a few of my favourite things
when mark hundevad said he’s playing tomorrow around the corner from where i live – with juini booth, who i didn’t know of, but who has played with tony williams, […]
Lessons
the compliment
Last week I couldn’t resist, Warner Music seeks to fill an A&R position. I thought this is funny since I used to be an artist on Warner Music, but it […]
the inner gasoline
It is way more common to feel correct about failing than it is to realize you are hitting the mark. When I work with someone and the technique they wish […]
that’s the way it ’tis
I had an assignment due recently for students: write a bad song accompanied by a 2500 word essay re: why it is so bad, how they made it, how they […]
as outside so inside
Sometimes you can listen to the sounds of everything all around you as if it is a song. Sometimes you could also hear yourself, the speaking to yourself about yourself, […]
beating the brain
Teaching an older person. they can’t exactly coordinate hands together the last 3 weeks. Now I’m thinking help lies (as always) in further simplifying the movement and reconsidering how they […]
sign on the window
There is a sign I noticed driving into London today, a sign for a head shop – the title of the store actually. Large posters of royalty in the windows, […]
winning
7 yr old boy surprised me by playing row row row your boat by ear. i surprised him by making a bass line for it. his sister surprised us both […]
when i grow up
working on a new piece and while trying to balance left hand and right hand, i’m reminded of the the effort involved trying to train one’s mind or the assumption […]
the curling rink stall
when the wise old guru said awakening is a separation from illusion and then posed an alternate question, “maybe it is a separation from reality”, i lost the thread. and […]