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Covid killed my birthday cake

By James Newcomb | July 25, 2021 | Comments Off on Covid killed my birthday cake

Today’s my birthday. Yay me. My wife Sana joked that for some reason my birthday is celebrated 3 days prior, and 3 days after the actual date. I don’t know about that, but I will say she’s better than I am at honoring the occasion. I’d just as soon eat a piece of cake, say…

1-star is the new 3-star

By James Newcomb | July 25, 2021 | Comments Off on 1-star is the new 3-star

There’s something that’s a big nuisance among bloggers, authors, podcasters, content creators in general. And that is when someone who’s having a bad day, or who feels entitled to be offended at anything and everything, or whatever the case may be, decides to leave a 1-star review for the show, book, podcast, blog, fill in…

The easiest way possible to fail an audition

By James Newcomb | July 21, 2021 | Comments Off on The easiest way possible to fail an audition

Last Thursday, I had a marathon series of interviews for the Trumpet Dynamics podcast. Full day of work producing clients podcasts, then 3 consecutive interviews between the hours of 8-11 pm. Then back to work Friday. Let it not be said I’m lazy. One thing that stuck out to me from all those conversations in…

6 years is a long time…

By James Newcomb | July 20, 2021 | Comments Off on 6 years is a long time…

I recently watched on old interview with Andre Agassi, the great tennis champion, who was on the interview circuit promoting a book he had just written. The tail end of the interview, the interviewer asked Andre about his courtship of his wife, another great tennis player, Steffi Graf. Apparently, he had tried to woo Steffi…

The biggest enemy to any performer/entrepreneur/whatever

By James Newcomb | July 18, 2021 | Comments Off on The biggest enemy to any performer/entrepreneur/whatever

A couple weeks ago, I heard about an act that was featured on America’s Got Talent. Something having to do with “flying trumpets”. So being a trumpeter, I wanted to check it out. This guy was on a segway, moving around like a wizard, playing trumpet very poorly as backup to a pop song. And…