make the song you want to hear
There is an interview with Quentin Tarantino I want to play the class because he tells the interviewer a person should make the film they want to see. That sums […]
teaching
who’s on first
Currently I have a student, I believe from China, and their whole name is very very close to the title of a Mary Margaret O’Hara song from her masterpiece Miss […]
starting a book store, nope
I interviewed Jen Claveau for my upcoming class because she seems on fire about understanding marketing for musicians. In the long run it is a job, a full time job, […]
war is over if you want it
Student: What does your t-shirt mean?Teacher: The quote?Student: Which war is over?Teacher: It is a slogan from a campaign John Lennon and Yoko Ono started fifty-five years ago.Student: Which war?Teacher: […]
black square
These are arduous weeks and months. The book has some dead ends where I could dwell in self doubt and anguish. One solution is to not stay on problems I […]
recommendations
In one of our last classes Jeremy thanked me for getting him to listen to Big Bill Broonzy. “It makes me feel like I’m alive a hundred years ago” he […]
from one to the next
In yesterday’s class there was an album presentation of Desire by Bob Dylan. It led to a talk about Hurricane the song. That led to a talk about Rubin Carter […]
juice music of juicers
Made a juice of ginger, cucumber, carrot and apple. Glad I bought that thing once upon a time when someone told me they regretted buying it for so much money […]
ceelo green’s other hit
There is a tough and defiant young woman in my class. You don’t want to mess with her. I make further trouble pronouncing her name wrong – more than once. […]
High Park
I passed a woman and a man looking confused before the big map by the dog path in High Park. I asked if they were lost or needed help. She […]