Music and politics

The argument was recently made to me that one should not mix music with politics, especially in the current political climate of the US, for two reasons. One, musicians generally don't know enough about politics and often oversimplify things, making themselves sound …

Self-promotion for a non-performing act

Everyone knows that they best way for a band or musician to promote his- or herself is to perform live. But what if your music doesn't translate well to a live show, you don't really get any joy out of live performance, and your life operates in such a way that you …

About the psycho photo

I've gotten a couple of comments about my somewhat scary-looking profile photo in the short time since I uploaded it, so I figured I'd explain it a bit.

It is indeed a picture of me, but I did my best to make the most psychotic face I could, then turned up the …

All About Me

Well, I finally got around to making myself a Virb account. I think it's a good idea, given the recent launch of the Very Us Artists with my friend and co-conspirator John LaSala and the hopefully wider exposure my music could get from it.

For those of you who don't …