creativity – Glenn Berger, PhD LCSW

October 27, 2016

by Glenn Berger in Music Memoir

Is Dylan Rude and Arrogant?

Is Dylan rude and arrogant? Watch this performance by Glenn Berger and the great Mary Lee Kortes (singing excerpts from the album, including a stirring performance of “Idiot Wind”) from the NY STUDIO CATS REUNION SHOW at The Cutting Room on September 29, 2016, about what it was like to work with Dylan on his history-making album, BLOOD ON THE TRACKS, for an answer to this question.

October 10, 2016

by Glenn Berger in Success

A Night of Love, Joy, and Music

The NY Studio Cats Reunion Show at NY’s The Cutting Room was an historic event featuring over forty of New York’s top singers and musicians, featuring The Nuff Brothers, The Mar-Tays, The John Tropea Band, and Paul Shaffer and The World’s Most Dangerous Band, with special guests Valerie Simpson, Curtis King Jr, Vaneese Thomas, Dennis Collins, and Richard Frank.

June 23, 2016

by Glenn Berger in Music Stories

Why Show Biz Icons Self-Destruct

Each time a showbiz icon self-destructs we are left feeling dismay and confusion. We are sad to lose someone we loved for having made the world a brighter place with their music, laughter, or drama, and we are bewildered that someone who seemed to have everything we want â€“ success, fame, and fortune â€“ would destroy it all by their own hand. The question of why has plagued me for decades. It began in the years I spent as a recording engineer working with some of the greatest artists of our age including Sinatra, Dylan, and Jagger, and continued when I spent as a recording engineer working with some of the greatest artists of our age including Sinatra, Dylan, and Jagger, and continued when I became a psychotherapist who works with many artist clients. Find out the answer here.

March 14, 2015

by Glenn Berger in Success

How to Be Great in 10 Easy Lessons

Do you want to know what it takes to be great? What follows is the surprising, and perhaps somewhat disturbing, list of the 10 things youâ€™ll need to do to become world-class.

February 25, 2015

by Glenn Berger in Creativity

Creativity and Madness

Come to Santa Fe, July 27 -31, 2015 to participate in this terrific conference, where I will be presenting Bob Fosse’s All That Jazz: A Portrait of the Artist as Madman.

December 13, 2014

by Glenn Berger in Creativity

The War of Art by Steven Pressfield

If you’ve encountered the thing that prevents us from writing that novel, inventing that app, working to end sexual abuse, or losing that fifty pounds, you know that this is an uncanny force of indomitable strength, that by all appearances has a life of its own. What is it? Successful author, Steven Pressfield provides the answer is his pithy, accessible book, The War of Art. Read more about it here.

November 23, 2014

by Glenn Berger in Creativity, For the Artist, Music Memoir

Tiger in the Rain: Michael Franks and John Simon

On occasion, I worked on a record where the folks making it were nice and somewhat sane. Sometimes, these records were beautiful, and the people who made it were excellent at what they did. One such album was Tiger in the Rain by Michael Franks, produced and arranged by John Simon.

November 16, 2014

by Glenn Berger in For the Beginner, Therapy

When Therapy Works

Many people wonder whether therapy actually works. Every once in a while, often after a long time lost in confusion and frustration, the results become clear and wonderful.

November 6, 2014

by Glenn Berger in Creativity, Music Memoir

Bob Fosse’s All That Jazz: An Introduction

On October 24th, 2014, 35 years after the original release of his masterwork, All That Jazz, a dream of Bob Fosseâ€™s, and mine, finally came true. On that night, I had the opportunity to share my story of craziness, catastrophe, and this long-delayed triumph with an audience at the Jacob Burns Theater. It was a night that I will never forget

September 17, 2014

by Glenn Berger in Music Memoir

Bob Dylan’s Blood on the Tracks: The Untold Story

Read a first hand account by the only person alive (including Bob Dylan himself!) who witnessed the entire New York recording sessions for Blood on the Tracks.

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