April 2016

Update: When New Blog Posts Will Resume…

On May 26, new content will appear on this blog. This break will allow for completion of the Finding Your Niche book  revision for 2016. This decision was reached yesterday after tech support admitted that they too were in the midst of a tech glitch and could not step in to troubleshoot until their tools were […]

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Updates: Computer Quiz Post, Book Revision, And File Conversion Misery

=–   Three new paragraphs have been added to the end of the post link  below…y. 2. March-April: Converting files proved challenging due to compatibilit issues after an upgrade. One final tech sessionthis week  should resolve the problem.. So the new target date for completion of Finding Your Nicherevisions  2016 is this coming month. New upgrade Quick […]

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Prince: Beyond the Music…

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Prince, Rodgers, Nelson – Artist, Entrepreneur, Social activist, Humanitarian

Control your music…Use creative talent to build economic 
prosperity for self and community was the philosophy the music legend espoused for
aspiring musicians.

As fans pay tribute and download the icon’s tunes, aspiring artists would do well to track down and study Prince’s opinions about technology and the changing nature of the music business, and what he believed artists needed to do to avoid being enslaved in an industry that often fails to compensate fairly many members.

References

Time.com – The Ambitious Plan to teach: http://tinyurl.com/pcwnp4p

Yes we code.org: http://www.yeswecode.org

 

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Why A Star Violinist Helps Musicians in Need:From Mozart to Metallica

z The amazing story of a former  child prodigy who never forgot her humble upbringing and now uses her musical talent to help disadvantaged musicians globally. References PBS. Newshour.org Rachel Barton Pine http://tinyurl.com/j5tljn9 Global HeartStrings http://www.rebf.org/ghs.html Visits: 357

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Tips, Resources, and Gossip About the Business Side of Writing

Two panels of interest to aspiring writers  at the recent Los Angeles Times Festival of Books … A publishing panel of industry professionals underscores how writers are depending on social media skills to promote their work.  Q and A A panel of authors who specialze in the biography genre.. The challenging nature of the genre and how […]

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How an Academic Used the Creative Arts to Transform Dry Anthropology Topics into Interesting Reading for the Public

Do not be fooled by Infrastructure, the less than exciting title of a panel discussion at this past weekend’s Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. And though rust was the riveting ad copyused  to lure in droves of viewers, the forum of three authors offered an array of humerous, insightful, thought-provoking sometimes alarming bits of information about rusty […]

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Why A Federal Prosecutor Changed Careers After a Traumatic Incident

Lawyers leave the profession and become entrepreneurs or pursue creative paths for reasons often related to burnout, but professor Paul Butler had a different personal experience that forced him to rethink his career path when he was a federal prosecutor. Harvard graduate and author of Let’s Get Free: A Hip-Hop Theory of Justice, professor Butler […]

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Book Revision Update 2016 for Finding Your Niche

New content will include… Nifty work-life balance tips article reprinted from the San Francisco Chronicle Top 10 web articles and go-to resources Popular posts from the Niche Creativity blog via links. And with the arrival of new software last week, revisions on existing content will be completed within two weeks. Visits: 253

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