How I was NOT in a movie

Dear friends, This was going to a column about how I was going to be in a movie. Yes, a real feature length film. Instead it’s a column about how I am NOT going to be in a movie. A few months ago a friend and I signed up on a website to be extras in a movie that was...

How Many Hats Can You Wear?

So your band is going into the studio to record their very first CD. You’re excited, you’ve planned and prepared and saved and re-planned and saved some more. You’re going to play more than one instrument. You’re going to sing lead on some...

How many instruments is too many?

Like most people, I only have two hands. Like a lot of other musicians, I play several instruments. So the short answer the above question is a simple formula of (Instruments I can play) X (Pairs of hands). But wait! I like to play both electric guitar AND acoustic...

How Music Organizations Stay Young

Good morning from Whiskey Creek, where our retired lives speed by with the velocity of a bullet train. It’s a bit ironic, to me at least, that as Lynn and I grow older, slow down commensurately and become more deliberate and pondering about the daily choices we make,...