Ten Things

by | Mar 14, 2021 | Welcome Column

Ten things to love about Covid: 1. Reexamining what’s important in your life. Let’s face it. The pandemic has forced us all to confront our unresolved demons and hopefully deal with them because we have been faced with the specter of possible death. That specter has...

Things I Have Learned

by | Apr 24, 2019 | Welcome Column

Yesterday was my birthday. 61 years ago yesterday, I was wrested from my mother’s womb, 7 weeks ahead of schedule. I wasn’t supposed to survive, but I did anyway. It wasn’t that long ago that I considered 61 years old to be really, really old. I don’t think that now....

Things I Learned At The Spring Campout

by | Apr 20, 2011 | Welcome Column

Hanging out at Camp Spam will lead to fun pickin’. I think I already knew this, but once again, I found it a good place to park my carcass and pick with whoever shows up, so this notion was reinforced. The Brandlis’ reputation for hospitality is well-known and well...

Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me Earlier

by | Sep 25, 2015 | Welcome Column

 There are lots of technical musical tidbits that I wish I had known earlier in my playing (“Really, the notes in an arpeggio are the notes that make up a chord? Why didn’t anyone ever tell me this?” is genuinely a conversation that I had after about 18 months of...