I knew some improvisors in a band and one of them very much disliked another. It was awkward because I liked both of their talents quite a lot. I felt […]

The student asked the old improvisor how he teaches improvising and he didn’t answer, so they asked again and the teacher said they heard them the first time.

It’s surprising when songwriting students write reflection papers from unexpected angles, especially about songs I know well. Last year, one student wrote up Leonard Cohen’s Everybody Knows and said it […]

In some lectures people try to explain the difference between a two dimensional universe vs. a three dimensional one but using the example of a shadow cast by a three […]

Sometimes when in a foreign land, a traveller hears locals speaking, whether Swedish, Farsi, Mandarin – and sometimes think to themselves how incredible it is that these people can speak […]

first person: My song is about my mind, about the fact that the mind tries to be in charge and fights all the time to try doing it but, really, […]

Interesting that they selected to be in a songwriting class and each week I’m dreaming up songwriting exercises yet often find myself trying to persuade them to behave like songwriters. […]

My favourite part about the Lou Pearlman story is that he created his own challengers. If there’s Coke then there has to be Pepsi he said and so ‘N sync […]

Played basketball yesterday, one on one with Simon who is fifteen years younger than me and bigger. Sure was quick how spent I was and how much my feet later […]

I’m suppose to speak upcoming, about this PhD, about what my research will be about, but I don’t know what it will be about. How could I know in advance […]