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song in process: “baby, hey”

I’ve been working on a number of songs lately, but they always seem to be birthed in threes. The 3 that come together don’t usually share a theme, and sometimes not even a melodic structure either. I’m not sure why they do this yet… though I have a hunch that they’re commenting on [...]

improvising in the tunnel

I met up with Carolyn Keyes on Sunday to see what kind of music we could create in one of the tunnels/underpasses by the Music Concourse next to the de Young museum (in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco)…
It was a bit cold and luckily I made it to the tunnel before it started raining [...]

essential reading before *tomorrow* !

Timothy Ferris has interviewed Daniel Ellsburgh on FISA, the Federal Information and Surveillance Act. Go read it now.  That’s what I’m doing… to find out what I and we can/should do to uphold some pretty basic democratic principles.

open mics galore

Wow, so I’m at day 25 of my PLD game… I didn’t update you guys on the change in goals, though the open mics are still on the table.  I just finished up the 3rd one last night at the No Name bar in Sausalito, California.  I was not on my game for sure, though [...]