I wrote to Danny Goldberg for advice about a course I plan on teaching one day. He has owned record companies and management companies. A significant mover and shaker. He […]

Been playing so much piano this year and transposing many old songs from guitar to piano. I once read Bob Dylan recorded both Highway 61 Revisited and Bringing it Back […]

Another very cool thing about Tina Turner, and I know there are many, she and her crew share vocals with Frank Zappa on Overnight Sensation. Only last year did I […]

I sat for Joe seven times. Recently Karen sent me copies from those sittings, of each image. I have no memory of some of them, like the first or second […]

Now, a day later, I have answers to the questions I didn’t understand in the interview. If my future is professor interviews I will be less surprised by these angles […]

I am ready for the first part, where I speak about my research. Also, I am ready for the second part where I present a class though I’m deviating slightly […]

In the dream last night. Driving a cargo van down an industrial street. Passed Michael Barclay waiting at a bus stop with road cases. I knew this location was near […]

I love the piece I am working on, love helping give birth to it, if that is anywhere close to how one should describe a piece’s creation. Here and there […]

Itzhak Pearlman says great words about how he practices. The main thing is they should not practice fast (unless they are pulling it off). I was pleased to hear him […]

loves to criticize or else imagine greatness 24/7 . this mind writes music this music writes to the press this press hates your sound . improvisation exactly from where comes […]