I have three online piano students living in other cities. Recently one asked me about Randy Newman’s piano style and we did some Newmanesque piano tricks. Then he added what’s […]

Hey chat GPT: Do you think artificial intelligence is any better at songwriting than the current hit parade? Artificial intelligence has shown the potential to generate music and lyrics, but […]

The album presentation in last week’s class was pretty good. The three students presenting did their homework. At one point, one other member of the class explained she understood the […]

It might be that we are wired up to see morality as something worth struggling to create or preserve, as if it is superior. It might be that we are […]

At my daughter’s parent teacher night, a woman tapped me on the shoulder. She said hi like we knew each other. She absolutely knew me, showing the friendship signs people […]

John Cleese has a new show debuting later this month called the Dinosaur Hour. Can’t wait. I listened to an interview where he perfectly addressed improvisation while describing truisms about […]

Just finished Chuck Palahniuk’s book about writing – Moments in My Life After Which Everything was Different. He knocks it out of the ballpark. It was a perfect sunset or […]

Watching the doc about Fanny. I am going to switch my course outline and include this film because I know it’ll blow many minds in my class. Very awesome when […]

The last song submitted had this in the bridge, “Could a person live with the realization their own consciousness is not their own? Like living in a moving car. The […]

There was a trio who played polkas but they thought of themselves as punk rockers. People thought it was amusing that they played 2/4 in the indie clubs. If they […]