Lessons

Soloing in concert is sort of like looking both ways before you cross the street, like playing with the idea that one mistake could be fatal, like it is about […]

student: when i hear music i think i’m hearing god.teacher: but how would you know what god sounds like? did you meet god before?student: i just think that’s his sound.teacher: […]

7 yr. old: are you better than everyone at the piano?piano teacher: no.7 yr. old: are you better than all your students?piano teacher: why do you ask?7 yr. old: just […]

when an ambulance goes by and i plug my ears i’m hoping that stops the sound completely but you know it doesn’t despite my pinkies fitting so snug. is the […]

There is a guy I’ve worked with over a year, who makes more headway than most because he does the work and he gets off on the experience of his […]

Worked on a commercial demo, added banjo and piano effects, synth bass and a drum loop. Still seems commercial to me but it wouldn’t be the first time I spent […]

Someone positioned to win a Polaris prize was talking to people at a xmas party about hating to be surprised. They said you should never edit something after its been […]

There is a great scene in the Kurosawa film Dersu Ursula when the soldiers are sitting around the fire with Dersu, who they only met hours before. He is an […]

cheese left on trigger mouse knows biting it means death, damn it smells so good *** the shame that you feel is not worth dwelling upon you’ve been fooled again […]