A teaspoon of theory and technique can give you a ton of expressive freedom! The term music theory is one that has great polarizing effects on musicians. The two camps are pretty easy to identify: “I’ve been working on a lot of harmonic minor arpeggios and sweep picking techniques” and “I don’t bother with music…»

Little recording and writing “tricks” for bringing your song to life – Part 1 Crashing waves of heartache Twenty shades of blue Cold gray clouds of daybreak The poetry of slowly losing you I have some serious Bakersfield twang going on in my headphones right now…so I was inspired to write a couple of sad…»

Top 10 Musical Purchases, Acquisitions, or Gifts “You don’t need another guitar!” “Yeah, but I don”t have one like that…it’ll give me a whole new range of sounds…” The beginning of a debate? Well, yes, but the interesting thing is both “characters” in this dialogue are me!!! Sometimes, as a musician, I will admit that…»

Brian Wilson is the greatest American pop artist ever…period! Yep, provocative title, I know, what about it? I find that if the world is just a gray area, there’s no auger for inspiration, debate, and meaningful exchange of ideas. So, I challenge you, the reader, to dispute my claim: Brian Wilson is the greatest American…»

I am a musician, a dad, a songwriter, an employee, a fisherman, blah, blee, blum…you get it. But the one thing that I am not (yet) is a playwright, and that IS something I would like to be, whether my work ever gets realized on a stage or not. I once wrote 42 pages of…»