I’m on a mission to make and spread “impactful” music, which is the kind of music so articulate and expressive that it brings out strong emotions in both performers and audience.
Thanks for visiting my home on the internet! In 2019 I had to take a break from my music career to deal with a personal issue. I’m coming back to it in 2020, by focusing on my current main platform, YouTube. I want to update my web site, too, and …
Radiohead evolved in leaps and bounds through their first four albums. So when the third album OK Computer arrived with the lead single “Paranoid Android,” the audience was blown away. Bends was an excellent album on its own, but this was on an entirely different level. This was the first album produced …
My son, 11 years old, listens to electronic and gaming music. He doesn’t listen to rock bands. Imagine Dragons is the lone exception. It is debatable whether they “rock” or not, but they certainly are a band, a band made up of the traditional pieces like guitar, bass, drums. So …
People generally don’t enjoy criticism. It’s often received as undermining and offending. I used to count myself as one of those people. But when you think about it, criticism is an opportunity. An opportunity to learn about yourself, or make something you do better. Then why don’t we like it? …
Ah…. Stairway. There’s so much has been said about “Stairway to Heaven” that the song needs no introduction. Clocking in at 8+ minutes, it is THE song in Led Zeppelin’s catalog that people point to. How did they craft such a massively popular song that defines not just their sound …