I have been recently working in an office around the corner from Michael Jackson’s parents. There are police and media everywhere. Given the amount of attention I have learned more about Michael Jackson in the last few days.
This is a story of a very out-of-touch classical musician. I was aware of Michael Jackson as [...]
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Lessons from Michael
Posted in Uncategorized on July 4, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Wine and Cheese in the Hills
Posted in Uncategorized on June 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This Sunday, June 7 from 1-5 p.m., you’re invited to an open house in the Hollywood Hills at 2766 Nichols Canyon near Woodrow Wilson Drive! There’ll be wine, cheese, and great company in a celebrity-owned house that just went on the market.
This beautifully-remodeled home listed at $1,700,000 features 3 bedrooms in its 2,100 square feet, [...]
Market upswing!
Posted in Uncategorized on March 31, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Besides being an oboist-writer-producer, I’m also a realtor — and have been for three years. Things look bleak in the US, especially in California. At least that’s the party line. But today, I went into my real estate office (Keller Williams in Burbank) for the first time in a week. What I saw blew me [...]
John Hope Franklin
Posted in Uncategorized on March 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Our dear family friend John Hope Franklin died this week, at the admirable age of 94. He was an esteemed professor of black history, who earned credentials long before it seemed possible a man of his race could gain an education at all; born in 1915, he held MA and PhD degrees from Harvard University. [...]
Obama’s Arts
Posted in Uncategorized on March 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Yesterday’s Times had published an article by the excellent art reporter Robin Pogrebin that infuriated me. Not her terrific reporting by any means, but its content — which seemed to suggest that any money thrown haphazardly at the arts — is a good thing. Although I’m a big fan of Obama, I’m finding his arts [...]
Finding yourself
Posted in Uncategorized on February 16, 2009 | 4 Comments »
“I was sure I could do it,” said Chesley Sullenberger, the pilot who landed in the Hudson.
You must be confident in your life. In our weird economy, I’ve been thinking a lot about how people look at their jobs. Several of my more successful friends are facing bankruptcy. A few of them, in midlife, are [...]
San Francisco Symphony
Posted in Uncategorized on January 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Today I was lucky enough to hear a soundcheck of the San Francisco Symphony in Disney Hall. It was fun for me to be there, as I subbed with the group while earning my journalism degree at Stanford a few years back. I loved seeing my old friends, like the cellist Barbara Bogatin — in [...]
Fine Men
Posted in Uncategorized on January 23, 2009 | 5 Comments »
I’ve had good reason to distrust people lately, especially the male of the species. But in the last week, and in the face of the poor behavior of others, two men have floored me — and completely restored my faith in human beings.
I’ve been going through life in the way I was raised; behaving ethically [...]
Flair for Genius
Posted in Uncategorized on January 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
What with the recession, there’s been much talk of successful musicians with equally powerful parallel careers — and how they’re blasting through the recession because of multiple incomes.
It was the subject of my LA Times article on Sunday, as well as my career-consulting and public speaking company, Flair for Genius.
I’ll be talking about this exciting [...]
Moonlight(ing) Sonata
Posted in Uncategorized on January 11, 2009 | 2 Comments »
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-ca-moonlight11-2009jan11,0,197922.story
From the Los Angeles Times
Musicians add second careers to their repertoires
Working on a dual track is a sound idea for some, delivering artistic as well as financial rewards.
By Blair Tindall
January 11, 2009
When celebrity photographer Barbra Porter picks up her camera, such stars as Billy Bob Thornton, Garth Brooks and Eric Clapton know she’ll make them [...]
