Sometimes, the devil really is in the details I recently spent several days at the Accent on Music guitar seminar in Portland. It was challenging, and I got to meet a number of other players from around the world, as well as receive instruction from the amazing Clive Carroll, the[…]
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It’s a smelly world out there. Debbie & I recently took a trip to do some promotion for “A Musical Adventure”, and that trip turned out to be more of an adventure than I’d expected. The Rumbling Box First, a little explanation. When you don’t see well, taking a trip[…]
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We’re with the band, man… Those of you who follow this blog or know much of anything about me know about my interest in the Make Music PDX program. I owe a lot of my musical career to the lessons I’ve learned as a member of several bands. But now[…]
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When you take your music seriously, sometimes it helps to get a reality check. I recently did a fantastic photo session with my #1 picture guy, Miri Stebivka from Mirifoto. We had a good time as we always do, and got some fantastic pictures that can be found in both[…]
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“Never go on an adventure without a hat.” — Indiana Jones Good ol’ Craigslist. You just never know what you’re going to find there. Well okay, we all know that you’re going to find some really strange and often ridiculous, creepy, or outrageous things. But there are moments when it[…]
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You never know when improvisation skills are going to come in handy. Here’s a funny story from a recent gig. I was playing some background music through a Bose L1 linear array PA, which is just totally awesome to play through. But I digress. While I was playing, I started[…]
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It’s not your typical rock & roll story. The Imperfect Strangers have decided to break up. Unfortunately for entertainment value, there are no drugs, no love affairs, no destroyed hotel rooms, and no 18-inch stone monuments. Fortunately for everything else, we are parting as friends and we are all looking[…]
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Sometimes you get inspired from the bottom up. As part of a really musical end of summer (4 concerts in 2 weeks), we had the chance to see Clive Carroll at Mississippi Studios (MS). Not only is MS a great venue, but Clive Carroll has become one of my favorite[…]
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You read that right: Weird Al Yankovic. Debbie & I attend a lot of concerts. It’s pretty much our go-to choice for entertainment and between us we have pretty eclectic tastes, so there’s a lot to choose from and there are a lot of very talented people out there playing[…]
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Where does the time go? I was just spreading the word about the Make Music PDX (MMPDX) program and I realized that it’s been 5 years since my first trip down that particular road. A lot has happened in my musical career since then, and much of it was made[…]
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