Journey Through Music: Destination Unknown

Feb 9 2021

Covid Reopening - maybe

Ontario has been in a provincial lockdown since January 12, 2021. Measures will be partially lifted starting tomorrow, February 10.

I am waiting to see if I can welcome students back next week after Family Day on February 16…

I've been trying to get back into the groove by performing a weekly set of covers and originals. Since I began, I feel my hands and my voice have been gradually finding their way again. It's important for musicians to…Read more

Oct 13 2020

Weekly Streams

I've been trying to get back into the groove by performing a weekly set of covers and originals. Since I began, I feel my hands and my voice have been gradually finding their way again. It's important for musicians to…

Porch Concert

On Friday August 14, I was invited to perform the last set of a local porch concert. It was a lovely summer evening. Unfortunately, I have no photos to share. There were three other acts that were very different. The…

Unfocused

Hi everyone, I thought I'd check in. I've been quite unfocused for the last three months. It's hard to stay motivated without shows to prepare for, or not playing with other musicians. I played my sax for about 30 minutes…

May 29 2020

Covid Reset

I'm focusing on learning my original tunes really well this month. You'd think I'd know them because I wrote them, but that's not the case! I'm developing an original set with guitar and voice. Top of mind is good singing.…

Feb 23 2020

New Role For Me

This afternoon, I hosted the grand opening of the new branch office of the musicians' union. I'm donating my office space to do this. The union local in my city, Peterborough 191, amalgamated with Kingston 518 in 1992. There hasn't…Read more

Feb 20 2020

2020 So Far

The first six weeks of 2020 has been surprisingly active for me as a musician. In early January, I gave a one-hour solo concert at a retirement residence using my loop pedal. At the beginning of February, I was saxophonist…Read more

Jul 26 2019

Another Crossroads

I feel like my career is once again at a crossroads. Every so many years, I make a major life decision when my wheels are spinning and my life is stagnating. In the past, it has meant returning to school,…

Jul 3 2019

Long Day In The Studio

My goal is to release at least one song this summer. Today I managed to record the guitar part, although it was with great difficulty. The part has a sixteenth-note funk rhythm, but I could not get it locked into…Read more

May 11 2019

New Song Recording Finished

This week, I completed my first polished recording since I released Interaction in 2002. Seventeen years. That's a long time. I've done so much since then.

I have another album's worth of material in me, but I've decided to release…Read more

Apr 13 2019

Changing Focus

My last gig two weeks ago was playing solo with my guitar, looper, voice, sax, and flute. Since then, I've put my energies back into my tenor sax so I can get in form for a jazz quartet gig tomorrow…Read more

Covid Reopening - maybe

Weekly Streams

Weekly Streams

Porch Concert

Unfocused

Covid Reset

New Role For Me

2020 So Far

Another Crossroads

Long Day In The Studio

New Song Recording Finished

Changing Focus

I Get Hypnotised

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