Articles by Dan Wilensky

Style-Hopping: An Excerpt from Musician! A Practical Guide

by Dan Wilensky
October 22, 2010

[Editor's Note: The following article is an excerpt from Musician! A Practical Guide For Students, Music Lovers, Amateurs, Professionals, Superstars, Wannabees and Has-Beens (CreateSpace, 2010), by saxophonist Dan Wilensky.] Musician! is a book for all musicians, and anyone who loves music. It includes music history, philosophy, assorted tricks of the trade, proactive advice for the downtrodden, and instructive tales from the trenches.For the neophyte, Wilensky demystifies the process of becoming a “real" musician. For the ...