Driving home the other night from Guelph I thought about the time I read Black Francis say the White Album was his fave and all those years ago when I […]

The album presentation today was graduation by Kanye West. It is a sure fire thing everytime I choose Kanye for students to research, that they have a more meaningful time […]

On the subway today I practised describing people around me, just simple observations and soon realized I wish I could make it homework for the kids in the songwriting classes. […]

There is a hint of new projects in the wind that excite me. You never know. It is part of what’s thrilling about trying to eek out a living as […]

At one point in the show at Burritts Rapids I said “any requests?” Right away a call out said “Maureen”. I thought no way. It is too long and too […]

Student: How can you listen to country and metal?Teacher: Why not?Student because that’s crazy.Teacher: It’s just music.Student: But they’re so different.Teacher: Maybe that’s a comment on you.Student: No. I think […]

Working on the overview of the book for school. It isn’t the way I would write a song. This is thinking through the whole thing first but it does not […]

The podcast idea is simmering. Need a certain kind of star power to truly make it hilarious. Preferably not connected to being funny. I will try my luck.

The renovation proceeds. It is much longer to do than I anticipated. Need other people and called my former students. Checked if any of them need work; some do. That […]

I think the shadows in Plato’s cave might realize they are shadows and this is not different than how music, especially when one loves it, seems to be alive.