Yesterday I was thinking about a music student whom I worked with earlier in the year. I helped this person in many ways, even going out of my way at times to…
Day 9: Playing the Consistency Game
Today is Day 9 of my 365 Day Blogging Project. That means I have blogged for 8 straight days. That might not seem like a whole lot yet, but I’m sure it’s…
Day 8: The Beatles all around us
Last night I was listening to the Beatles and got to thinking about writing about them. I may have not been around when the Beatles were together, yet their musical legacy has…
Day 7: Anatomy of a Performance
Today I played piano at a retirement home down the road. My hour-long show was well attended, for that venue: there were at least 25 people there, all enjoying the music, as…
Day 6: The Most Impactful “Self-Help” in My Life
18 years ago I hit a personal low point in my life. Feeling totally lost and miserable, I realized how clueless I was about how to make my life work. This proved…
Day 5: Opening up the Soundcloud Vault
Hey All (Readers real and imagined): Today I have decided to share and talk a little about one of my recordings I posted up on Soundcloud…. many moons ago. The piece is…
Day 4: Change… the only constant (nemesis)
Have you ever heard the saying “The only constant in life is change?” I have often thought about, and more often fought with, that notion. I don’t know how you are, but…
Day 3: Sitting with the awkwardness
So today is Day 3 of my 365 days towards blogging nirvana. 🙂 I may jest, but truthfully, I am very excited by the opportunity for me to free myself from the…
Day 2: How Much Do People Read?
So yesterday, on a whim, I looked up “how much do people read” because, to be perfectly honest, I wanted to see how I stack up. For the past 3 1/2 +…
365 Days of Blogging Project: Day 1
So I have decided to create a 365 day blogging project. This is probably inspired by the movie “Julie and Julia,” which my wife and I watched for the first time in…