“Just beCAUSE” isn’t reason for alarm. Or is it?
During the past week or so, news of communal lyric site Rap Genius‘s pile of legal troubles with the National Music Publishers Association, has re-lit the wick…
On the “Record” with Stephen Godfroy of Rough Trade (NYC!)
In the CD’s heyday and before the iPod broke up the existing music landscape, there were record shops. People went to these places, bought music, chatted…
Moderation around music modernization
Lately, the topic of tech evolution seemed to pop up on my news radar a lot and it got me to thinking about and pondering some…
Play a “game of thrones” and get your kid thrown out of good graces
We start the month with a topic that is far from new and far from the first time someone has typed out words on it for…
Creating candid compositions: Maybe it comes down to how you “Click?”
Think of this as a “Part II” continuation of sorts, on public perception and reception of music based on the (type of) vulnerability offered in songwriting.…
The impossible achieved: Pigeon-holed the “perfect” song
How many internet surfers out there have caught a glimpse of the “open letter dialogue” that started between Sinead O’Connor and Miley Cyrus, proceeded to include Amanda…
Love (and) money, make the music world go round
This past weekend, I found myself attempting to contain excitement over the thought of getting to see the Metropolitan Opera’s Live in HD simulcast of Eugene…
Some dry-ronic humor (that’s not so funny)
Here in the U.S., today, the beginning of October, we find ourselves suddenly saddled with a government shutdown, due to an inability of the two main…
A rash rush to pick(et)ing opera?
The Metropolitan Opera raised the curtain on its 2013-2014 season last night, September 23, with the debut of a new production for the classic opera, Eugene…
An “art”-iculate talk about what makes art
You’re walking along in the city, looking for something to do for fun. You pass a place with the following sign: “Anyone wearing a blue…