• grahamenglish.net – Blog
  • grahamenglish.com – Artist Site

Graham English Blog Archives

Musician, Author, and Entrepreneur

  • Blog
  • Consulting

Handwritten Notes By Thelonious Monk

December 28, 2008 By Graham English

I'm not sure of the original source, but I just found these handwritten notes by Thelonious Monk in the Delicious popular feed posted by thescotter. Awesome stuff! … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: advice, inspiration, jazz, notes, Thelonious Monk, tips

Keep Your Optimism, But Be Very Concerned

October 20, 2008 By Graham English

Some people will tell you the world is coming to an end. Some people will say you create reality so turn off the news and think nothing but good thoughts. I'm here to tell you to be optimistic, but be very concerned. The state of the economy is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Opinion, Prose Tagged With: advice, consumption, contribution, economics, economy, history, jazz, shock and awe, The Great Depression, The Shock Doctrine, zen

How To Rescue Your Time And Get Your Life Back

June 1, 2008 By Graham English

A couple weeks ago I wrote about the time required to become an expert songwriter. That advice could have been just as well for any craft, not just songwriting. And the number of hours that I referenced, 5,000, was arbitrary. There is no magic … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LifeHacks, Prose, Technology Tagged With: advice, applications, apps, creativity, expertise, experts, goals, GTD, keywords, measurement, metrics, Practice, productivity, research, Songwriting, tagging, tags, time tracking, time-management, War of Art

1,000 True Fans And The Long Tail

March 6, 2008 By Graham English

Kevin Kelly writes that the long tail is a blessing for aggregators (Amazon, Netflix) and consumers. But not so for creators. The solution is to find 1,000 True Fans. A creator, such as an artist, musician, photographer, craftsperson, performer, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business, Prose Tagged With: advice, aggregators, Amazon, artists, Business, Kevin Kelly, long tail, marketing, Music Business, Netflix, The Long Tail, True Fans

Seth Godin Draws Some Lessons From The Sinking Music Industry

January 11, 2008 By Graham English

Seth Godin dishes 15 tips to musicians on the cusp between old and new media. The new thing is never as good as the old thing, at least right now Past performance is no guarantee of future success Copy protection in a digital age is a pipe … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business, Prose Tagged With: advice, Bob Dylan, Business, digital-age, DRM, marketing, Music Business, Music Industry, permission, Seth Godin, tips

Advice To Adult Learners Of Music

November 26, 2007 By Graham English

Music is like a language. And we all know that learning languages comes easier when you're a child. And in some ways, it's much easier for a child to learn music, especially to learn how to play by ear. Putting two and two together, you might ask … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: abstract, adult learning, advice, development, dynamic skill theory, education, Language, learning, peak performance, skill theory, skills

Hit Songwriting Tips Podcast 06-21-07

June 21, 2007 By Graham English

Andrea Stolpe, an award winning songwriter with writing credits for top artists like Faith Hill, shares some powerful and unique songwriting tips from her new book, Popular Lyric Writing: 10 Steps to Effective Storytelling. Andrea was kind enough … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio, Hit Songwriting Tips Podcast, Music Education Tagged With: advice, Andrea Stolpe, Berklee, hit songwriting, hit songwriting tips, Hit Songwriting Tips Podcast, hooks, interviews, lyric writing, Object Writing, podcasts, Songwriting, songwriting process, songwriting tips, storytelling, tips

Hit Songwriting Tips Podcast 05-20-07

May 12, 2007 By Graham English

Topics covered: Advice to developing songwriters, the art and craft of songwriting, strategies for writing hooks and melodies, a 7-step process to writing hit songs, and much more. Download: Hit Songwriting Tips Podcast 05-20-07 Subscribe … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio, Hit Songwriting Tips Podcast, Music Education Tagged With: advice, hit songwriting, hit songwriting tips, Hit Songwriting Tips Podcast, hooks, interviews, lyric writing, melody, podcasts, song titles, Songwriting, songwriting process, songwriting tips, tips

Don’t Sign With A Label – Dick Dale

April 6, 2007 By Graham English

The minute you sign your name, you lose all the rights to your music and you'll never see a dime. -Dick Dale "The King Of The Surf Guitar" has spoken. Forget about becoming famous and become a business man. Found via Boing Boing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business, Video Tagged With: advice, Music Business, music marketing, videos, YouTube

Google’s Duplicate Content Filter And Your FeedBurner Feed – What You Should Know

November 19, 2006 By Graham English

It seems that with the infiltration of spam sites and splogs into Google's search index, they came up with a duplicate content filter to solve this problem. These spam sites use automated tools to scrape content from other websites with the hopes of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Prose, Technology Tagged With: advice, Blogging, blogs, FeedBurner, feeds, Google, HowTo, Internet, RSS

  • 1
  • 2
  • Next Page »
Graham English
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
image title

Crank your sound up to X with Apple's premier recording software and Logic Pro X For Dummies

Read the blog
Listen to music

Archives

  • September 2014
  • July 2014
  • March 2014
  • June 2013
  • February 2013
  • January 2013
  • April 2012
  • November 2011
  • April 2010
  • March 2010
  • February 2010
  • January 2010
  • December 2009
  • November 2009
  • September 2009
  • August 2009
  • July 2009
  • June 2009
  • May 2009
  • April 2009
  • March 2009
  • February 2009
  • January 2009
  • December 2008
  • November 2008
  • October 2008
  • September 2008
  • August 2008
  • July 2008
  • June 2008
  • May 2008
  • April 2008
  • March 2008
  • February 2008
  • January 2008
  • December 2007
  • November 2007
  • October 2007
  • September 2007
  • August 2007
  • July 2007
  • June 2007
  • May 2007
  • April 2007
  • March 2007
  • February 2007
  • January 2007
  • December 2006
  • November 2006
  • October 2006
  • September 2006
  • August 2006
  • July 2006
  • June 2006
  • May 2006
  • April 2006
  • March 2006
  • February 2006
  • January 2006
  • December 2005

Follow me on Twitter

My Tweets

Follow me on Facebook

Follow me on Facebook

Recent Posts

  • Final Score
  • iGrahamEnglish is just GrahamEnglish
  • Cleaning Up My Act
  • Logic Pro Mixing, Metering, And Loudness Explained
  • Attention Musicians: Comfortably Avoid Hearing Loss With Custom Fitted Earplugs

Graham is a singer/songwriter and jazz-trained keyboard player, music producer and studio musician, best-selling author of Logic Pro X For Dummies, and serial entrepreneur.

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter
  • YouTube


  • About
  • Contact
  • Wiki
  • Legal Policy
  • Privacy Policy
  • Living Room Rules

Copyright © 2023 Graham English