Watch Elizabeth Gilbert’s great TED talk called “Your elusive creative genius”.

You would think this would be a basic life skill, but it seems almost nobody knows it, so please spread the word.

A musician had manufactured 10,000 copies of his CD in anticipation of 10,000 orders that were sure to come through that week.

In 1991 I was 22 years old, and had moved to New York City to be a professional musician.

In 1990, at the age of 20, I moved to New York City and got a job as the tape room guy for Warner/Chappell Music Publishing.

The listening algorithm

One approach to music is to do whatever you want.

Cross the world four times.

I was uncomfortable, unhappy, and restless.

David grew up in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, with five brothers and sisters.