Soooooo………
Remarkably consistent inconcistency is apparently my predominant character trait. So is the uncanny ability to post these things out of order. Oh, well……
Success?
Production Expert often has interesting articles – the founder, Russ Hughes, in particular writes about life in the Creative Lane [specifically in the audio and post-production worlds]: How the Instant Success Narrative Undermines Music….. As usual, I have thoughts……. and some great quotes lifted from the article.
Education vs. Training
I get so tired of all these ads and articles that confuse Education and Training. TLDR: One teaches you how to figure stuff out. The other teaches you specific steps to get something done. THEY ARE NOT THE SAME THING.
THINK SMALL
says Ted Gioia on Substack. Some thoughts on Ted’s thought on Creatives thinking Small. …and no, it has nothing to do with a certain Volkswagon ad campaign.
Ed Tech Done Wrong Part 1
Presumably the beginning of a short series on Educational Technology and some thoughts that have been percolating in my head for some time. SURELY we can do better than this…….
Ed Tech: Never Trust It
Seriously. Don’t. I’m not saying you shouldn’t ever USE it – just don’t expect that things will “just work”. Save yourself some headaches……
Snow
There, I said it. The “S” word…. at least down here in this part of the country. Some thoughts as I sit on the typewriter, in front of a window overlooking the backyard, watching it….. well, you know, that S word……
Side Effects
We are surrounded by them – to the point where we don’t think about them. But not all side effects are terrible. Seriously…. they aren’t.
2025
Not a whole lot to add here.
FOOD
Food Annoyances. Food as Medicine. oddities about my reaction to food. ………and the funniest headline I’ve seen in a long time [and that’s saying something.]
CHRISTmas
You are hereby formally invited to join the movement to change the name of this December holiday to something a bit more historically accurate – let’s start calling it CHRIST-mas. That’s why I titled my 2015 album what I did.
Wait, it is WHAT holiday?
SOMETIMES
1 word vs multi-word titles. Why I like short titles better. The paper I type on. In other words, the usual plethora of ponderings.
CHANGE
As I was prepping this entry – and in a fit of irony – I realized I’d left out several parts of the process [including exporting the PDF as a PNG and running it through the MacOS Preview/”Adjust colors” feature.Oh, well – further proof I’m human.
Here
A bit o’ commentary on Macon’s BiPolar weather, hopes of cooler weather, and temporarily dashed hopes of cooler weather. …and even something about Context and Perception.
The Rules for Toms Typewriter – because you should know what the heck this is all about
It has been some time, so I thought it would be useful for newer readers to this missive from the convoluted brain that currently resides in state inside my skull to know what my operating parameters are. In other words – these are the rules I set forth back when […]
EZ Sunday – the story behind the song
EZ Sunday is another track on the Week Begins album that has gone through several versions. This one, however, has actually been performed live – I created a jazz band version back in 1989 for the Chattanooga State Technical Community College band that we called “Diet Jazz” [it had half […]
God is STILL on His throne and other truths
Some things that are comforting to remember…. along with a ton of wonky dyslexic typing.
Paging Eloise – the story behind the song
Paging Eloise is a track from my recent album The Week Begins [You can find links to the sheet music on that page as well.] So how did I come to create a jazz piano arrangement of a famous Beethoven tune? Here’s the story…..
Family – the story behind the song
Family is a track from my album The Week Begins. It has a long a varied history, but the album version is the first legit recording of the tune. Here’s the story……