Producing

Guy from Sweden asked me to play on an album he and his whacky Swedish friends are making. He asks me to choose between Patti Smith and Jennifer Castle for […]

At the open stage Honey wanted to meet and practice the Sam Larkin song she will do on Aug 31rst. Afterward I asked if she wanted to perform it right […]

I saw a trailer for a new film about Lutheran Pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who was tortured and hung by Hitler for not behaving like a Nazi. Trailer looks very Hollywood […]

Bob Dylan’s sagacity is very present in his memoir Chronicles, Volume One. I particularly liked recounting the Oh Mercy sessions with Danny Lanois, who urged Dylan to delve into weightier […]

I received an invitation to an academic seminar on the ethical challenges of AI in music production. Ethical? Who is positioned authoritatively to gate-keep the correct use of technology. Will […]

Listening to that old Joan Armatrading record. One of her firsts just called Joan Armatrading. The one with Love and Affection, “like a moth with no flame to persuade me”. […]

Scott Thompson from Kids In The Hall has a band called Mouth Congress. I am working on adding piano and miscellaneous electronics to three of their songs. It is fun […]

In recording studios I compare myself to the first people I met who were called producers. Part of their labour was considering every moment, attention to each hi hat hit, […]

the mind works through conversation with itself sometimes with imaginary characters like the creator of the universe, like as if you are talking with god. my friend explained her embrace […]

Working on a song and trying to not sound like me. I recorded a young woman doing the lead vocal, then added a drum pattern that is far from anything […]