Description: This blog is about the music business before it became a business: the influences, instruments, vehicles, gigs, traveling. It was a great time to be a musician and I want to connect with others of this generation.
Guitar Lesson World
Posted: May 11, 2008
I just came across a great site called Guitar Lesson World that gives a great background to anyone interested in learning the guitar. Years ago we had to hike and bike across town to watch someone play “barre' chords because we'd never seen them before. And when I learned finger-style guitar from a teacher in Vancouver [...]...
Crippled Inside - Is It About McCartney?
Posted: May 09, 2008
“You can wear a mask and paint your face You can call yourself the human race You can wear a collar and a tie One thing you can't hide Is when you're crippled inside” John Lennon: Crippled Inside from the Album, Imagine When you look at the personalities and follow the chronology the break-up of The Beatles was inevitable. B...
Apocalyptica
Posted: May 01, 2008
I always watch for the musician who does something different. Sure, just like the Beatles did and the antics of others like Tom Waitt. In February 1998 I attended the Mid-Atlantic Tourism Conference sponsored by Icelandair and one of the bands playing after the banquet was a finnish cello quartet called Apocalyptica. Yes, the [...]...