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Gladrags and Cold Bags

Posted on August 24, 2009 by John

Pop Hymes, drummer extraordinaire, Natchitoches fishing legend and general all-around bon vivant, is fond of telling jokes, particularly ones that focus on musicians in some way. For example: Three guitarists arrive at a studio to audition for a band. The … Continue reading →

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On the Next Child Prodigy

Posted on August 3, 2007 by John

I don’t begrudge a twelve year old their wish to idolize an artist of their own time-frame with the same likes and sense of space that come from being twelve a while. But for adults to seek the same — … Continue reading →

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‘Til I Die

Posted on January 18, 2007 by John

Maybe I’m a dreamer, but I sure don’t want to be one of those two old guys sitting in the balcony: a grizzled, bitter muppet who makes fun of everything and never gets up off his ass, and on the … Continue reading →

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Howard Jones

Posted on June 16, 2005 by John

So many inspirations have escaped, slipped through the cracks, their golden finish tarnished when confronted with the facts Some let their fame get to them, others watched it slip away, often so caught up in business that they never learned … Continue reading →

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Tradition and the Individual Talent

Posted on June 3, 2004 by John

for T.S. Eliot When Icarus took flight with home-made wings he sought to rise above, not divine laws, but listening to how the eagle sings attempted to reach past the aeropause that culture places on its young when born to … Continue reading →

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Peer Critique

Posted on March 14, 2004 by John

How does peer critique really work? You present something of yours to your peers. They are inspired by your effort to try to produce something of similar or better quality of their own. How they react to what you’ve done, … Continue reading →

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On Education

Posted on August 16, 2003 by John

If you were to ask me, say, how to make it in the Music business, what you needed to know and where you needed to be seen, heard or known, I could probably give you a pretty intelligent answer. Likewise, … Continue reading →

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