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Student: I’m going to see Star Wars tomorrow, #8 return of the Jedi, I haven’t seen this but I know everything about Star Wars.   Teacher: You know Akira Kurosawa? […]

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In the improvising world you work at listening (which changes what passes for thought). The extent to which you continue thinking is proportional to what is accomplished musically. That probably […]

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Sometimes I’m totally distracted by someone in the audience. Sometimes it’s tempting to do certain flourishes that audiences like even if I don’t. Sometimes I thought it was great but […]

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http://www.neilyoungarchives.com/#/drawer?position=25.041958646941776&_k=pu0b7g Neil Young is all online. All his archives. I found myself listening to Revolution Blues, the song about the Manson Family but never knew it was Rick Danko and […]

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leonard cohen at the junos in vancouver 25 years ago. just a handshake by the back door as he was leaving. wished a handshake could be a long conversation but […]

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Want to trade cds?   No its ok.   What do you mean?   I heard you play earlier, not my thing.   That’s so mean.   Isn’t it mean […]

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There’s this funny thing that happens when you play a mistake and try to fix it. Often you play the mistake over and over and over expecting to play it […]

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My evil plan is working. Returning to school finishing my Masters, nose to the grindstone, show up, do the work POOF, first semester done. No degree, just a bunch of […]

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Ambrosia has knocked honey crisp out of the running. Honey crisp held first place for a long time. I admit my bias was Pink Lady but it was never more […]

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At the improv workshop, the teacher said his system regarded musicians as having two types of consciousness. One is attention all over the place kind. Though you are supposedly engaged […]