Hello Troubadourians! Over the past few months, I’ve written about which tones I use and what gear I use to create them. This time I’d like...
A few days ago, one of my clients for my new tech leg of BugByte asked: “So you are a professional musician? Where do you perform?”...
Novelty refers to the quality of being new, original, or unusual, stimulating curiosity and cognitive engagement. ––Google dictionary When Alysa Liu won comeback gold in women’s...
Summer is the time for bluegrass music festivals. We have the California Bluegrass Association’s (CBA) Father’s Day Festival in Grass Valley California. This is a major...
Welcome to July! This month Margaret McClure is my guest co host. She’s in a band called the Xconditionals and they just released a new album...
Probably the most common instrument for girls and women to take up is still the piano. It certainly has been true for hundreds of years in...
Hello Troubadourians! I missed you in May. It’s good to be back. In my last column I wrote about what I need to play live gigs...
Have you ever wondered why there is so much bluegrass music, so many bluegrass bands, so many jam sessions, concerts, and festivals in the San Diego...
I am writing this on my father’s birthday, 27 years since his last one alive. Both kids are here—my son home from college, my daughter in...