Sometimes a Tonic Sun
Why improvisation — not tabs, not drills — is the real path to musicianship. Practical ear training exercises for guitarists and bassists who want to actually hear.
The $20 Door
Music shows you what ego-dissolution feels like. Addiction offers a shortcut. The shortcut is real enough to be dangerous and hollow enough to destroy you.
Sit
I spent years filling every silence with notes and saying nothing. What I learned when I finally stopped. An essay + playlist.
The Phrase Book
Private equity killed music retail, is franchising music education, and now funds AI to replace musicians entirely. Here's what we lose.
Music As Language
128 million people understood a concert in a language they don't speak. that's not a metaphor. that's a thesis.
Effortless
Kenny Werner promised effortless mastery. I heard permission to stop practicing. Twenty-five years later, I know what he actually meant.
