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 

• Djesse - 3 of 4 projected albums by Jacob Collier. In an attention economy he wins.​

• 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.
• A Case of You - the greatest love song ever written

• Burt Bacharach - as usual, play in Shuffle mode

More

Reading

• Steven Pressfield, The War of Art. Ideas about overcoming your subconscious resistance to achieving your goals.
• Gregory F. Michno, Dakota Dawn: The Decisive First Week ofthe Sioux Uprising, August 17-24, 1962.
  

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.
• Interview with Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson