Sorry I’ve been a little quiet lately, folks, but it’s February Album Writing Month, and you know what that means. Every February, a couple thousand songwriters gather at FAWM.org and challenge themselves to write 14 songs in 28 days. (Full disclosure: I haven’t attempted this in a leap year, so I’m not sure what happens… More »
Can’t you just hear it now from when you were about to take a test in school?: Remember to show all your work. Whatever the answer, if you couldn’t show how you got there, you didn’t get full credit. The thinking mattered. The process mattered. I hadn’t thought about that in a while, but somewhere… More »
Very happy new year, everyone, and I hope that you are all well rested and looking forward to 2026. Granted, it is an interesting time, but it seems that it pretty much always is. In my latest newsletter, I teased that there were a couple of things I wanted to write a little bit more… More »
As the year winds down, I’ve been thinking about how much can change in twelve months—not just in the world around us, but in the small, private spaces where life actually happens. And since I’m posting this on December 21 (2112 Day for those who get it) it felt like the right moment to pause,… More »
On October 30, 2015, I put up my first post here (as well as the rest of this website). I didn’t know if anyone would read it, and I certainly didn’t have any particular plan to still be writing it ten years later. Yet here we are. What started as a place to share the… More »
Back in July, I found myself at New Hampshire Motor Speedway—not as a spectator, not even as a participant in the way most might imagine, but as a flagging and communications marshal for SCCA races. It was my first full outing in the role, and it was a blast. It all started back on Memorial… More »
Greetings from Santiago de Chile. It’s been quite an adventure since I last wrote, and if I’m honest, I’m ready to be home. Some of you might remember The Accidental Tourist – a book and later a film about a man who hates travel but makes a living writing guidebooks, finding the little comforts that… More »
As we move through the summer and I record songs for the next album, I’ve been revisiting a lot of the guitar “toys” I’ve collected over the years. Funny thing — some of them are now considered officially vintage. I posted about this on Instagram, and the response made me think I should give a… More »
UPDATE: Please see end of this post for news! Apologies — this may be a longish blog today, but I got inspired by a text from a friend this morning. First, a huge hat tip to Mr. Mark McCann — longtime friend, former roommate, and someone with whom I have shared many long, deep, and… More »
On the road again – currently on my way to Red Deer, Alberta, and just got back from New York City a couple of days ago. But while out, I decided to take a moment to write about what I’ve been up to on the recording front. I was also thinking to myself that it’s… More »