Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
Joni Mitchell’s process when she wrote the album Mingus was to hang with Charles Mingus and meditate about it afterward then write. Or at least that’s how I remember her […]
2013
Wife’s Superpower – Can Be A Teenager At Will
“Wake me up at 8:30 ok? I need to be up then for sure!” “Okay. ” then at 8:30 “It’s 8:30 wake up” “Okay thanks. Just 5 more minutes please […]
About Sam Larkin: reincarnation
Sam believed in past lives. I never could get my head around that line of thought. He told me when we met in 1982 that I had obviously been playing […]
The Rich Will Move To The High Ground
I’m as surprised as the next guy to find myself singing songs which contain Holy Doodle in the chorus but he did write for Sesame Street once upon a time. […]
Death by Manglesdorff
Bill Smith’s piece about Albert Manglesdorff is killing me. And this video with Pastorius and Alphonse Mouzon doesn’t hurt.
Ruining Jess Reimer’s Record
I lost an entire record on the Toronto Transit System. December 2012, I just finished ten days in Winnipeg arranging recording with Jess Reimer. This was her new record for […]
Holted In My Tracks
Michael Holt (winner of Mr. New Age 1993) this morning sent me this special performance from Sweden. He changed some of the lyrics to my song (improved maybe) and why […]
Harper’s Announcement Will Be Arriving Any Second About Homophobia
I was thinking about Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s quick announcement when Reteah Parsons committed suicide after being raped and then cyber bullied, said Harper then “…our hearts here go out […]
Baltimore
Nina Simone wrote amazing songs and propelled forward great songs by others. An honour for Randy Newman that she would record his music. It’s also one of the most likeable […]
Guide For Finding A Composer (pt. 1)
Give the potential composer 5 minutes of your film to score with no direction for free or a small fee. See what comes back before actually making a final decision […]