A lot of songwriters have pet “theme” to their writing. Jon Bon Jovi, for example, writes about struggles of common folks. He is a rich rock star, so is he not authentic when he sings about people living paycheck to paycheck? I believe he is. He may now be a …
When I chose to write a song cycle to ChangeDirection.org‘s Five Signs of Suffering, I faced a few questions. One of them was about what point of view I was going to write from. I took on the project because five seemed a good number and the subject matter was dear …
Back in July I went to see Alice in Chains for the first time. I had a good time at the gig, though I didn’t feel blown away either. The band seemed rather casual about it, just another gig, it seemed. And the audience response seemed equally casual. As a …