the gordon lightfoot doc had some interesting historical footage but it seems more about creating a legacy he would like for hollywood and i would have liked more on cathy […]

Each year in the songwriting class, students select one album to explore and later make a thirty minute presentation on what they found unique about that songwriting. Usually, I list […]

Came upon a quote by 17th century mathematician Blaise Pascal, “People are generally better persuaded by the reasons which they have themselves discovered than by those which have come into […]

I saw a coyote the other night in High Park, this is the fifth time since Covid started which is when I started walking long every day often through the […]

Getting quotes together now, making my proposal to the grant gods take proper shape. So many catch 22’s, so little time. But one has to adopt the spirit of being […]

the pentatonic pattern i’m repeating in my left hand i’ve been doing in g and f and both are only white notes. it’s uncertain how my hands will learn to […]

The movie Rumble has many awesome surprises. definitely now part of the new films for the songwriting course. Favourite surprise Jackson Browne talking about Jesse Ed Davis’s solo on Doctor […]

Rewriting the songwriting course, one of the previous assignments is a reflection paper related to songs that resulted in imprisonment or release from jail. I use John Sinclair by John […]

I had some amazing sleeps last two nights and the secret often is not being up so late but I blame years of being a musician playing until late slinking […]

i try to organize my songwriting course so that there are numerous songs reflecting the aesthetics i see year to year in the types of students enrolled. a lot of […]