MUSIC: This is one of my favorite tunes to play on the guitar. I was given a basic book of jazz guitar chords when I was photographing the great bass player Carole Kay, and one of the first exercises was this progression. I kept playing it and words came to me. This version has me doing most everything including my… Read more →
Tag: humor
What goes around, comes around
MUSIC: This song was inspired, sort-of, by listening to a bunch of Mark Erelli songs. Mark is one of my favorite songwriters and I was fortunate enough to design his first two CDs on Signature Sounds. He tells stories with many of his songs and somehow it inspired me to come up with one of my own. This is one… Read more →
Christmas @ YOUR house
Originally posted on OpenSalon.com March, 2011 MUSIC: I like Christmas as much as most people. I think. And I think the goal of keeping Christmas in our hearts the whole year round, is a nice touchy-feely goal. But do we have to keep Christmas ON our houses the whole year round? I know the winter was rough. Here in Western Massachusetts we were hammered… Read more →
I Think I’ve Got It
Originally posted on OpenSalon.com March 12, 2011 MUSIC: In my day job a do a lot of graphic work for health care providers, like doctors and hospitals. I do ads and brochures and logos. But I am also really interested in health, wellness, and medicine. And health reform. My dad was a doctor and my mom was a nurse, so… Read more →
Favorite Things
Originally posted at OpenSalon.com: MARCH 1, 2011 10:11PM LIFE: I really planned to do this as a little music video, playing guitar. I started working on an arrangement but it would have taken forever for me to post it. So try to imagine the Von Trapp kids singing this behind an old guy: My Favorite Things: I like my house. It’s older… Read more →
Santa, Did You Lose My List
Originally posted in OpenSalon.com December 31, 2010 MUSIC: I hope everyone got everything they asked for this Christmas. Once again I didn’t. I hate to complain but what’s with that guy. I don’t have a chimney but still…. Actually this started out as another song “Please Mr. Squirrel, Don’t Eat All My Granola” but I was asked to contribute a song… Read more →