To be a musician today, for the vast majority of us anyway, is to make music for one very simple reason: for the love of it. Because even though everyone wants content, nobody wants to pay for it. The people who make the devices – the iPods, phones, computers and tablets – have zero interest Read more

One of my favorite songwriters of all time is someone very close to me. I have the good luck to know a number of really good songwriters, including bandmates over the years such as Mstt Kennon, RickMyers and Todd Elder, and friends and acquaintances such as Andy Mullen and Anita Maj. I’ve even written some Read more

            Excuse me.             What?             I said excuse me. I bumped into you.             Oh. Don’t worry about it.             But I’m a worrier.             OK, then worry about it. But do it somewhere else.             I can’t be somewhere else. I’ve tried but everywhere I go, I’m there.             Do people ever hit Read more

Ring out the old Ring in the new Ring out the false Ring in the true It’s that time of year again – the end. Time to look back and time to look ahead. Time to figure out what lessons were learned and which ones still need to be learned. Time to say goodbye to Read more

Baby won’t you pleaseBaby won’t you pleaseBaby won’t you please come home? I was always living for tomorrowTomorrow doesn’t matter anymore  Baby won’t you pleaseBaby won’t you pleaseBaby won’t you please come home? Whatever I did, I’m sorryWhatever I didn’t do, I’m sorry too Baby won’t you pleaseBaby won’t you pleaseBaby won’t you please come Read more

What happened was the string broke. Shit like that happens all the time. Everything is held together by things like strings, and glue and pins and nails and stitches and hinges and belts and affection and respect and friendship and love. And they all break or wear out at some point. They all get stretched Read more