Scott Healy
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Scott Healy
The Most Recent stories by Scott Healy
- Gigging for Dummies March 2008
Session Sensei finds that sometimes it’s best to review the basics. The following steps will guarantee wealth and success. Fear and doubt will melt away and you will be swamped with work.
- Living Sound February 2008
Richard Barbieri brings years of synth programming mastery to progressive rock and cutting edge electronica.
- Joey DeFrancesco Pulls From the Past and Pushes Jazz organ Into the Future February 2008
At the young age of 17, Joey DeFranceso was already a local Philadelphia sensation, a blazing new talent on jazz organ. Then fresh out of high school, he joined Miles Davis’ touring band in ’88 and a superstar was born. He arrived on ...
- Common $ense December 2007
From time to time I get together a large ensemble to play some of my original music. You know what that means, right? No money, tons of work, and lots of phone calls to players I don’t know. But it’s also a chance to step out of the ...
- Jon Regen October 2007
Jon Regen has come full circle. “I was a kid from the ’80s, a real ‘song guy,’” says the pianist, singer, and songwriter. “But I was also a straight-ahead jazz player who was into Bill Evans, Herbie Hancock, and Wynton Kelly. When I ...
- Free At Last July 2007
Discussion of money and business has toppled many musicians, and Session Sensei remembers losing more than a few gigs from being too aggressive about compensation. I firmly believe that collaboration and performance for no money — ...
- Put ’Em Up July 2007
Say you’re a hired gun doing a few keyboard tracks on a song. You’ll get a rough mix, pop it into the computer, track a few parts, and upon approval, send out the final files. Or you could be the producer, commissioning other players ...
- The Doctor is In July 2007
I got an email yesterday that blew me away. Finding out that I lost a gig scoring an indie feature film didn’t surprise or upset me. I’ve faced rejection hundreds of times over the past 25 years, I’ve had many successes that more than ...
- The Simple Things July 2007
I was running late, but I realized that I hadn’t missed much of the demonstration of some great new gear at a local music store when I saw everyone standing around looking puzzled. It was a familiar sight for anyone who’s dealt with ...
- Cats and Dogs June 2007
When it comes to cats getting paid, it can be a dog-eat-dog world out there. Session Sensei still advises against talking too much about money, but he also knows there are many grey areas in the music business that need to be discussed. ...