by Christine | Sep 11, 2014 | Welcome Column
I have spent my entire working life employed in some aspect of advertising, marketing, or publishing. I’ve been an account executive, a project manager, a print production manager, a studio manager, a copywriter (my current focus), and a creative director, among other...
by Christine | Feb 15, 2016 | Welcome Column
The Daily Grist:“I have found that if you love life, life will love you back…People are always setting conditions for happiness… I love life without condition.” … Artur RubinsteinHow old can a person get and still be able to play music? I worry about this...
by Christine | Feb 4, 2016 | Welcome Column
It’s February and around now many folks are taking stock of how they are doing on their new year’s resolution, celebrating their successes or re-evaluating their goals. Not me. I’m just getting around to making mine. Clearing the winter funk from my...
by Christine | Sep 9, 2011 | Welcome Column
There was this guy sitting on the corner in downtown Santa Cruz playing his guitar with a rabbit sitting on his head. He didn’t look out of place. Frankly, after spending an afternoon in downtown Santa Cruz, I was surprised there wasn’t someone on every street corner...
by Christine | Mar 5, 2015 | Welcome Column
It’s that time again. I’m going to talk about a subject I have talked about a number of times in the past and as far as I can tell it is time again to get into it. You probably think I’m talking about bass playing or just something about bass. As you are all well...
by Christine | Aug 18, 2010 | Welcome Column
The past three Welcome Messages had sort of a common theme – the frustrations of trying to become a musician, or a better one. I loved Geoff Sargent’s column on music lessons. I took music lessons when I was a kid. First was clarinet, and it was very...
by Christine | May 18, 2017 | Welcome Column
Many of us meet beginner musicians who have bought an instrument, have all the instruction stuff and constantly listen to bluegrass CDs – and they keep asking, What is the secret? How do you get that sound? I believe the answer is, use your ears and...
by Christine | May 9, 2020 | Welcome Column
Okay, it’s the year 2020. We’re all older than we were yesterday. The national parks are overcrowded (but not right now!). The freeways and highways are jammed (in so called “normal” times that is). Are there really any backroads of California left where you are the...
by Christine | Sep 23, 2012 | Welcome Column
I am still coming down from the euphoria that lingers a week or so after a fun event; I’m speaking of the Bluegrassin’ in the Foothills Festival at Plymouth. It’s always good to spend time pickin’ and pot-lucking with the bluegrass family. Remember the theme song to...
by Christine | Apr 22, 2020 | Welcome Column
I don’t think I realized, until this Covid-19 pandemic, what an intensely social thing music was in my life. It became abundantly clear when my busy calendar of gigs and rehearsals suddenly got wiped out for at least 2 months. But along with those went the regular...
