Sometimes things can be virtually the same, even though they look pretty different. That’s the case with the C and G chords on the guitar. They are built in the same way, but use different notes. Also, their fingering on the fretboard appears pretty different because of the how the guitar is tuned. This … Continue reading Saturday Songwriting: I Needed a Myth
A while ago, friends of mine went to a music conference for the first time. The goal of conferences is generally to meet people, and let them know what you do. You know, networking. A person is given a name tag and set loose on awkward cocktail party of people all looking to make the … Continue reading The Conference Lobby
Who do you want your customer’s want to become? Michael Schrage calls this question, “The Ask.” The idea is, that a person who is selling something is trying to make a change. It’s possible that change that person is trying to make might be simply to move a dollar from another person’s wallet to … Continue reading What Change Do You Want?
Every Tunesday I post a boldly imperfect, one-take song draft of a song. This was written from a prompt offered on March 28th, earlier this year, "Curtains that don't quite close." (You can receive a new prompt every Friday in time for Happy Hour by signing up here). https://youtu.be/So7hCccQuWE The fabric of a lost touchThe … Continue reading Tunesday: Oct 13th: Curtain Won’t Quite Close
As I remember it, in a class I took with Josh Ritter, he said, I don’t believe in writer’s block, but I do believe in dry spells. Dry spells happen, and I think they happen in every profession. At the restaurant I earn my money in, there are days I feel great about my … Continue reading When a Dry Spell Ends
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