NEWS of NOW
Teaching
Teaching Survey of the Music Industry (MMP 100), Acoustics (MMP 125), Commercial Piano (MUSP 201), and Songwriting (MMP 301) at Ball State University.
Entrepreneur
- Developing an online business
- Promoting textbooks on music industry, history of rock and roll, and music appreciation.
- Publishing information on acoustics, playalong tracks, and albums of original music as Podcasting 2.0 podcasts
Community
Leading the Muncie Singalong Society's weekly jams and public appearances
Playing keyboard at St. Andrew Presbyterian Church
Playing piano Saturday nights at Vera Mae's restaurant
Developing musiccasting.org to help onboard musicians and teachers to Podcasting 2.0 and micropayments using Lightning network
Playing keyboard at St. Andrew Presbyterian Church
Playing piano Saturday nights at Vera Mae's restaurant
Developing musiccasting.org to help onboard musicians and teachers to Podcasting 2.0 and micropayments using Lightning network
Music Production
Posting Song-a-Day work and playalongs.
Listening
- Jacob Collier videos - so much to learn by watching the reaching videos and LIVE sessions where he shows how he works
- Podcasting 2.0 podcast: Adam Curry & Dave Jones
- 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
Reading
- The Creative Act, Rick Rubin
- The Listening Book: Discovering Your Own Music, W. A. Mathieu
- Music: A Mathematical Offering, David J. Benson
- Musicophilia, Oliver Sacks
- Getting Things Done the Art of Stress-Free Productivity, David Allen
- Atomic Habits: Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results. An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones, James Clear
- The Real Anthony Fauci: Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the Global War on Democracy and Public Health, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Hobbies
Making funny videos.