the pentatonic pattern i’m repeating in my left hand i’ve been doing in g and f and both are only white notes. it’s uncertain how my hands will learn to […]

The movie Rumble has many awesome surprises. definitely now part of the new films for the songwriting course. Favourite surprise Jackson Browne talking about Jesse Ed Davis’s solo on Doctor […]

Rewriting the songwriting course, one of the previous assignments is a reflection paper related to songs that resulted in imprisonment or release from jail. I use John Sinclair by John […]

I had some amazing sleeps last two nights and the secret often is not being up so late but I blame years of being a musician playing until late slinking […]

i try to organize my songwriting course so that there are numerous songs reflecting the aesthetics i see year to year in the types of students enrolled. a lot of […]

Favourite rhymes this week were prowl with bowel for 10 points. Didn’t see that coming and it made a lot of sense. On an unreleased demo from All Things Must […]

Still enjoying an exploration of All Things Must Pass 50th anniversary issue and the song Wah Wah stands out. Always thought it was an exceptional hook. George was great at […]

Trying to dream up what exactly to research in applying for research grants to support the non living wage PhD life. So far, I’m writing about music and consciousness and […]

the brain has a part within itself that is what you are identified with. it’s the part you call bob or stella or giovanni. you are absolutely convinced you are […]

After food poisoning some weeks ago, found myself viewing videos of the food path. Camera angles on food traveling down the esophagus into the stomach, into the goop of enzymes […]