“What’s ‘Blup-Gen?’” I’m guessing you’ve never had that question asked of you. I, however, hear it about once a week and always from a complete stranger. “Blup-Gen” (accent on the Blup) is the way most humans choose to pronounce the vanity license plate on my car: BLUPGN. They see the plate. They try and figure out what it means (only one person in 10 years has ever done so correctly). They finally give up and ask. The answer, if you haven’t already guessed (or fallen asleep) is that BLUPGN is […] Click to read more…

I read a terrific blog post yesterday about musician John Mayer visiting his alma mater, Berklee College of Music in Boston. Among the many interesting things he said, this point jumped out at me:   “Nobody’s music is the enemy of your music…The idea that someone else has made it when they shouldn’t have made it is toxic thinking.”   As a solo professional, I’ve sometimes caught myself reacting to the success of someone else by thinking that they’re somehow taking away from my success. John’s point – “Nobody’s music […] Click to read more…