2018

There are some unreal compilations on youtube of people at fairs riding the Slingshot which seems to propel people upwards at high velocities then allow substantial free fall. The amazing […]

Years ago I read in Billboard that Bob Dylan hired a 30 something guy named Jeff to be his manager. I wondered who this guy was and how he got […]

A few years ago I learned when orchestral players audition they do so behind a curtain. The hiring committee doesn’t know what they look like only the sound they generate. […]

Trump pardons people convicted of crimes – first critical voice in his head has him on the run. He’s trying to tell his opponents he controls the music. Lame. Lousy […]

There was a story in Zen or Sufi anthologies about a student who couldn’t understand what their teacher was talking about so they just imitated them and then something that […]

Now $80,000 worth of previous gear comes with $200 music software. Used to be you couldn’t afford to enter  studio, now the studio can be your bedroom or a rooftop, […]

Found a piece of paper someone left on the seat before me on the subway, a playlist. Took me a couple seconds to realize I almost met Jordan Peterson.   […]

Julia can play 2 open chords, E and A but when she watches old Jimmy at the Jamzac comfortably playing bar chords she is in awe. Jimmy, who can play […]

The old Russian conductor admired for musical surprises said in the final interview he owed everything to not thinking about it.

Jokingly said to the guy with the ponytail at home depot cutting the wood I was buying “Is this the job you wished for as a kid” he smiled said […]