More or less the music business course is looking set. A hodge podge of these things in no order. Daniel Ek, Buffy St. Marie, Ahmet Ertegun, Bob Lefsetz, Colonel Tom […]

Things I noticed on the airplane. The skinny flight attendant’s authoritative tone and volume made the idea of him being anyone’s assistant implausible. I have often fallen sleep after take […]

There was a section in Chuck Palahniuk’s book where he listed problems a writer could have and solutions to it. It was fun, like moments when one doesn’t know what […]

Six more papers to mark, that means 29 finished. It is easy to be personal and detailed when the work is impressive. Just like any impressive concert, no loss for […]

I remember the piano on the 2cnd floor of the music building at the University of Manitoba. I remember the Petrof baby grand at York university. I remember the way […]

People all around me have colds. Am I superman? Nope. But then again can superman play 5 Cs at once like me and Mozart? I showed up to writer’s group […]

Bob: Chat GPT, can you write a song better than billy joel? ChatGPT: Billy Joel is a highly acclaimed and talented songwriter and musician known for his iconic songs and […]

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 […]