Recent Blogs

May 13 2012

Happy Birthday, Robert Johnson!

Last week marked what would have been the 101st birthday of Robert Johnson. What do you do for a Delta Blues legend who’s been dead for 74 years? Why not stick with what seems to have become the tradition,…Read more

Apr 27 2012

Beer and Pickles

I got several good blog ideas after asking for suggestions on the Facebook page. I’ll definitely cover a few more of them in the future, but I thought I’d start with a subject that is near and dear to my…Read more

Apr 18 2012

Hardcore...

I've decided to let my hair down a bit and be a real rock star tonight. After taking a brief nap earlier this evening, I'm now up WAY past midnight.
I know, I know... you're thinking "Holy shit, could this…

The High Cell Shuffle

The High Cell Shuffle

In Your Eyes (Live) – Jeffrey Gaines
What a great voice Jeffrey has. It might sound a little sacrilegious to Peter Gabriel fans, but this is actually one of those magical cover songs that…Read more

Mar 7 2012

Feeling Gassy

You know what I hate? When I go to the gas station and it's one of those pumps that still looks like you're supposed to lift up that little handle when you take out the nozzle. It's like some kind…

Instrumental Illness

I think I want some bagpipes. And a harp. (And not just some pansy beginner harp… I want one of those totally gawdy, ornate and beautiful monstrosities of an instrument.) I have no idea how to play either one, and…Read more

Feb 14 2012

The High Cell Shuffle

This was a great idea that was suggested to me, and it will be a fairly common blog addition in the future. Along with being a musician, I’m also an eccentric and rabid music fan with a considerable library of…Read more

Jan 31 2012

In a Tight Spotify

I’ve gotten some questions lately about my perspective as an independent artist on the “Spotify” debate. It’s been a hotly debated topic among musicians, music fans, and general music business industry folk.
Much like any other “business” in our…Read more

Jan 21 2012

Cold Feet

This is it. This is the big one that could put me on the map. After several years of observational study and in-depth statistical research, I've discovered a law of physics that I don't believe has ever been documented before…

Recording Technology

My parents bought me a four-track tape recorder for Christmas one year, and it blew my freakin' mind. Up until that point in life, I had only toyed around with a regular old tape recorder to record myself warbling. But…Read more

Jan 6 2012

To Blog or Not to Blog?..

That is clearly not the question. The real question is, what in the bejesus am I supposed to blog about? I'm a child wandering in the wilderness here. I'm a noob, a veritable new-born fawn in this intimidating forest of…Read more

Dec 26 2011

The Old Model

So I keep hearing it over and over.. Facebook 'Likes' don't matter. Twitter followers don't matter. ReverbNation fans don't matter, and etc.. The key to true success as any musician, band, or DIY artist is to "collect people's email addresses"…Read more

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