Jim gave me a CD with a few new songs we are working on, and among them was a recording he’d made with some of the other guys he has played with over the years. It’s a big jam tune, and if you’ve been to one of our shows, you know the one I mean. [...]
When you work with a student, you inevitably build a relationship with them. Usually, it starts out somewhat distant, with the student bringing a fair amount of anxiety into the studio regardless of how hard you may try to relieve their performance stress. Of course, each student is different, and not everyone becomes nervous playing [...]
One of my favorite things when I show up to play somewhere is the look I inevitably get when I pull out my pedal board. Most folks aren’t expecting the fiddler to show up with as much gear as the lead guitarist, and on that note, they are generally correct. However, I take my sound [...]
I recently had the privilege of being asked to adjudicate scholarship auditions at one of the schools where I am on faculty. Hell, I just like being able to use the word adjudicate. I had never done this before, although I have been on the other side of that long table many times over the [...]
