Author Archives: Justin Locke

An awfully nice writeup on me in the international musician

Posted on February 12, 2009 by Justin Locke

here is the text of the writeup: (feb 2009:) "Real Men Don’t Rehearse is a collection of anecdotes that give readers a glimpse at the funny side of life as a professional orchestral musician. From humorous travel experiences to performance … Continue reading →

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Listing in the International Musician

Posted on February 6, 2009 by Justin Locke

Well I was sitting here wondering why, in the midst of a recession and January etc., I was getting so many orders for Real Men Don’t Rehearse . . .  At long last I was informed, it’s listed in the Feb … Continue reading →

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Forget being tough- the person who is the most sensitive always wins

Posted on February 5, 2009 by Justin Locke

A friend of mine works at a fairly sizable high-tech company. The company had a little contest for various departments to make an entertaining video to show at some in-house company event. One of the entries, which she shared with … Continue reading →

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Let’s Party Like It’s 2009

Posted on February 4, 2009 by Justin Locke

I heard this thing on the news the other day, something to the effect that various corporate entities were "cutting back" on their Super Bowl parties and extravaganzas, as it was felt that in these "lean economic times" it would … Continue reading →

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Share the Love, Share your Tags

Posted on February 4, 2009 by Justin Locke

Greetings culture lovers, Okay, boys and girls, it’s Wednesday, and that means its audience participation day!!!! No, this isn’t going to cost you anything, I am not going to ask you for money. I am, however, going to ask a … Continue reading →

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Does College help your originality?

Posted on February 3, 2009 by Justin Locke

When I went to music school (and I will be nice and not name names), we had this standard joke phrase amongst us as freshmen, which was, "everything you know is wrong." The basis of the joke was that, no … Continue reading →

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Ramblings on marketing and publishing

Posted on January 31, 2009 by Justin Locke

Since most people in the world of art and creativity are not really interested in getting more competition than there already is, it is extremely rare that such people talk about how the business really works. But it’s Friday night, I … Continue reading →

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Dealing with Gatekeepers

Posted on January 27, 2009 by Justin Locke

The topic for today’s blog on originality is “gatekeepers.” Gatekeepers affect just about every aspect of your life. Everything you see in a store was selected by a “gatekeeper,” that is to say, someone that you may have never met … Continue reading →

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A “Secretary of the arts”–is this a good idea?

Posted on January 25, 2009 by Justin Locke

So I opened up my e-mail yesterday and I received one of those "sign this petition" e-mails, this one being about suggesting to our new president that he create a new cabinet position: a secretary of the arts. A quick … Continue reading →

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Overcoming Fear of Failure

Posted on January 23, 2009 by Justin Locke

Well, it’s more or less the middle of winter and here in Boston I’m under 2 feet of snow and not much else is going on, so I thought I would blog about one of my books, i.e., "Principles of … Continue reading →

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