This weeks New Song Sunday is a song I wrote last year during the holidays - No Mad Dogs in the Room.  I always liked the song but it was pointed out that it sounded a lot like another song…

After a successful gig last night, Dan and Anthony re-upped me to continue to play Thursday nights through November.  I won't be available Thanksgiving but will be playing the rest of the month.

I feel like I have found a…

One of the things I’ve been learning on my songwriting journey is the value of active listening.

In Mastering Melody Writing by Clay Mills and Bill O’Hanlon, active listening is promoted as a way to develop your skills as a…

Last week, on my guitar instructor’s advice, I started a practice routine. As I’ve written before, I work best with structure, so how is it going?

First, I’m saving a lot of energy each day because I already know what…

I work best with a routine. Lately, I realized I had four distinct areas to work on in my musical journey: guitar playing, vocal training, songwriting and recording, and preparing for gigs. On top of that, there’s marketing.

I was…

One of the challenges of being a left-handed guitar player is finding guitars. Walk into almost any music store, and you might find one or two lefties if you're lucky. Finding something unusual is even harder. So when I walked…

It’s not about getting every note right. It’s about having a damn good time.

Sure, the music matters. But let’s be honest — live music isn’t always perfect. We miss notes, forget lyrics, and take songs in directions we never…

Ever walk into a guitar store and feel like half the world gets all the choices while you’re left staring at the leftovers? Welcome to life as a left-handed guitar player.

Being a lefty has it's challenges. 

For starters, guitar…

I may be pretty late to the party on this one, but I’m learning that volume is a bigger deal than I realized. 

Last night, the band and I played at Anthony’s Soul Cafe, which is a very different…