Author Archives: Justin Locke

A Salute to Rotary Clubs

Posted on December 19, 2008 by Justin Locke

Four years ago, I found myself at one of those major crossroads of life (not my favorite location), and after much cogitation, I decided it was time to seriously strike out on a path of doing what I’ve always wanted … Continue reading →

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Peter VS the Wolf video excerpt

Posted on December 14, 2008 by Justin Locke

Today's blog is a 3 minute video of part of the "percussion testimony" from my "Peter VS the Wolf."  This is from the Bahamian premiere last may.   Many thanks to all who agreed to let me post this.  This is only part of … Continue reading →

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Disagreements over Rome

Posted on December 11, 2008 by Justin Locke

Today’s post, sigh, again is about the issue of coping with trying to be a non-conformist in what is all too often becoming a more and more conformist society. Some years ago I made a pilgrimage of sorts to Rome– … Continue reading →

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Managing fear with good breathing habits

Posted on December 8, 2008 by Justin Locke

Today’s post is yet another little tip about being creative, and about effective performance and presentation, and just good health in general. For many people, performing is a very stressful and frightening experience. To be perfectly honest, when I give … Continue reading →

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A Radical Approach to Education Reform

Posted on December 5, 2008 by Justin Locke

I was recently re-reading one of the first success books ever written, "Think and Grow Rich" by Napoleon Hill. Like many success books old and new, the book places tremendous emphasis on the importance of desire as the starting point … Continue reading →

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This is a test

Posted on December 4, 2008 by Justin Locke

please ignore this, i am trying to figure out what a “page” is. www.justinlocke.com

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Techniques of Being Creative

Posted on November 30, 2008 by Justin Locke

Last May I had the extraordinary pleasure of being invited down to Nassau to see the National Orchestra of the Bahamas perform my Peter VS the Wolf. What fun. I had a free day the first day, so I indulged … Continue reading →

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Teaching Creativity

Posted on November 17, 2008 by Justin Locke

So every once in a while I watch videos on TED TV http://www.ted.com And I happened upon this talk, on “do schools kill creativity”: http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html This guy Ken Robinson talked about how schools tend to suppress creativity, and how schools … Continue reading →

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Further Adventures in Café Press Land

Posted on November 15, 2008 by Justin Locke

Well as promised here is another post about my adventures on café press (cafepress to some search terms . . . See the first one here:) http://justinlocke.typepad.com/art_and_commerce_justin_l/2008/10/adventure-in-ca.html Well what started out as an intention to do one or two t-shirts … Continue reading →

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A new approach to arts education

Posted on November 11, 2008 by Justin Locke

Last summer, I was invited to speak at the annual meeting of the Florida Orchestra Association. After an hour of regaling them with outrageous tales from my musical memoir, "Real Men Don’t Rehearse," they asked me to give my vision of … Continue reading →

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