Songwriting

The greatest gift an artist could give another artist, taking them on the road and sharing their audience. Natalie Merchant did that for Tracy Chapman.  Fast Car would not have […]

John Coltrane’s cousin Mary’s sister-in-law’s friend’s dentist heard about a band teacher working in Boissevain, Manitoba who was a remarkable improviser that practiced the same objective in life as in […]

The latest issue of Improvnotes out of Guelph includes my interview with Coleman Hughes and a link to his startling video Blasphemy. There are a lot of provocative ideas and […]

A nice surprise when I played with the Cameron Family Singers last weekend, was learning the Guy Clark song The Cape. At first I assumed it might be about Cape […]

Lalo entering Saul Goodman’s apartment the end of episode seven did not disappoint. Such a great bad guy. I feel like I recognize all these variations of testosterone run amok. […]

You select a song on Spotify and afterward, other songs are generated related to your first selection. It happened while I was driving after I chose something by Roy Orbison. […]

Anthemoessa Publishing offered Dan the young songwriter a deal. It contained many sections where Dan could receive a whopping sum of money contingent upon other events happening. If for instance […]

The famous songwriter from Los Angeles developed writer’s block which grew worse and worse, everyone worried about him and his career. His manager, family and fans set up a Go […]