Evan Parker and prince hamlet
Saw a Shakespeare play last spring in Toronto, Hamlet [Prince Hamlet]. Doris offered me a ticket. Separate from great acting, staging and lighting the audience was sort of put into […]
Performing
Rejection letter
Rejection letter came today, so it goes. Project Title (maximum 15 words) 10 String Quartets and An Accordion Walk Into a Bar TOTAL AMOUNT you are requesting from the OAC […]
stage fright
I know what I’m going to do and I know how to do it including how to be ok with what I don’t know. It’s the fear of looking foolish […]
Listening
Listening is a big deal, obvious yet listening to each other is rare. If I start to imitate anyone in the band, in a subtle way, like what the drummer […]
When All the Dime Dancing is Through
1991, it’s a long story but there i was on the stage at soundcheck for Paul Simon’s 50th birthday show in Central Park and Edie says this is the drummer […]
switches
Garth Hudson walked over to me while we were rehearsing The Weight for their induction into the Juno Hall of Fame. I was expecting some sort of exchange since we […]
Eric Dolphy and Jaki Byard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuCbQCnoIzI Got into music school because I lived out of province sent a cassette demonstrating my piano playing, something classical and something jazz. Was glad I could send in a […]
Jonius pt. 3
Around making Mingus, in interviews she spoke about the process, how she would hang with him and meditate afterward then write. She is about as inspiring as Stephen Harper never […]
Listen to part of my CD
guy: Hi, I like your work. performer: thanks. guy: I’m a songwriter too. Could I give you my cd? performer: Sure. guy: We don’t do a couple of the songs […]
never thought people would accept it
In the 80s I worked in social services and a charity bought passes to the Jackson Victory tour for the residents of the group home and a couple staff people to […]