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At the finish of the interview on Q this morning, Tom said to me we usually pick a song to play at the end but in your case we’ll ask […]

Shadowy Planet

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The first musicians who offered me work after I quit Blue Rodeo were Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet. Would I be into touring with them as the opening act? In physics […]

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It became clear many years ago that one could hire virtuosos to tour with but if they also behaved like babies, it wouldn’t be worth it. Ninety-five percent of the […]

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Before the class was let out for the summer, the old tuba player had one last piece of advice, “Maybe your name is Harold or maybe it’s Betsy, either way […]

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Small dead racoon on the forest path. Looking closer couldn’t see any signs of a predator but insects already inspecting its unblinking eyes, still ears and dry nose. Looking up, […]

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So if I’m always going to be bummed about my chops, if I’m always going to fixate on what I don’t do well with my instrument, if that’s like you […]

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Every day Sheila wished she could play that passage and each day faces the fact she can’t pull it off and curses herself. Tanner, her conductor friend, said once you […]

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Occurred to me earlier today while daydreaming about older musicians in their 80s, that eventually, at the funeral when Paul McCartney dies, some the gatherers will be thinking to themselves […]

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Borris, a decent musician, absorbed many techniques yet found himself always sounding like himself. This resulted in a feeling of defeat. He held the view that his musicianship could reach […]

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Monique, young Misha’s mother, arranged for him to study with Mannie, the musician whose music had made her cry and altered for the better the emotional states of her friends […]