the new drummer’s character trait
In a universe not so far away there was a drummer in a band who liked to state the obvious. If the band started driving on the expressway, heading to […]
2018
really
The little girl asked me if I could show her how to play Mary Had A Little Lamb. No problem. Really? Really, select a note any note. She pressed F. […]
robert lepage
I was on an airplane last year searching for a film to watch eventually settled on something about Salvador Allende but as the film started in French with English subtitles […]
Trying To Jump Off The Cliff While Realizing It
I read retailers sold more when they were playing happy music. I hate statistics like that. I might only be a lemming but I hate being reminded. Then again, to […]
eff it
One day the notes in the song realized they were alive and living notes. Soon they started to study who had similar pitches and where they were located on the […]
remembered all the words
I’ve seen all the Michael Holingsworth plays, I enjoy them immensely. One time I insulted an actor without realizing it at a little party for everyone upstairs after the performance […]
classical music lesson
One time a classical music teacher asked for a lesson. They could technically execute whatever we discussed but they sounded like they were playing an exercise and disconnected from the […]
ripped off from his solo and alienation
An adventurous guitarist was asked to play a solo on a record but not everyone in the room understood the solo and so he was asked to do another and […]
trained monkey
Went to a comedy show featuring 7 acts and liked one especially for self effacing jokes, seemed off the cuff. Following week I went again and same comic was on […]
ask me anything
Last year I was asked if I would meet a 12 yr. old in a Jewish family in The Annex who was looking to learn how to play something on […]