soloist
there was a guy who used to solo with his mouth wide open and his left foot kicking at the air and one time the bass player asked why he […]
Bob Wiseman
steve
there was a musician who hated me. i didn’t know it until one time outside the Cameron in the rain, we were both standing near the door staying dry and […]
ethiopian
Went to an Ethiopian restaurant and while ordering food thought about how many times certain things are right under your nose. At one time bop wasn’t considered music, hip hop […]
beethoven
I saw a physiotherapist for a problem I assumed was arthritis and she said it was just from sleeping with a bad pillow. I wonder if the need to think […]
ancient voice
there was a guy who dreamed of writing a great piece of music. each day he woke up cursing the fact that he still had not written it. then he […]
only real with your lipstick on
Asked to lead a talk/ walk about Yorkville later this month, about the hippie culture of the 60s which is before my time but held a lot of intrigue for […]
A+
Yesterday I was at a performance and heard a pianist playing with his foot depressed on the sustain pedal the whole time. If I was marking and the class was […]
the predictable
ghost: what did you expect? writer: this. ghost: exactly. writer: at least one can hide irrelevant comments. ghost: exactly. writer: it triggers people. ghost: […]
don’t need a producer
There was a guy who was very resentful when the band he was in hired a producer for their album. They never worked with a producer before. His position was […]
sisyphus in baggy pants
musician: You mean when I signed this contract I gave them the right to use any of the music I wrote for any future project without paying me anything? […]