2:30 am. Almost at the front door. The dog pauses, staring to my left.
About 50 feet away a large coyote, at the edge of the sidewalk staring back.
Coyote starts to cross the street, freezes momentarily in…
Read more2:30 am. Almost at the front door. The dog pauses, staring to my left.
About 50 feet away a large coyote, at the edge of the sidewalk staring back.
Coyote starts to cross the street, freezes momentarily in…
Read moreHere's a thing I wrote in a feverish hour or so, last April, at the start of the current mess. There's more, in my head, as yet unfinished as motivation has fallen by the wayside this year, and the writing…
Read moreOne of my new favourite things is this little Zoom recorder I grabbed for taping stuff in the rehearsal room. Sometimes the iPhone just doesn't cut it.
I wanna be able to edit and screw around with songs kind…
Read moreI’m a traditional kind of guy when it comes to rock bands. A guitar, bass, drums and keyboards kind of guy. You can make a lot of noise with that line up, a lot of different glorious noises.
Now…
Read moreWhen you start a new band, it’s really important to find that one guy.
You know, the one who believes in it, and is driven to make it happen. It’s invaluable, because when you have doubt, or get discouraged…
Read moreAnd by Perversion Live, of course I mean the upcoming live e.p. The Perversion of Something Good.
Once again, I get to do a project in my favourite way, old school, live off the floor. As a sort of…
Read moreIt is 4 a.m. New Year’s Day.
A new year? Well, that’s what they tell us. Somehow even in my advancing age, I feel more tied to the school year. Those last weeks of summer actually feel more like…
Read moreI remember the first time I saw someone write a song. I’d written stories and poems and just, stuff, since I was a kid. Writing words was something that I just did.
I already knew that sometimes the words…
Read moreSo here’s a new one. I’m working on a new song, a slow atmospheric dirge.
I’ve got the headphones on and fall asleep with the thing on a loop.
Vivid dreams occur…
I’m in a 50s Land…
Read moreOne of my favourite parts of a show is the time after sound check, before the doors open.
It's quiet, private. It's you and the bands, the bar staff, the sound guy. Everyone is just hanging out, relaxing, enjoying…
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