Performing

I just want to tell you before I play this song that it isn’t finished and I shouldn’t even be playing it. . Please don’t judge me for the lyrics […]

Another way to get over performance fear is go to comedy, especially comedy open mics. They have no song to hide behind and no instrument. It’s about whether they know […]

If you have a straight job, a way to make a living that isn’t based on the thing you love, it’s better it not be compromised. If you love food […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]