There are two new posts up over at Music Think Tank.  One is from Jon Ostrow titled Reality TV Killed The Rockstar. But Is That So Bad; it is on the role of transparency in careers of artists.  The other, by Mike Venti of the Wayward Musician blog; he gives 30 tips for the typical musician. Here just are a few:

• Practice one hour a day. However, feel free to skip practice if there is something more interesting going on. 
• Play the same piece over and over again. Never try to deconstruct the music and figure out how and why it works.
• Convince yourself that taking music lessons is out of the question, since all your favourite musicians were self taught.
• Use only tabs and chord charts to learn new songs. Never try to figure it out by ear, it's simply too frustrating. (Read the rest…)