Darren noticed a sliver of reddish moon through the bay window as he sat down at the dinner table alone. Another meal eaten too late, a nightfall reminder of time misspent and familial disconnect. Delicate clouds hung tender post-dusk, and the haze across the crescent seemed both ominous and calming.… Read More »Housewarming Party
Doing creative work is complicated, and there’s an awful lot to understand… Anyone who thinks they already have it all figured out is, well, wrong – and probably doesn’t know enough to see how much they don’t know. How much they CAN’T know. This is nothing to be ashamed of.… Read More »It’s Neither, It’s Both, It’s All of The Above
Year in review articles can be pretty corny, and I’ll be the first to admit that months, dates, years are arbitrary. There’s no real reason to start a habit on January first, and the current state of the world is absolutely not going to fix itself the moment the clock… Read More »2020 Reflections and Perspective for Next Year
To say the last 6+ months have been tough is an understatement of almost hilarious proportions… It might be funny if it weren’t for people dying, massive unemployment, political chaos, and (not to be underestimated) the psychological weight borne by folks who aren’t even directly affected by those other problems.… Read More »The Pandemic Persists: Are You Keeping Your Time Alive?
A while back, I listened an audiobook called Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverence by Angela Duckworth, a psychologist, researcher, CEO, philanthropist… The list goes on. Not only is she shining example of “grit” herself, she’s also been studying the subject for a significant chunk of her professional career. The… Read More »GRIT: The Musician’s Most Important Trait
I haven’t written anything here since May… In fact, since I first started this blog, it has been an inconsistent outlet, almost an afterthought, that I come back to from time to time. There’s even an entry a ways back about unintentionally wandering away from it… So here I am… Read More »Getting Back on The Horse
I’ve had this topic vaguely in mind for a little while now, but after a couple months of self quarantine, it seems more appropriate than ever… With people losing jobs, being furloughed or working reduced hours, musicians without gigs, and well, nowhere to go, it seems like plenty of folks… Read More »The Content Consumption/Creation Ratio
Before I even dig in, how many caveats can I put at the beginning? I am undiagnosed, unmedicated, untherapized… I am not a medical professional, and I’m sure this is all woefully unscientific. I know for an absolute fact that I don’t have things half as bad as millions of… Read More »Bad Guy Brain: Personifying Struggles with Mental Health
I started this topic well before all of the pandemic insanity, but perhaps now it’s more important than ever to flesh it out, as creative habits have been essential to my wellbeing, and a ton of us have drastically different schedules than we’re used to… I’ve been slacking on this… Read More »Make Stuff, Put it Out
I was supposed to be in Ohio last week. I busted my ass for just four dates out of state with Flexadecibel and The Brandino Extravaganza… Now it’s a wash. The album release show tomorrow is canceled too… And with longer stretches of mandated distancing, the whole calendar is under… Read More »Dear Gigging Musician: Pandemic Sucks, Right?