As someone so involved with music on a daily basis and virtually consumed with it since the age of 11, do I have the right to judge when someone takes their passion about this art form just a tad bit further than the average bear? Because I can think of several examples from my past when my concern about a...
Random Thoughts, Or Maybe Not...
Is it a blog? Or something else altogether? You be the judge.
Tribute Band Rant # 2
So as noted before... almost all classical music concerts are basically really good cover bands going at it, but they don't dress up like the original composers/performers. Then you have rock tribute bands such as the endless stream of Beatle doppelbangers that attempt to sound - and look - like the original artists.
Tribute Band Rant #3 (Well, Sort Of…)
As now the venerable Ms. J. Baez and Mr. P. Simon (no relation) become the latest to march off into the proverbial rock and roll - or at least singer/songwriter - sunset, it serves as yet another harsh reminder that the end of an era is heading into the final stretch and rapidly running out of horses in the process....
Tribute Band Rant #1
So I went to see Chopin the other night. Only I'm pretty sure the fellow at the piano wasn't a 218-year-old Polish dead guy.
Never Did a Blog
Do a blog! Do a blog! That's what they tell me. They implore me. I am a professional writer (in addition to being a musician and other stuff), so of course that's what I ought to be doing. But what should I write about? That's the question. And if the blog topic is about what blog topic to write...