Pitfalls on the Road to Music

I like playing music. I bet a lot of you like doing it to. And, nine times out of ten, it’s a no brainer. You grab your instrument and attend a jam or a gig. Piece of cake, right? Not so fast! Evil forces are at work, conspiring to keep you from the musical enjoyment...

Pitfalls To Avoid

I like playing music. I bet a lot of you like doing it to. And, nine times out of ten, it’s a no brainer. You grab your instrument and attend a jam or a gig. Piece of cake, right? Not so fast! Evil forces are at work, conspiring to keep you from the musical enjoyment...

Plan C

I love most animals—my Lab Alex and my Border Collie Sid are at the top of the list. There are a few animals that just sort of creep me out (snakes for example), even fewer that I don’t like (parrots for example), but there’s only one kind of animal that I can...

Plan C

I love most animals—my Lab Alex and my Border Collie Sid are at the top of the list. There are a few animals that just sort of creep me out (snakes for example), even fewer that I don’t like (parrots for example), but there’s only one kind of animal that I can...

Planes, Trains, Automobiles…and Even Bikes

This is the time of year when many musicians spend almost as much time inside an airplane or tour vehicle as they do at home. While I’m not out on the road as much as many of my bluegrass musician friends, I have traveled enough to see how the road itself can, in its...

Play It Forward

Pay it forward: a term originating in ancient Greece, and used by folks from Ben Franklin to Robert A. Heinlein, describing the beneficiary of a good deed repaying it to others instead of to the original benefactor.(The following story occurred as a result of my...