“What we have is much more then they can see.” - Jeffery Osborne/L.T.D. – Love Ballad The above quote is from a great 1970s soul song that I discovered in the twilight of my undergraduate life in the middle of the Illinois cornfields. This is a love song. The line above plays until the song … Continue reading Be Like Kurt Rambis
Lessons from Heartbreak
Bill Withers album +Justments, is a great breakup record. Including the song Heartbreak RoadPhoto Source: Wikipedia “Of all the things I should've said That I never said All the things we should've done Though we never did All the things I should've given but I didn’t.” Kate Bush/Maxwell – “This Women’s Work” “So, hold on, … Continue reading Lessons from Heartbreak
North Park Lecture
In many ways more than one, music is healing. I am a big proponent of using your gifts to teach others. So grateful and blessed a friend of mine gave me an opportunity to speak in her class and run a lecture on how music assists in times of strain and trauma. In early March, … Continue reading North Park Lecture
Sharing Music With Love
Brown Sugar (2002) “I reminisced out the sentimental songs I enjoyed when I was a teenager…. I realized they were written in a language I did not yet speak.” Frank Ocean -Tumblr Letter (2012) There is no better way to capture the emotions and feelings of someone you care for with music. Always, I’ve struggled … Continue reading Sharing Music With Love
Songs from 2022
Sharing a collection of old songs/albums and new discoveries I enjoyed from the past year. There were plenty more, but these were the handful that stood out to me and what they meant to me. Phoenix - If I Ever Feel Better A song that got me through a lot of valleys and peaks this … Continue reading Songs from 2022
The Typecaster 