The Summerglen Files

Music, Creativity, and Everyday Life at Summerglen Music in Raleigh, NC

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Tuesday Trombone Tips #14 – Gig Etiquette

April 6th, 2010 · No Comments

Greetings, Summerglen friends! Recently, I’ve been playing a bunch of church and theatre gigs around town. It’s been fun performing at different places and meeting new people, but unfortunately, I’ve noticed several of my gigmates indulging in some not-so-good habits, like coming to the dress rehearsal without a pencil, and even worse, without [...]

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Tags: Trombones · music business · music education · videos

Not Just Advertising, but Contributing to the Community

July 7th, 2008 · No Comments

This is the third post in this week’s series celebrating the one year anniversary of Summerglen Music. Today’s topic: getting the word out in a way that educates people and gives back to the community.
I had absolutely no marketing experience when I started Summerglen, but I knew I needed to get the word out. [...]

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Tags: music business

A musician discovers marketing

June 17th, 2008 · No Comments

The blog has been a bit of a ghost town lately, because I’ve been out in the heat of the North Carolina summer, learning.
When you get a music degree, or even when you get -two- music degrees, there’s actually not much class time devoted to daily life as a musician. [...]

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Tags: music business