Carissa Broadbest on why it might be easier for authors as opposed to musicians to make money in the digital age….the world of "badass ladies" in fantasy….the difference between a badass heroine in the aughts and a badass heroine in the 2010s…Sci-Fi vs. Space Fantasy…how to go “exclusive” on Amazon and still sell physical books through other seller…

“The ultimate element of playing….is musical integrity and not so much the lack of mistakes”بقلم More Art Than Science

Badi Assad describes her journey from 2 octave electric organist to world renowned singer, songwriter, guitarist and performance artist.بقلم More Art Than Science

Composer and musician Kaki King is considered one of the world’s greatest living guitarists, known both for her technical mastery and for her constant quest to push the boundaries of the instrument. Hailed by Rolling Stone as “a genre unto herself,” Kaki has released 9 albums and toured extensively, presenting in such prestigious arts centers as th…

Gohar Vardanyan discusses the challenges that face every performing guitarist, her approach to teaching, what it is like to finish an album at the beginning of a global pandemic, and how a running dog of capitalism could just ruin your next performance.بقلم More Art Than Science

Patricia Price from 8va Music Consultancy on how to make ends meet as a classical musician, the effects of the pandemic on classical musician's careers, the evolution of recorded music from 2005 to 2020, what % of income comes from live performance, how the top performers are surviving the pandemic, the Imperial Death March on the streets of NYC, a…

Classical Guitar Virtuoso Eliot Fisk on his upbringing, the power of music to transform, the differences in music economics between the US and Europe, and why the great masters and composers are more important to us than our own great-grandparents.بقلم More Art Than Science

Aaron Larget-Caplan works hard. Nothing was handed to him and he expects nothing to be handed to him. He works 80 hour weeks to make ends meet. He performs, transcribes, presents, and promotes. All that work takes a toll. Aaron is committed none-the-less, and takes time to give back.بقلم More Art Than Science

Podcast interview of Mark and Beverly Davis, a guitar duo.بقلم More Art Than Science

Guitarist and arranger Scott Borg describes how he got to where he is and how he makes ends meet.بقلم More Art Than Science

Clarice Assad is a Brazilian-American composer, pianist, arranger and singer originally from Rio de Janeiro. She has recorded 7 solo albums and has appeared on dozens of additional recordings. She is also Sergio Assad’s daughter, which may well be unfairly her greatest claim to fame in the small world of classical guitar. Clarice holds a Bachelor o…

Jacob Reuven describes how he makes ends meet as a professional mandolinist.بقلم More Art Than Science

Adam Levin is a virtuoso guitarist with 5 CDs including Contemporary Spanish Guitar Volumes I, II, and III. I recommend them all. He is also founding member of the Great Necks, one half of "Duo Sonidos", founder of the Kithara Project, a great teacher at University of Rhode Island, creator of the URI Guitar Fest, and a very good friend. Hear him di…

Frank Wallace is an accomplished classical guitarist who has played for audiences throughout the Americas and Europe since 1976, including performances at the Holland Festival, Regensburg Festival, Música en Compostela, Taxco International Guitar Festival, Boston Early Music Festival, Barcelona Festival, International Guitar Festival of Arequipa, t…

Goran Ivanovic has built a career around exploration. Born and raised in Croatia, he was in the midst of studying at Mozarteum University in Salzburg, Austria with Elliot Fisk and Joaquin Clerch when his parents (his father is a Serb, his mother a Bosnian Croat) were expelled in the late 90s; the family was granted asylum in the US and they settled…

Born in 1963 to a Pakistani father and Chilean mother, Fareed’s extensive travels and especially long stays in Spain, France, Iran, Pakistan, and Chile exposed him to different kinds of music from a very early age. His musical accomplishments are many ---including being named "Best World Guitarist" by Guitar Player magazine in 2009 -- but in my hum…

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Derek Gripper is a classical guitarist who has taken a unique path.بقلم More Art Than Science