by Dan Grigor My buddy Catfish and I were sitting at a dive bar listening to a really good, young band crank out the hits and were wondering why they were playing there. Why not a bigger house with imported beer and maybe some girls in the crowd that… more »

Musical Musings by Paul Bourgeois This space is usually occupied by a great post from our friend from Finland, Paul. Unfortunately I fragged his post and he is busy this week molding (or should I say moulding) young minds. So I thought I would take his… more »

Take It From Me by Edward Lapple Well time to pull up the rocking chair, break out the pipe and sit next to the cracker barrel… What the heck is a cracker barrel anyway? I can’t find one at Costco and it doesn’t sound as though it would be good for you… more »

Musical Musings by Paul Bourgeois I just had this discussion with one of my students, a girl from Detroit. She told me I couldn’t know much about hip-hop because I am a white Canadian, and she’s right. As GURU (Gifted Unlimited Rhymes… more »

Take It From Me by Edward Lapple I hope that you have had the time to view the Shane O’Brien interview. Shane’s a great guy and he is the epitome of a working, local musician. One of the concepts that Shane touched on was what he referred to as a… more »

by Paul Bourgeois When the Second World War was over everybody returned home from fighting and had babies. And then when the Sixties came along you had a great surplus of people. A big wave of surplus people. I was one of those surplus people. I… more »

by Paul Bourgeois Find an album named “Bach. Art of the Fugue” by Glenn Gould and try to tell me there isn’t something bigger than ourselves. The Creative State has, after all, been described as a “fugue state” where you become… more »