Think of this meditation as a ‘micro-vacation’ to the Oregon coast. Sunny but then the clouds roll in, then they blow away and it’s sunny once more. The original idea for this song came out of a 2-chord progression I first played with a dedicated group of hobbyist guitarists many[…]
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Dream big! That’s what this episode is really all about. It’s a conversation with Hanna Morell, who is not only a financial advisor & educator, but also a tour guide on the USS Blueback which was featured in an earlier episode. We’re in the studio instead of on the submarine[…]
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This is part 2 of a special 2-part episode featuring Olivia Vavroch, a Portland-based artist who works with a variety of media, including stained glass. She also teaches art classes and sings with The Purple Herons, as well as doing a duet with me in the studio! This episode was[…]
Read More »This is part 1 of a special 2-part episode featuring Olivia Vavroch, a Portland-based artist who works with a variety of media, including stained glass. She also teaches art classes and sings with The Purple Herons, as well as doing a duet with me in the studio! This episode was[…]
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This episode is a conversation with author Dee Emm Elms about her online novel Sidlings and the music I was inspired to write both for and by the story, along with a quick introduction to this series and music from Sonny Landreth, Clive Carroll, and the Seat Belts. Dee also[…]
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As promised, there is new music! Ocean Amblin’ This is a song that has been in development for many years. It all started at a jam session when someone suggested we groove on a 2-chord progression that was quite pretty. The person who suggested it said that he was working[…]
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It was one of those things you always hear about, but seldom run into if you’re lucky. And if you’re luckier still, it turns out well. Last Sunday I had a gig at a local farmers market. We’d set up the date at least a month ago and it was[…]
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Good analogies get harder to find all the time. Everybody’s seen everything and every possible kind of comparison has been made between everything because you never know when the right set of variables will trigger a marketing algorithm. So when a good analogy comes along, it deserves to be celebrated.[…]
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The Instrument – I have been studying the koto for a couple of months now, and recently made a breakthrough with the help of a slightly different tuning. Instead of the traditional Japanese hirajoshi tuning (D G A Bb D Eb), my teacher Mitsuki Dazai showed me a tuning based[…]
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I’m in between two interesting weekend gigs right now. Last Sunday (Oct 27) I played with another 1/5th of Dyssband and this Sunday (Nov 3) I will be playing with some fraction of The Imperfect Strangers. For those who may not be aware, this isn’t that unusual. Musicians are a[…]
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