My Word for Home
My music career has made me a nomad: I haven’t had a geographic home base since 2011. With this as my constant, how can I develop a language to define home as more than a location?
Want to Make an Album? Better Build a Budget First
In the second part of a series on making records, Louis Levitt tracks the income, expenses and other financial necessities of making an album. Don’t get intimidated. Tackle your project step by step with this budget breakdown.
Who’s Leading the Leaders? – Part One
Our institutions have considerable power when it comes to influencing the 21st century culture of music-making. In this two-part series, we check in with music school thought leaders to see what ideas and initiatives are driving them.
A Conversation with Debo Band’s Danny Mekonnen
Ask Danny Mekonnen what traditional Ethiopian instrument he plays and he’ll be happy to tell you: the saxophone. Here, the Debo Band leader talks Ethiopian pop and how musicians can address the “social emergencies” of our day.
