From January 25, 1998 to April 11, 1990, I went to a little studio at 5554 Mammoth Ave. in Sherman Oaks, CA once every 2 weeks or so to have…
Category: Music
You Are All I’ll Ever Need
I have had the good fortune to have wonderful in-laws. Not only were they were helpful and supportive without being intrusive in any way, they set an excellent example for…
Let Me Go
There are probably few things as painful as the un-mutual end of a relationship. I s’pose you could say that things play out the way they’re meant to, but that…
Accompanying
My daughter is about to turn 18 in a couple of days. Shaking my head in disbelief – time is such a seemingly elastic thing. And because it is the…
The Joys of Classical Music
Right after high school, I attended the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago. It was major American music school founded in 1886. I was a piano major, voice minor and…
River
Joni Mitchell is one hell of a songwriter. And James Taylor is one hell of a song interpreter. From the September 9, 2015 live guitar/voice session (see previous posts).
Gentle Rain
From the September 9, 2015 live guitar/voice session (see previous post).
Spooky
One day, while driving back from delivering the carpool kids to their high school, I heard this song on the radio. I’m always scouting around for something new to sing,…
Ave Maria
Ah….the quest for perfection. These days in recorded music, musicians are used to being able to “fix” just about every aspect. If I waited for perfection, I would never post…
Aureus at Wells Fargo Lounge…
…Moline, IL on June 10, 1975. 1st gig. I was 19, attending American Conservatory of Music in Chicago (piano major, voice minor), and looking everywhere for a band to join.…