September 2011
3 posts
I WANNA PUT YOU IN A BLOG
TORONTO - 09.10.11
I don’t know how this happens, but every time I’ve made it to Toronto, it ends up that I go the whole day without getting a chance to experience the city. And this time is probably the most pathetic of all, because we were right smack dab (that’s Hoosier-speak for “precisely”) in the middle of downtown, as the picture above denotes. Fantastic...
ADVANCE-OTTAWA-EN AVANT
Hey, errrrbody… Yesterday, we started the Get Closer Tour w/ Keith Urban in Ottawa - the capital of Canada. Coolest government buildings I’ve ever seen. Anywhere. And the Rideau Canal, originally created in case of war with the U.S., becomes the “world’s largest skating rink” when it freezes over in the winter. Boone (drummer), Fitz (violin), Andy (other guitar...
LEAD-OFF TRACK OF AEROSMITH'S "ROCKS"
Hello! It’s been over a year since I’ve blogged. Not for lack of things to share, but mainly because I hated the design of my blog. Decided to spend a few dollars on a design somebody else made so I could start writing again. Silly? It’s been an interesting year for me since The Elms’ final show. In this day and age, especially for musicians, you do what you can, you...
THE GREAT AMERICAN ANNIVERSARY
Two days ago was the anniversary of “The Great American Midrange.”
Life is good. Things have picked up. I’ve worked three 70 hour workweeks in a row lately. Financial needs are being met and exceeded. Helping others achieve what they hear in their head. Learning a lot. Stretched. Pulled. Ever expanding. On an adventure. A lot to be thankful for.
But if it’s ok for me to...
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BETA-TESTING 001
The Fender Tonemaster is in the...
August 2010
2 posts
ERIC BAKER 001
Several months ago, my friend Eric Baker - a talented singer/songwriter/piano-player - asked if we could get together and have coffee. Said he’d written a bunch of tunes over the past couple of years, and it was finally time to record them. I assumed he was about to ask me if I’d play guitar on the album, and I was prepared to say, “Absolutely. I would be honored.” But...
IDENTIFY THYSELF
“It wasn’t until after college, when I went to Chicago to work as a community organizer for a group of Christian churches, that I confronted my own spiritual dilemma. I was working with churches, and the Christians who I worked with recognized themselves in me. They saw that I knew their Book and that I shared their values and sang their songs. But they sensed that a part of me remained...
July 2010
2 posts
BUT WEIGHT... THERE'S MORE!
Strange week here. This Saturday will be The Elms’ final rehearsal. One more time to set our instruments up in a circle and bash it out. One more lunch/dinner to convince Chris that he’ll have to order Chicken Teriyaki because the rest of us are getting Sushi. One last time.
I’ve never really understood Escapism before, but the past two months, I’ve been all about it....
ON A COLD WINTER'S NIGHT...
A: “We’d like to thank you all for coming out tonight. We know what a busy time of year this is for all of you. For some of you, you’ve had Finals. And for most of you, you’ve been preparing for Christmas.”
B: “And for some of you, this is your Final Christmas.”
*end scene*
June 2010
2 posts
PRE- & POST-
I was 17, sitting in Mr. Goade’s Advanced Government class my senior year (I am proud of this and bragging - it was considered an honor to be there), looking out the window, listening to everybody recap their summer vacations. My sister Tandee and I lived with our dad, and the man worked his tail off so that we could keep the house 3 miles outside of town that we loved so much. So when it...
STOPPIN' ON A DIME
After an extraordinary decade of music & camaraderie, Indiana-based rock band THE ELMS have announced plans to disband, with a final performance taking place on July 30 in Indianapolis. Retrospective digital box set, digi-book released today… Details: http://www.theelms.net
May 2010
6 posts
LYRIC-WRITING: A START
I am jealous of Owen. I am jealous of my friend KP from The Band Perry. I am jealous of my friends Jason and Philip, who formed their own little #7in7 group exercise in ATX (7 songs in 7 days.)
They are writers. They write often. And they write really well.
What they write oftentimes rips me apart: 1) Owen’s story-telling in “The Bastard’s Son”, which you’ll...
INFP LOOKING FOR AN ESTJ?
I stumbled onto a David Personality Scale test today, and discovered that I am most likely classified as an INFP. Most of my friends say they would agree.
Here are a few funny snippets that I culled from Wikipedia:
“The polite, reserved exterior of INFPs can at first make them difficult to get to know.”
“They enjoy conversation, however, taking particular delight in the ...
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MEDITERRANEAN SOFT TACOS
If you at any point today thought to yourself, “I really want to start getting more Lignans, Phenols, SGS, and EGCG, but I just don’t know how”, you’re not going to believe this, but you are absolutely in the right place.
One of my favorite quick meals - as you might’ve guessed from the title - is what I call The Mediterranean Soft Taco. How did I stumble onto it?...
TANZ IN DEN MAI!
Testing… testing. Is this thing on?
I’ve missed blogging. Macro-blogging, that is. A few of you might remember that I used to blog for about 2-3 years on Xanga. Even more of you have absolutely no idea what I’m talking about. But either way… it just felt right to get into this again.
There will be a few posts about Music/Guitar. There will be a lot of posts about Food....
AUDIO TEST.
