One time at Joe’s place I said what have you recently made? He showed me the latest. Chrétien was prime minister at the time. It was a painting of Chrétien […]

At the presentation the students asked me about performing, about writing my first songs, about how to write in a specific direction, about what my career was like at a […]

It has happened more than once. I am hired to be a composer but just before I start, the people in charge tell me to consider making it like this […]

Playing a show in Hamilton, all on piano. Actually just a keyboard. I can’t complain. The show is set up by Mr. Wax Mannequin. I can’t recall playing a show […]

Last month in our second open stage, a student said this time they would read from their journal.  I only remember the first part, they turned to a page near […]

In my dream last night there was an alien force invading the Earth which made a certain sound upon entering spaces and murdered anything living or at least any humans […]

student: I want to write a song about my mother but I don’t want her to know.teacher: don’t play it to her.student: I’m not good at keeping secrets.teacher: this is […]

Vidal late at night at at Brunswick and Bloor at 3am, Lickn’ chicken, 1983. Then it was radical to be open that late in Toronto. His paintings were large and […]

The guest speaker left a unique impression on the class. “The thing one might control is internal, not external, not out there in the big bad whirled. The day one […]

I saw the film Tony Erdmann. Amazing in many ways especially the unexpected third half, brilliant. Also inspiring it seemed achievable for an ordinary filmmaker who doesn’t necessarily have access […]