THEN We had to drive to the record store on Tuesday to buy the new releases. NOW The new releases are available at midnight on the internet. THEN If you didn’t get to the store early enough, the new release sold out. Or never came into the store to begin with. NOW Music never gets […]

They’re dropping like flies. That’s what they don’t tell you when you’re younger, that you’re lucky to make it to old age intact. You think you’re healthy and then you’re not. But the real story is mutations are plentiful in your body and as time goes by you wear down like an old car. You […]

We’ve got great tools. But too much mediocre music. My goal is to get you to give up. If you’re a musician, I want you to stop. Oh, practice and play, be my guest. But please stop tweeting and Facebooking, keep stop trying to make it, you’re clogging the avenues, trying to uncover today’s great […]

FREQUENCY You cannot win if you do not play. (Did you catch the Steve Forbert reference?) Don’t be afraid. Dip not only your toe in the water, but your whole body. Reluctance is so last century. You’ve got to create on a regular basis. Once a week at least, once a day is totally fine. […]