I’ve been becoming a crotchety old man. I never meant too, it just kind of happened, the same way people put on weight or get into debt. I used to be the friendliest guy I knew, but lately I’ve been…

Hey, c’mon. A brother has to dream! As the music industry has gone into massive decline over the last decade or so, there have been many naysayers running around saying that music is dead, and that there will be no…

I have been involved in the music industry for over 20 years now, and I have seen a lot of changes and trends. However, one thing that never changes is that every year tons of new people decide to tackle…

I put the cassette tape into the tape deck and pushed play.

Slowly I turned up the knobs, first the bass, then the treble. I pushed in the loudness button on the new Kenmore stereo my dad had recently purchased…

This is a short post. I keep writing big ones and then deciding that I don’t agree with them.

I am loving being in a band. It’s a team. Each person has a big role to play, and is playing…

Tonight I was driving to Grandma’s house for a family birthday celebration. Instead of my ancient but super-trusty Toyota 4Runner, I had the whole of my little family strapped into the family “sports car”,  a not-quite-as-ancient Mazda wagon. My poor…

On the surface, there is nothing special about my mic. It’s just your typical dented up SM58, and industry standard vocal mic, loved by many, loathed by some. In fact, now that I’m thinking about it, there is nothing to…

SO… it’s been almost two months since my last blog entry. I can sincerely say, I have missed this. I have been very busy. Sometimes. And other times – depressed. Sorry. Depression sucks. It makes you fat too, if you’re…

Really.

Think about it. Just a few years ago, kids grew up licking lead-painted walls. They were spanked, and told not to express themselves in public. They rode bicycles and skateboards without helmets, or knee-pads for that matter. They played…

The other day I was on the phone with my friend Lwan from Pure Star Movement and recalled this story. Then I realized I should tell it to you.

In early 1999 a band I was in entered a contest…

Incredible. Life Is Art.

There is so much about this project that I connect with… enjoy!

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I am not going to lie.

Failure sucks.

We all know this instinctively, but it’s different when it really happens to you.

I have screwed up a lot of things in my life. There are a lot of things that…