❤️‍🔥 Protect Your Passion for Composing   Lots of composers are afraid to make music full-time. Not because they don’t love it enough - because they’re afraid that doing it for a living would mean that they’d fall OUT of love it it. And I get it. I’ve met many working composers wh...

The YouTube algorithm has been throwing some pretty awesome stuff my way recently. Last week, I got recommended an uncut, 40+ minute video from an ex-neurosurgeon sharing why he left a high-paying, stable job to be completely unemployed, living with his wife and dog in the mountains. ...

I’ve been listening to Tony Robbin’s acclaimed “Personal Power” tapes during my weekly jogs. Around 30:28, Tony asks a question that’d stump most parents: “How long would you give your average baby to learn how to walk before you’d give up on them?” Confused? Exactly - most parents would never ...

Two weeks ago, I discussed the importance of detoxing from social media. Well - I tried it for myself. Last week, I went on an 8-day trip with my wife to Big Island, Hawai’i: During that trip, we: 🚌 Took a full-day bus tour across the island ☕ Went to several local coffee farms (100% Kona Coffe...

I’ve recently found that I’ve been relying more and more on my phone for daily dopamine hits: 🛌 When I wake up, I “do the rounds” across my social media accounts. 🍔 While I’m eating, I browse YouTube. 🤣 Before bed, I scroll Instagram for funny videos. Slowly but surely, this little device in my...

One of the most difficult questions I’ve ever been asked came from a 30-year old composer back in 2023. Here’s what he wrote to me: "On paper, I have the knowledge, experience, and abilities to pursue a full-time musical career in some form or another. But I lack faith. On a good day, I still ca...