Sensory deprivation was a thing people used to pay for. Floatation tanks. I signed up. Lying in a salt water tank in absolute darkness. Maybe this would be an exploration […]

I got an A+ when I studied piano at York and I never had good marks in high school. When I got that mark from I remember thinking – oh […]

I was into Brian Eno with my teenage pal Campbell. We were like a secret club listening to Another Green World, Before and After Science, Taking Tiger Mountain By Surprise. […]

I lost my voice more than once when I toured my songs night after night. Tried voice lessons. It was a frustrating new age experience. Told to lie on my […]

Was in a traffic jam on Parkside Blvd adjacent to Toronto’s largest park, High Park, maybe similar in size to New York’s Central Park. And there at 10:30 am standing […]

People still alive I would kill to produce   Ray Davies                     Dionne Warwick         Stanley Clarke Joni […]

Some people get upset about critics and call them unintelligent or immature. Some even write letters complaining. Good luck whoever expects that will lead to new enlightened or insightful critics […]

Certain musicians in the course of their life have awakenings then make music inspired by those ideas. For instance  Robert Fripp and  J G Bennett, George Harrison and Hare Krishna, Meredith Monk […]

Stay in the key of C Use the sustain pedal Only play slow bass notes in left hand Never obtain a piano made of hammers-hitting-strings Keep playing that music you […]

guy: Hi, I like your work. performer: thanks. guy: I’m a songwriter too. Could I give you my cd? performer: Sure. guy: We don’t do a couple of the songs […]