It seems quaint to recall that bands used to be accused of “selling out” if a TV program or commercials used their music. I was part of that era, the bands I worked with would never allow a commercial or sync track to be marketed to the general public. That’s probably why we don’t have much …
As musicians, I believe we all exist in varying levels of our own narcissistic paradise. We are, by nature, some of the most self-absorbed people on the planet, Yes, we all care about making “music for the people,” but let’s face it looking out for “number one” is a high priority in order to get …
Here’s to pretending that anything changes when the year does It’s as much a tradition as watching the ball drop: making promises to ourselves which, more than likely, will later be dropped. And yet, year after year, we continue to make these resolutions in the hopes that this new year will be different. Here’s praying …
“The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation, and go to the grave with the song still in them.” Henry David Thoreau This quote comes from Thoreau’s first chapter “Economy in Walden”. Basically, what he says is that men are not enjoying their lives. They do not have any time to look inwards and …
Last night I was flipping through the Netflex channels and stumbled on a documentary that was produced a couple of years ago “Alive Inside, Music and Memory”. The show was well done and featured a couple of Doctors that I have a lot of respect for: William H. Thomas MD, Harvard graduate and spokesman for Eldercare …