Archive for the 'Life and Life Only' Category


Biko/Playing For Change

1 You’ve got to listen for Yo-Yo Ma’s solo at 3:23, he’s wailing, and if you know the original record it will resonate and transcend. Atlantic Records believed so much in Peter Gabriel’s third LP…that the company refused to release it. It ended up coming out on Mercury, which is like BMW rejecting a model […]

What I’ve Learned…

Use it right away. My OCD has me ordering/acquiring things and afraid to use them, for fear they’ll get tarnished. Best to break them out right away, otherwise you’ll end up questioning yourself later why you took so long to use them. Research, but make a decision. The great thing about the internet is there […]

Corporations Push Back Against Voting Laws

I guess corporations really are people. Or at least more powerful than people. And government too while we’re at it. This is a sea change. Used to be government told corporations what to do, and people agitated and protested for change. But people have lost their individual power since the advent of the internet and […]

Credibility/Authenticity

Speak from the heart, not the head. Go with what feels right. The more you think about it, the greater the chance you’re sacrificing your authenticity. You can play to the audience or yourself. The audience changes, you don’t. Either draw people to you for who you truly are, a unique individual, or get left […]