by Christine | Jul 20, 2009 | Welcome Column
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...
by Christine | Dec 28, 2013 | Welcome Column
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...
by Christine | Aug 31, 2005 | Welcome Column
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...
by Christine | Apr 29, 2014 | Welcome Column
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,...
by Christine | Jun 6, 2020 | Welcome Column
My wife, who has a sly and mischievous sense of humor, blurted out one day, “I’m too old to be a new talent!” She said that, although she had already achieved much acclaim as an actor, teacher (Monterey Peninsula College) playwright and critic.And we all know of...
by Christine | Sep 4, 2019 | Welcome Column
I’ve said many times, one of the things that bluegrass and baseball have in common is, they’re both fun to argue about. Bill Monroe or Jimmy Martin? Mickey Mantle or Joe DiMaggio? One of life’s little pleasures is arguing back and forth the points that make either...
