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 […]
Bob Wiseman
bruce cockburn joke
The best moment was everyone singing the background response “if I had a million dollars, if I had a million dollars, if I had a million dollars” and then someone […]
million dollars
I played accordion on If I Had A Million Dollars. It was a fun session and there were a bunch of us singing background vocals. It is amusing when I’m […]
origins
Currently scoring a short film with interesting actors and a story line that isn’t quite clear or rather one of the main characters isn’t clear about who he is and […]
the moustached kingfisher
Songs, films, art in general that has more than one angle to it, is the kind of artwork I like especially. Like the end of the German film Lives of […]
r.i.s.e.
Last week I went to the open stage called R.I.S.E. in Scarborough for the 2cnd time. Unlike the other open stages I know, R.I.S.E. is predominantly hip hop youth, community […]
r. murray schafer
While driving back from Stratford, Eye of The Tiger came on the radio and it occurred to me I never before heard the entire song. It was as unredeemable as […]
little streams
I have a little problem trying to position myself into teaching gigs. To quote a former president, to unclench the fist. I liked my dad’s hands, how they looked and […]
death and music
I visit the very old man, with body parts failing he describes his new medications and problems, he expressed confusion and disappointment that things aren’t working they way they used […]
some lines i often return to
But when he’s gone me and those lonely blues collide, the bed’s too big the frying pan’s too wide He hangs out down on Alvarado street by the Pioneer Chicken […]