Author Archives: Justin Locke

an author @ google

well it has been in the works since august and is finally official and I can announce that I will be appearing on the "authors@google" series on december 15th. It will be available soon after to the universe via youtube. … Continue reading

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The Three Elements of Creativity

The topic for today is creativity.  This is one of those words that kind of gets tossed around without being terribly specific.  Since I am having my creations performed on major stages in Europe this week, I’m feeling fairly bold. … Continue reading

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Loyalty Trumps Logic, Machiavelli, and so on.

Okay, a lot of disconnected thoughts will hopefully come together at the end here… Here in Massachusetts we have a spirited electoral contest going on between Republican Scott Brown and challenger Elizabeth Warren.  The election is more than a year … Continue reading

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on the marquee

well this is only "live" today (nov 20, 2011) on the state theater of nuremberg website, http://www.staatstheater-nuernberg.de/index.php  so a screen grab of it is below, of my "Peter Gegen den Wolf" being listed . . .    feels nice to … Continue reading

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Eliminating the Fear of Failure

Ok, I did a little local talk here in MA and they did a great job of video-ing it.  below is a little 6 minute segment, based on a new chapter in the new fifth edition of "Principles of Applied … Continue reading

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My Life Has Been a Tapestry

One of the aspects (one of the few aspects) I do dearly miss about playing in a major orchestra is an element that is seldom discussed anywhere– it is the collective spiritual continuity that exists in the people who play … Continue reading

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Art As Dixie Cup

As you regular readers already know, my “Peter versus the Wolf” is being done in Nuremberg  this Sunday.  How exciting.  As best I can tell, it is pretty much sold out!  only odds and ends seats left.  I love it. … Continue reading

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new article on “Success Thermostats”

Ok, this month's aticle in the AICPA magazine, on a problem I often encountered back when I did a lot of hiring / producing:     http://www.cpa2biz.com/Content/media/PRODUCER_CONTENT/Newsletters/Articles_2011/CPA/Nov/SuccessThermostats.jsp

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Fairy Tales Can Come True

well in about two weeks the Nuremberg State Theater is going to do my "Peter VS the Wolf."  This a big stage in Germany/Europe, and I am very excited about it, and i am severely bummed that i am not … Continue reading

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Volume Versus Depth

Since I lurk on twitter a fair amount, and people suggest various blogs and articles to me every day, I end up trying to read a lot of this nonstop educational publishing that goes on.  And I can’t help but … Continue reading

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