NEWS of NOW

Teaching

Teaching Survey of the Music Industry (MMP 100), Songwriting (MMP 301), and Senior Capstone Projects (MMP 495).

Entrepreneur

​Promoting my textbooks on music industry, history of rock and roll, and music appreciation.

Community

Accompanying at St. Andrew Presbyterian Church and putting the services online.

Music Production

​Producing original music and learning Ableton Live.
Posting Song-a-Day work and playalongs

 Listening 

• History of Rock and Roll in 500 Songs: Andrew Hickey
• No Agenda: Adam Curry & John Dvorak​
• Dance Music - play in shuffle mode to reli(e)ve yourself. For maximum pleasure, watch videos of these dancers with the sound turned down.
• Burt Bacharach - as usual, play in Shuffle mode

• Jacob Collier: Djesse Vol. 3

More

Reading

• Ken Grimwood: Replay​
• William R. MIller and Stephen Rollnick: Motivational Interviewing: Helping People Change
• Mark Manson, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
• William Strunk and E. B. White, The Elements of Style
• Paulo Coelho: The Alchemist

Bibliography

Hobbies

Making funny videos.

Watching

• Performance Art duo THE: The videos are old, but the concepts are from the future. They weren' just off the wall—they moved the wall.