before i get too deep
I produced and arranged a whole record for Edie Brickell which never came out. Broke my heart. She was a pretty big artist then, 1991. My band was all over […]
Producing
What Happened in Hollywood
Long time ago we were in the movie Postcards From The Edge, quite the amazing moments, fancy hotel, easy work schedule. There goes Gene Hackman, there’s Shirley McLaine and rehearsing […]
ripped off from his solo and alienation
An adventurous guitarist was asked to play a solo on a record but not everyone in the room understood the solo and so he was asked to do another and […]
exposed
A PhD student was studying the 1000 year works of composer Hildegard Von Bingen when she came upon her old poetic axioms positioning music as a metaphor for all sound […]
Dizzy Miss Lizzy: pow
On random, up popped Dizzy Miss Lizzy which was a pretty important piece of music when I was 7. I think this is the first time I ever listened to […]
grnt rjctn
Talked with a lawyer about simplicity and complexity. An artist has to have many irons in the fire, many grants, many prospective clients, jobs, collaborations because you don’t know what […]
what new obstacles
Now $80,000 worth of previous gear comes with $200 music software. Used to be you couldn’t afford to enter studio, now the studio can be your bedroom or a rooftop, […]
sarah
Nice to see Sarah McElcheran, commenting (2 posts earlier) about her performance on All The Trees. She recalled I recorded her while she was practising which was good enough for […]
secret weapon
Don’t recall what his final mark was but the marking system bugs me, flawed, suggests if you fail you aren’t someone who could be successful or if you get a […]
birds of fire
Made best tomato sauce ever this morning, going to mark it in my calendar so I can celebrate every year from here on. Still, my daughter won’t like it compared […]