One of the benefits of living in Boston is our proximity to just about everything you could want within a few hours. Drive 30 minutes and you have the beach. Drive an hour and you have ski slopes. Drive 3 hours and you have what people call "The Aspen of the East" AKA Stow Mountain Resort in Stowe, VT. This is how I first discovered Stowe, VT. If you wound up here, then odds are you're thinking of heading to Stowe for snow adventures of some...
It's almost cheating to write about 24 hours in your own city, isn't it? Although, if I'm being totally honest this felt like much more pressure. When you see something every single day, you can become blind to the little things that make it so majestic. Luckily, I didn't always live in Boston and so while some of the regulars might roll their eyes at my recommendations, I think it has that perfect blend of lived-in knowledge and tourist...
It's hard to beat that mountaintop view I can't say I've ever been someone who thought they would try downhill skiing. If I'm really honest, I always thought of skiing as a sport exclusively for the posh, and thus, I was instantly disqualified. But, this winter, when my husband asked me if I wanted to try skiing I thought about all of the time I've spent inside for the last 2 years and how much I love to eat new things and that this trip would...
A very good friend and colleague recently shared that she would be choosing two words to define the year. These would be words that represented what she hoped to make 2016—words to cling to in the face of struggle, adversity, and challenge. Words to motivate and encourage, and to keep her on track. When I decided to take on the same mission I found my own words come to mind almost immediately: Positivity and Fearlessness. These...
On this last day of 2015, it seems only right to reflect on the year which brought me so much personal growth. 2015 dealt me a lot of blows, but it also provided me a lot of opportunities. In only my second year running Muddy Paw PR, and really the first year doing it full-time, we acquired over 30 new clients, several returning, and found them homes on many wonderful blogs and podcasts. But as cool as it is to think in numbers, I'm not...
"If the question makes you uneasy or anxious, you need to own that. You need to claim that thing you want. That's how you create change." -Dr. Meg Jay, The Defining Decade This is one of my favorite quotes of all time. Every time I see it, I feel a little uneasy, a little anxious, and very motivated. It's the kind of question that makes you reflect and forces you to think about your circumstances. But with each new year, I...
Earlier today I read a fascinating and eye opening article by the licensing company MusicBed. If you have the time, I highly recommend a full read, but in summary, the article discusses the fear that so many of us are often paralyzed with. That we can't take that initial leap until we've sorted out every single detail of our adventure. It's a fear that I'm sure many of you know all too well, and that I myself have struggled with. The article...
Balanced Breakfast San Francisco. Photo credit: Jared Swanson You know what this industry is lacking? Community. A true community spirit where people want to help each other because they genuinely care, because they want to see one another succeed, and because they recognize that we all need each other. We need more people willing to help out because it's the right thing to do, because we all need help sometimes. And we need less people...
I always say creativity over the mediocre. For artists, this idea is more than just a suggestion—it’s a necessity. With hundreds of thousands of artists vying for the same press, same fans, same licensing deals, getting noticed isn’t what it used to be. That’s why when you have the opportunity to get a little creative, you have to take it. And more than that, you have to learn to recognize the opportunity even when it isn’t...
Yesterday I stumbled across an excellent article by Adam Bernard called 7 Reasons Why You Should Be Pitching Smaller Music Blogs. As both a publicist and owner of a small music blog, the title caught me instantly. Within just a few hours of sharing it on social media, it was getting a ton of attention from not only my industry friends, but artists as well. For the first time in a long time, I felt like a positive change in the industry might be...
