Bar Bands and Bad Advice

Our drummer had vanished. Joe’s Bar. North Denver suburbs, circa 2002. The “band” I was in at the time – we didn’t have a name, we never practiced, we just showed up and played every other Friday, and somehow got paid! – had finished our first set. We did the usual “we’re going to take […]

Rules About Rules

Last weekend, I spent two days attending a songwriting workshop in the small town of Smithville, Texas. It was facilitated by a singer/songwriter that I’m a fan of, a musician by the name of Matt the Electrician. Matt’s awesome. Check out his song “Got Your Back.” Matt rocks. And the first thing he did was […]