March 2012
December 2011
November 2011
October 2011
August 2011
July 2011
June 2011
May 2011
- Connecting Dots
- Preparing Yet More Blogs
- Two More Songs Added
- Whisper of the Heart
- Celebrating Baby Steps
April 2011
- Young and Fearless
- More Songs Added to the Songs Page
- Why Seth Godin and Derek Sivers Are Successful (And I Am Not, Yet)
- Announcing the Song Archive Project
- Elizabeth Gilbert's Insight on the Burden of Gifts
- Aiming for Success without "Hard" Work
- Waiting for the First Follower
- Web Designer Collaborator Wanted
- Mining the Treasure Trove of My Ideas
March 2011
- This Is Why I'm Still an Amateur
- Announcing ThoughtfulGuitarist.com
- About the Earthquake, Tsunami and Radiation Disaster in Japan
- The Time to Keep Going Is When You Don't Feel Like It
- Do Not Prevent Me from Making My Mistakes
- It's a Relief -- This Song Is Good.
- Fear of Success Is a Nightmare Featuring a Killer Beetle
- Setting Quantitative Goals instead of Time-Sensitive Milestones
- It Sucks. Then It Doesn't. The Battle with My Inner Critic
- Lessons Learned at a Networking Meeting
- The State of Ari's Life in March 2011
February 2011
- Giving Up on Branding Myself with a Clever Name
- Wanted: Disciplined People
- Even on a Bad Day, Routines Carry Me Forward
- Great Tools Add to Your Motivation
January 2011
December 2010
November 2010
August 2010
May 2010
April 2010
March 2010
February 2010
- Soul Searching for What I Have to Give
- Abandoning DIY
- It's Easy to Love the Developed, but It's Better to Develop Because You Love
January 2010
- What, If Any, Is Remarkable about Me?
- Freeing Myself of Deadlines
- Demand Me, Producer
- The Blessing and the Curse of Seeing the End at the Beginning
- Gear Review: Love Kraft Chupacabra Rat-based Distortion Pedal
- Gear Review: Arteffect Zenith Overdrive
- Say Something with What You Can Say
- A Step Forward Is a Step Forward, Even If You Don't Feel Good About It
- Kick-Starting 2010 with a Macbook Hard Drive Death
- Starting the Seedling of My Music in 2010
December 2009
- Crazy, Romantic, Idiotic
- Thank You, 2009
- Things Are Not "Should Be." Things "Are."
- Reducing a Vision to Its Essence
- The Fine Art of Goal-Setting
- Changing Too Many Things at Once
- The Reason Why I Don't Sing of Parenthood
- Defining Artistic Success
November 2009
October 2009
- Mercifully Slow Maturation of Voice
- Somebody's Got to Imagine It
- The Distant Reach to Perfect Words
- Margin of Error
- Plans for My Online Presence
August 2009
- What I Hate Not Doing
- Delivering the Score
- The Importance of Music
- Ready to Mix
- Kudos to My Collaborators
July 2009
- 30-Something Rock Musician with Wife and Kids
- A Successful Career Strategy Is a Sustainable One
- The Final Stretch Is the Longest
- The Plan for My Site
- Hitting the Stride
June 2009
- Symphonies Are Composed -- One Note at a Time
- Starting a New Film Gig
- Finished!
- When It's Time to Quit
- Less Is More, but It Doesn't Mean Less Work
May 2009
- Sequencing Happy Songs of Death
- Landing a New Feature Film Gig
- Putting in as Much as Needed, and No More
- Reboot in Progress
March 2009
February 2009
- The Move-in Day
- Out of the Clouds
- No More Dreading
- 60-Day Challenge: Intuitive Entrepreneurship -- Will I Survive?
January 2009
- Today Is the Last Day
- Dis-ease and Intuition: Illness Is Your Body in Conflict
- One of the Best Decisions I Ever Made
- Jittery with Fear, Terrified at Each New Revelation
- Surrendering to My Intuition
October 2008
September 2008
November 2007
October 2007