One of my favorite movies is The Red Violin [wiki, imdb]. It’s an exquisitely told tale of a haunting and perfect violin with a mysterious quality that enchants various possessors over centuries and continents to eventually end up in the hands of Samuel “Snakes on a Plane” Jackson in modern day Montréal. Wonderfully told… this [...]
Some say it of kindergarten or nursery school or whatever (you’ve seen the posters)… I say it of Tolkien. Yes, everything I ever needed to know I learned from The Lord of the Rings. [well, almost] I learned that bands of elves, half-lings, dwarves, wizards, rangers, and warriors aren’t just for Dungeons & Dragons (a [...]
This past Saint Vee had me thinkin’ about being smooth. I’m talkin’ the jazz kind of smooth… the mellow pulses of bass and brushes with splashes of guitar and piano (and even horn). My boy Chuck Mangione has always comes through for me, but there are a slew of others who got themselves some smooth [...]
Without further ado, here are video clips of two electric guitar solos I did during this past Friday’s coffeehouse at Grace Fellowship featuring Hundred Monkey Theory (which I posted about here and here). The picture on the right is from (and links to) the solo in Empty Handed and the one on the left is [...]
guitarsenal (gi-’tär-s&n-&l) n. – the selection of axes at one’s disposal when it comes time to throw down some sonic mayhem; typically does not possess a forseen upper limit in size. While I’m on the topic (and since I just introduced everyone to a new word) I figured I might as well add some pictures [...]
The Hundred Monkey Theory gig tonight at Grace Fellowship Church went very well! I have a DVD of the whole evening and will be preparing some clips for digestion by the general populace, so stay tuned. As for me, I’m tired but I’ll leave you with a cool guitar wallpaper from Musician’s Friend. The guitar [...]
They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder… but who exactly is this mythical “they” entity anyway? Things like art and music – so easily perverted into the ethereal chaos of the subjective – can really cause engineers like me to seg fault (that’s basically a metaphorical parallel to an intellectual seizure). But [...]
Okay, I was majorly bummed when I had to post this month that the Hundred Monkey Theory gig had been canceled: CANCELLED – Hundred Monkey Theory. Well, we’re back on for February. I’ll be playing with HMT this coming Friday night, February 3, at Grace Fellowship Church. It’s a coffeehouse so there’s no cover, starts [...]
Every now and then I hear a song that is right there… meaning a song with all the makings of a superior piece of music to my ears. This song is such a song – Ordinary by Train. You can watch the music video right here (about 5MB in size). It was on the soundtrack [...]
Okay, the Hundred Monkey Theory gig at Grace Fellowship Church for their coffeehouse (that was canceled January 6) is back on for February 3! In case you’re lookin’ for me, I’m the one on electric guitar. Here’s an interesting wallpaper I came across on Musician’s Friend… and, yes, this is actually a real guitar… the [...]
I'm a Christ-follower, compelled by my faith toward reason, which points directly toward conservatism. This world's daily onslaught of lunacy offends my intellect and senses, so this is my venue to blow off steam.
