Right after high school, I attended the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago. It was major American music school founded in 1886. I was a piano major, voice minor and…
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River
Joni Mitchell is one hell of a songwriter. And James Taylor is one hell of a song interpreter. From the September 9, 2015 live guitar/voice session (see previous posts).
Gentle Rain
From the September 9, 2015 live guitar/voice session (see previous post).
Spooky
One day, while driving back from delivering the carpool kids to their high school, I heard this song on the radio. I’m always scouting around for something new to sing,…
Ave Maria
Ah….the quest for perfection. These days in recorded music, musicians are used to being able to “fix” just about every aspect. If I waited for perfection, I would never post…
Aureus at Wells Fargo Lounge…
…Moline, IL on June 10, 1975. 1st gig. I was 19, attending American Conservatory of Music in Chicago (piano major, voice minor), and looking everywhere for a band to join.…
Yes….this is Now
So if you look at the posting dates, you’ll see that the previous posts were from 4 years ago, when I began this project for a lesson in my web…
Morning Prayer
Here’s what I’ve found: if you wait for the perfect opportunity to record a song, it never happens. It takes hours of prep, charts, studio setup, etc. But if you…
Going Gray
Gray hair showing up early in life runs in my family. My dad’s cousin was all white in her late 20s. But I didn’t even think about why I was…
Being in the PTA
When my now 12-year-old daughter started kindergarten, I wanted to know everything that was going on at her school. So I joined the PTA and went to a couple of…