Author Archives: Justin Locke

Time Management, Musician Style

Posted on January 20, 2009 by Justin Locke

Many, many years ago I was playing a Boston Pops tour, and as fate and/or chance might have it, on one fairly long bus ride I ended up sitting next to Fred Buda. For those of you who do not … Continue reading →

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“Tourist Music”– cliches the world over

Posted on January 16, 2009 by Justin Locke

Well I have a terrible confession to make: while everyone else in Boston is freezing to death this week, I escaped to the Bahamas. Here I sit in a house in Nassau in shorts, enjoying balmy weather and taking long … Continue reading →

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A radical approach to fixing the book business

Posted on January 7, 2009 by Justin Locke

There is a lot of moaning and groaning and gnashing of teeth in the book business these days. For instance, this NY Times article: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/28/weekinreview/28streitfeld.html?_r=2&emc=eta1 There are many reasons why publishers and bookstores (both chains and independents) are shrinking or … Continue reading →

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Web sites: fancy versus fluid

Posted on January 6, 2009 by Justin Locke

So I just came back from having a lunch meeting with a meeting/event planner. For professional speakers, meeting/event planners are the source of all things good and wonderful, i.e. gigs. We had a fabulous time. But one thing she said … Continue reading →

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A unique approach to applying to college

Posted on January 2, 2009 by Justin Locke

Many years ago I knew this guy, who, at the time, was a fairly average high school student. He had a basic “B” average at a very basic public high school. He was not the president of any school clubs, … Continue reading →

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jason heath gives me blog envy

Posted on January 1, 2009 by Justin Locke

well just when I think i have this blog thing going pretty good, i visit jason heath's blog and I feel like i'm working with flint tools.  someday i am going to get wordpress and really do this thing up.  in the … Continue reading →

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Originality vs Loyalty

Posted on December 29, 2008 by Justin Locke

One thing life has taught me is, it’s very hard to get people to do things that they don’t want to do. It is also very hard to stop people from doing things that they do want to do. If … Continue reading →

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How the Grinch Blogged about Christmas

Posted on December 25, 2008 by Justin Locke

Well the annual retail festival is finally over. Many thanks to all who participated. Now that the main part of the holiday is over, here is my grinchy comment: We often hear people complaining about the commercialization of Christmas, but … Continue reading →

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Photoshopped into Oblivion

Posted on December 22, 2008 by Justin Locke

Speaking of being unique and original and true to yourself, I was surfing around on google last night and I came upon these videos showing how pictures of models’ faces and bodies are photo-shopped. I was stunned. I always assumed … Continue reading →

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Customer Perception and the New Blog Name

Posted on December 22, 2008 by Justin Locke

So I was reading Web Ink Now yesterday and David Meerman Scott has a new promo video of himself . . . Someday my speaking promo video will look this sharp! Anyway, one thing that really struck me was, he … Continue reading →

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