Chris Keats is the first British person to appear here on this interview series.  After the picture, let's amplify his voice... and as I did with our Canadian guest recently, I have left the  English spelling unchanged.

1. Let's…

I had this bass line in D major around for awhile.  It was fun enough to play through that it deserved to have a song written around it, even though I don't generally write in major keys.  The bass line…

Let's say I vanish.  How long would it take before anyone noticed?  That's a little personal mental game that I have been playing for decades now.  Here are three editions.

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I'm not here
This isn't happening

Not only is…

Dad's Album of the Week is back.  This is the series where I briefly review my late father's vinyl.

Return to Forever featuring Chick Corea - No Mystery

Another fusion album from my father's collection.  There is funk here.  There…

Here's another concert that, if it were a human being, would be of legal drinking age in the United States.  In case you are wondering, yes, this makes me feel old.  Here's how long ago this show was:

That's right…

Got a gun, fact I got two
That's ok man, 'cause I love God
Glorified version of a pellet gun
Feels so manly when armed

Double think, dumb is strength
Never shot at a living thing
Glorified version of a…

Plenty of folks don't use Twitter.  If you are one of those folks, you didn't see some brief songwriting thoughts I wrote over there earlier this week.  I feel like sharing those here.

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I have been learning Fountains Of…

Here are the lyrics:

Baby can you find my earplugs
They keep the city sounds away
I need to take a syrup shot, it's all I've got
To finally find a quiet place

Go to sleep

Baby can you see…

Dad's Album of the Week is back.  This is the series where I briefly review my late father's vinyl.  

Jean-Luc Ponty - Open Mind

If I were to hear this without any context, I would say this is a product…

Baby Molly comes to us from Toronto, in the province of Ontario, in the nation of Canada.  I met him back in 2017 in Nashville at CD Baby's DIY Musician Conference, and we had interesting and useful conversations... and this…

Dad's Album of the Week is back.  This is the series where I briefly review my late father's vinyl.  

The Brecker Brothers Band - Back to Back

You're not supposed to judge an album by the cover or inside artwork...…

Let's start by making sure we all pronounce Jenee's name correctly... it rhymes with the French name Renée.  Ok, there you go.  Jenee Halstead is a songwriter that comes to us from Massachusetts, and her new album Disposable Love will…