Douglas Detrick

How to Write a Better Bio: Advice for Artists and Musicians

When writing their own biography, some artists remove any trace of individuality from their bios with boring, generic language, while others exaggerate. For example, if you find yourself saying things like you’re “the voice of a generation,” then ...

AnyWhen Ensemble at the Rubin Museum: The Path Leads Here

Even when the art we make is sacred, we artists are still just regular people. And we have been for generations. In anticipation of our concert at the Rubin Museum on January 17th, I took a guided tour of its collection last September. I was struck by the ...

Bass Solo Web Series: Interview with creators John Sutton and Heather Mingo

John Sutton and Heather Mingo, the creators of the Bass Solo web series, are good friends of mine who are taking a risk and are in the process of doing something amazing. In what will eventually be a 10-episode web tv series, Bass Solo follows the ...

Why “Discoverability” Matters and How to Maximize Yours

Part 2 of a Series by Mary Cummings From Douglas: People are looking, so make sure you’re good looking! When you google yourself or your group, how do you look? If a poorly written entry on an unknown website is all you have online, then you are ...

Industry Perspective: Online Marketing Basics for Musicians

Part 1 of a Series By Mary Cummings From Douglas – Every time I see my good friend Mary Cummings, she tells me about some new online marketing tool and I feel like an old person. She has helped me to improve my game on Twitter and other online ...

Four Reasons to Finally Write That Grant

Like the nutritious breakfasts that we learned about when we were kids, grants are only a part of “this complete breakfast.” Like the Captain Crunch that I so loved as a kid, (with Crunch Berries!) grants are a rare treat for most artists. This is for a ...

Consultancy Offer: CMA New Jazz Works applications

Calling all jazz composers and bandleaders! Chamber Music America’s wonderful program New Jazz Works is accepting applications until March 8. This application requires a work sample, a history of your ensemble, a description of your past work for ...

Wonderful Preview of our 2.1.13 Cornish College Performance

Peter Monaghan offered a beautiful preview of our February 1 performance at Cornish College: Among successful mergers (of jazz and chamber music), we can now count the AnyWhen Ensemble, a quintet that Douglas Detrick brought together to perform his finely ...

Writing Your Work Statement: Why do you do what you do?

Most grant and fellowship applications, in fact, almost every gateway to professional opportunity for artists, require a concise, but clear and compelling statement to help introduce the decision-makers on the panel to your work. Unfortunately, this is ...

Interview with Nate Wooley

Interview with Nate Wooley Friday, March 4, 2011 Co-Presented with FONT Nate Wooley is among the most unique, creative and powerful trumpeters in the world today. He is a busy musician, with a full touring schedule, a steady stream of gigs in New ...