I heard a young woman two weeks ago at the open stage. She was on fire. It was terrific. I offered to meet and discuss a recording. The songs are […]

The book is coming along. Nose to the grindstone. It is just like practising new things on piano or any instrument or else it is the other way around, which […]

Marked all 35 papers. Two hours after releasing them no one has written to cry or scream. This is a good sign though I don’t mind a nice fight. One […]

The songwriting and music business course I previously taught is not available next year. I just found out they replaced it instead with a course about preparing musicians for entering […]

Rewatching Lina Wertmüller’s films as well as some I never knew about. I find her so good. All the subscriptions that come with the academic setting surprised me when I […]

Attended Lynn Miles concert at Hugh’s Room, a very nice performance space. The former site was more selling food and drinks but the new one is better concert focussed. Lynn […]

New song in B. It requires a left hand arpeggiating pattern. A new technique. If not for the YouTube universe I never would have thought this up. Would have assumed […]

The second assignment in my class is for students to address what they could say in a song that might get them in trouble, maybe in jail or cite a […]

One of the side effects when you start to play less sweet, is you lose people, people who don’t understand why you intentionally did that. You might even encounter people […]

I am very happy with my new shirt featuring Peter Sellers wearing Sherlock Holmes hat and holding in one hand magnifying glass while remarking “Not Now Kato!” On the subway […]