogle meeting the 7UP guy, actor Orlando Jones. [Drummers reading might also recognize Jones from his role as Dr. Lee, in the movie Drumline] Sean’s story, and the lessons he took from that encounter, made me reminisce about

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17 Location Independent Entrepreneurs Define “Home”

To some, house equals home. But an ever-growing number of determined entrepreneurs disagree, and have been using creativity, hard work and today’s technologies to break free of the chains that hold most of us in one specific place, developing flexible, “location independent” careers for themselves. In my

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Guerrilla Influence Formula for Musicians

Musicians, artists, dancers, and all creative types: looking for some ways to increase the size of your fan base and get your music/art/product message out to a larger audience? My buddy Tyler Tervooren‘s full of some great ideas that I think you’ll be interested in! Tyler and

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Guaranteed Flight Every Three Months!

Anyone who checks in here once in a while has probably heard me mention fellow-Oregonian, Chris Guillebeau. Author of The Art of Non-Conformity (which went straight to #8 on Amazon’s Bestsellers List after its release last September), and coordinator of the upcoming World Domination Summit (in Portland-

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The 2011 ImpossibList

I’m a bit late in posting this year’s resolutions (and I know some people disagree about whether or not they should even be written in the first place). But I, for one, operate well and efficiently when I have clearly defined goals in place. After a bit

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Havana & the Universal Language of Music

“Hmm,” I think to myself, “there’s a live band in here; this seems like the place to stop.” I’ve only been on the island a couple of hours, but it’s time to catch some music, maybe a Cuban sandwich and that Mojito that I promised my buddy

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A Year In The Life (2010 Review)

Whew . . . what a year! (Click on links throughout for more details) At the suggestion of several friends and musical/traveling cohorts, and without knowing the slightest bit about what I was doing, I ran my first ever post on January 1st of this year. BAM!

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The Way Out

Two weeks ago, I wrote about the slump I’ve been in recently. I quickly learned that turning to friends is one of the fastest ways to get out of a funk. Readers, fellow musicians, acquaintances old & new, local & distant took time out of their own

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The Slump

I hope to not feel this way sometime soon, but at this very moment, I despise that everyone in the blog world (myself included) seems to be perpetually hunky-dory. Always having their act together; full of all the necessary answers for every curveball life throws at you.

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