UPDATE: The show has been cancelled due to lead singer illness. I can’t begin to tell you how much it sucks that we’re not playing. You can’t perform without a lead singer… that’s all there is to it. I’ll be playing with Hundred Monkey Theory tomorrow night (Friday) at Grace Fellowship Church. It’s a coffeehouse [...]
It has occurred to me that I really haven’t expounded on much directly concerning guitar playing. Let me remedy that right now. Every guitarist is looking for cool chords… they may be brand new or oldies-but-goodies… they may be simple or excruciatingly complex… but they are cool. Here’s a couple to chew on that have [...]
Just saw Trans-Siberian Orchestra live… WOW! This is my third year in a row, and this time was even more lights… more lasers… more fire… more neo-classical symphonic power delivered with relentless energy for three hours of Yuletide explosion that made my chops water! There are two touring troupes, and the one that comes to [...]
O Holy Night.mp3 (disabled due to over-traffic… email me for a copy) Above is a link to the song that I did with the great Michelle Williams this morning for a special music piece at Loudonville Community Church. It’s an arrangement of O Holy Night that Point of Grace did on their first Christmas CD… [...]
Now’s as good a time as any to tell you about these two gems. Two CDs of guitar giants playing custom arrangements of Christmas favorites… called Merry Axemas and Merry Axemas Volume 2 (‘Axe’ is a nickname for a guitar). Whether it’s John Sykes lighting up God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman or Neil Schon rolling [...]
I got the idea of periodically posting my current desktop wallpaper. I keep quite a collection of them, mostly because I get bored easily and find myself constantly changing them. This is also a good way for me to share from my extensive collection of works that I have so painfully and carefully gleaned from [...]
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.
