Got to love the catchy title don’t you (okay it was hokey but I can’t help myself). I got to spend a wonderful Sunday afternoon meeting new people and listening to Marian Call play music at a house concert. If you have never been to a house concert make sure… Read the Rest »
I was kind of wracking my brain a little bit about what to write on Valentine’s Day. Last year I wrote a zombie story and really there is no topping that. I decided I would create a Valentine’s list of recommendations. I am going to go a little different today… Read the Rest »
At long last my best music of the year list. It took me forever to get it done (I say this as if there were tons of people just dying to read it). I was about half way through it when this past weekend’s sadness stopped me cold. I have… Read the Rest »
I have been thinking about how to put these words into the world for days. Everyday I start to put them down on the page. I feel my hands go through the rhythm of typing. My fingers pushing the keys but without fail my words have left me wanting. I… Read the Rest »
So we survived the floating tin can. While I completely love the ability to climb into the belly of the massive steely beast on one side of the country and exit on the other, I don’t think I will ever enjoy flying again. It just isn’t natural. My brain starts… Read the Rest »
Music transforms us. Makes us more than the sum of our parts. It has the ability to make us cry, smile, love, remember. There are not an infinite amount of musical notes in the world but there are an infinite amount of sounds which can be created with them. We… Read the Rest »
Tapping into my yesterday’s blog, there is a growing population that likes to attach the word geek to hobbies or passions. I am certainly no different. I am just amused it has become so acceptable. With that in mind I am about to blow my indie music street cred right… Read the Rest »
> I have been Mister Grumpy Pants this last week. It seemed like every time I turned around something in the news or on TV was ticking me off. It showed in my blogs. It isn’t that I think my blogs were bad, but damn I think I might need… Read the Rest »
I know I have become a little fixated on the whole comfort art idea but I have one more I want to do, comfort music. More than anything else in my life I use music to inspire me, to make me better, to motivate me. Music is as big a… Read the Rest »
I know that I have written about this before but I don’t think people have any kind of understanding what it takes to make a living in the world of art. I don’t care if your art of choice is painting, sculpting, music, acting, or the one I am trying… Read the Rest »