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TWO FOR ONE…OH BOY!

I asked for one gig a month. For the most part, I get that. But here’s a twist in my matrix…a double header!? There isn’t enough coffee in the world. Bob Lamb, bassist with many cover bands, asked me today if I could possibly do two shows on the same day September 27th. HUH?! I’mContinue reading “TWO FOR ONE…OH BOY!”

I FOUND MY PLACE

You are most likely looking at this picture and thinking “Has Steve lost his mind?” I did that years ago, so keep up with me. I will never ever profess to being knowledgeable at all about Buddhism or whatever. However, lately I’ve been feeling things shift, my energy being re-purposed in some cosmic way. NowContinue reading “I FOUND MY PLACE”

WHERE I NEED TO BE

That pic was taken Sunday afternoon after I gave a bass lesson to a student. His mom handed me this sign and I was like “What’s this?” She said, “You said this to my son and we both felt inspired to do this for you.” WOW! I am truly humbled for sure. I didn’t thinkContinue reading “WHERE I NEED TO BE”

THE FOURTH QUARTER

I’m typing this blog on the first day of September. Amazing that we are in the fourth quarter of the year, the “ber” months as some will call them. There’s still some summer left, so let’s not speed things up, okay? I am look forward to what the rest of the year brings. Those whoContinue reading “THE FOURTH QUARTER”

SIR REAL

Last week I posted a blog about the possibility of foisting a 10-second clip featuring a rough demo/new tune. Twelve people upvoted, and nobody downvoted, so as promised, the clip went up on my various socials. Received some nice words, and a few people seemed genuinely excited that I have new music up my sleeve.Continue reading “SIR REAL”

WHAT A WEEKEND!!!

What a weekend!! Actually, the whole week was great. Haven’t said that in a long time. Getting more private students, as well as more students between the two stores where I teach. Oh and I did two gigs this weekend… Let’s recap! Friday night was the gig with Supernova at Black River Barn. I’ve playedContinue reading “WHAT A WEEKEND!!!”

SHOULD I TRY SOMETHING A TAD DIFFERENT?

As I get ready for these two upcoming gigs this weekend, I realized something. Between the two bands, I am doing ninety songs!!! That’s like, um, a lot. I am very much looking forward to throwing down with Supernova again at the legendary Black River Barn this Friday night. And then the next afternoon willContinue reading “SHOULD I TRY SOMETHING A TAD DIFFERENT?”

WHY YOU GOTTA BE SO HEAVY?!

The late vocalist Paul Baloff of Exodus exclaimed something on that band’s live album ANOTHER LESSON IN VIOLENCE: “Why you gotta be so heavy?! Why so heavy…?” I just watched two videos on YouTube about “metal before Black Sabbath” and “metal after”, and there were a lot of bands I never heard of that were/areContinue reading “WHY YOU GOTTA BE SO HEAVY?!”

PROGRESS OVER PERFECTION

Legend has it that Prince called a bassist at 2:30 in the morning and asked him “What are you doing right now?” The bassist said “I’m sleeping!” Prince replied, “Wrong answer I’m writing songs! Why aren’t you?” Yes I know the bassist and won’t say his name out of professional respect. While I will neverContinue reading “PROGRESS OVER PERFECTION”

DID I JUST DO THAT?!

“I’m done writing songs!” Nope. I thought I was done. But the universe had other plans. This morning was a bit different. I was noodling around with two chords, not in a Taylor Swift way, but more of a “let’s see if these two chords go anywhere”. Stuck for ideas, I was going to putContinue reading “DID I JUST DO THAT?!”