I'm not talking about the eight year old who says, "I don't want to do scales and arpeggios anymore, Dad. I don't get them." And Dad shrugs, because he doesn't get them either and the kid never looks at another instrument. more »

There is definitely something there. He was balding, smoked, drank, was a bad father. Perhaps he represents the most average of us and that is what we face when we here his music, the average, the horrible, transformed into something somehow beautiful. more »

If you are a musician, whether you play harmonica, guitar, trumpet, piano, or any other instrument, there are just some things you have to know. And understanding this stuff may not help you as a musician, but it will give you such a rush. more »

Dan Grigor said he loved these articles because they were “a wonderful look into the mind of the working musician.” I don't know about that, but it warms my wretched heart. more »