NEWS of NOW

Teaching

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

Entrepreneur

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

Community

Accompanying at St. Andrew Presbyterian Church.

Music Production

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

 Listening 

• What's Essential: Greg McKeown
• The Tim Ferriss Podcast
• 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:

The man's 92 years old. His latest album is lovely:

More

Reading

• Derek Sivers: How To Live: 27 Conflicting Answers and One Weird Conclusion
• Tim Ferriss, Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World
• Tim Ferriss, The Simple Path to Cooking Like a Pro, Learning Anything, and Living the Good Life​

Bibliography

Hobbies

Making funny videos.

Watching

• Naval Ravikant
  
• 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