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10 Things You Can Do in 2020 to Level Up as a Musician

With a new year coming up soon I figured I would get a head start on my resolutions. These are ideas that I have either benefited from...

Merrill Crissey

Dec 2, 20194 min read

One of the most popular tourist spots in Kyoto, Japan is Arashiyama. It means "storm mountain" in Japanese, but whenever I've gone there...

Merrill Crissey

Nov 7, 20192 min read

If you've ever started a new venture, if you've ever moved to the big city, if you've ever begun a new life you'll understand how I felt....

Merrill Crissey

Oct 21, 20191 min read

I sometimes wonder if I will ever get to the point where I can do music full time? If I only ever made money on Spotify the answer is......

Merrill Crissey

Sep 24, 20194 min read

You've probably seen the hashtags or reddit threads where people post their "shower thoughts." Many of them are quite funny, but there...

Merrill Crissey

Aug 21, 20193 min read

When it comes to most-listened-to musical genres pop music is still king. But the music we now refer to as "classical" was actually sort...

Merrill Crissey

Aug 14, 20194 min read

Several years ago, I had a very humorous boss who used to always ask us the same few questions. This would come at times when you were...

Merrill Crissey

Aug 8, 20193 min read

In the fall of 2001, just a month after the attacks of 9/11, I boarded a plane bound for Osaka, Japan. It would be the first of many...

Merrill Crissey

Aug 1, 20193 min read