The Starving Artist Solution

The holidays can be tough, whatever your line of work. For artists, and actors in particular, they're a source of unique dread because we have to explain--or...

I’ve been doing a lot of reading about the importance of a morning ritual. I didn’t really get it, but since I put one in place, I've noticed a real differen...

My own spiritual awakening is not that dramatic. I was suffering big time as a struggling singer. I lived in crappy apartments; I worked day jobs that kille

I realized that I lacked a relationship to anything greater than myself. And I learned that my batshit thinking was not only out of control but likely to result either in the total destruction of my career or worse, a nervous breakdown. There's a discount below for Desires and Destiny ... I promise you won't be disappoi

The trouble was, opera wasn’t me. The bigger trouble: I had known this since I was 13, but did nothing to act on this knowledge. In fact, I

I had been working as an executive assistant to the President of a very big fashion label. I emphasize very big.  Devil Wears Prada big. It was a “dream job”...

I had the undeniable and extremely rare good fortune of meeting my best friend and long-time musical collaborator the very first day of graduate school at Ma...

I am sitting on deck on a small French cruise ship, finishing a ten-day gig. I was a featured headline act, performing my original cabaret shows for the pass...

Like most overeducated singers, I was taught only one clear path to success: practice, go to auditions, book a job, and be amazing. In theory, this process w...

This is going to be controversial—but I maintain that an artist cannot thrive if totally broke. When I say broke I mean broke to the point of suffering. If y...

At a lesson earlier this week a student, who happens to be a former Marine, said to me: "I need to retreat." I didn’t know what he meant at first. I thought ...