Bob Wiseman

Reviewing the journals from the songwriting class. Some forget to experiment with lyrics or exercises we did in class. Some just write about their everyday lives and forget everything else. […]

One of my fave podcasts is A Special Place in Hell with Sara Haider and Meghan Daum. The other night they had Ana Kasparian on. Listening to them gab about […]

Weirdest moment Wednesday when they discussed Tower of Song by Leonard Cohen and student presenter asked about the lyric that referenced Hank Williams, has anyone ever heard of him? No […]

I love Neil Young, always will. Certain musicians are like philosophers I continue studying and just because I might disagree with the wisdom behind Socrates saying ok go ahead kill […]

In the class they did a presentation on Leonard Cohen’s I’m Your Man. When the student got to Jazz Police he explained because English is not his first language, he […]

I gave a workshop on stage-fright the other day. The more I thought about it the more I concluded stage fright is a conversation about the divided self. While gathering […]

I find Elaine May intriguing. I watched two of her films, Mickey & Nicky and A New Leaf. I liked her in Woody Allen’s film with Tracey Ullman and I […]

I gave an artist talk at the University of Waterloo. On my way there wondered what exactly I would do because this was fine arts not music. I have made […]

After the class ended I went to catch the subway and bumped into three of my students. All recently moved to Canada. Woman from Greece who is never shy, two […]

I saw a video of Jack White identifying Beatle songs from just one note. I could play that game too (I bet I could beat him at Dylan). Just one […]