Category Archives: Music

back in the groove

I had a challenge the other night to create a gift for a buddy of mine.  There were a bunch of different ideas thrown out for us, thoughI happen to have brought my guitar and quickly decided that I wanted to write a song for him.
I whipped out a quick little riff and some chords [...]

music at ace in the hole

Last Friday I went out to play the open mic at Ace in the Hole, a cider brewery in Sebastapol.  I got there a little late and missed getting my name into the bowl.  They had already chosen the order and the first musician was already playing.  I approached the host in between songs and [...]

in the pit at the hotel utah

Last night was the biggest open mic yet.  I played one song, Beloved (had been called Feed Me earlier), and did “allright”.  Two of my buddies, Vadim and Paul, were there and said it sounded great.  Even though I flubbed the 3rd verse and didn’t even get to the 4th.  I think I recovered well [...]

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 [...]