Vinyl and the paradox of choice All of the songs in the world at your fingertips, the only problem is which to choose. Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, Pandora, YouTube — we are inundated with every studio, live and bootleg recording seemingly ever made, all at our fingertips. In a pattern…

You Need This: Money saving apps At the beginning of 2018, I wanted to be more mindful about how I was spending my money. I didn’t subscribe to the: “never buy a coffee again and you will suddenly be rich” mindset, but remembering to make coffee in the morning twice…

The only thing you can control It’s early January 2020 and the news has been wild. My on phone time has increased after some conscience decisions to try and avoid it. We are living in tumultuous times and the news cycle has been brutal. …

Is there any greater thrill than having plans canceled? Sure, maybe 2020 has put some of this into perspective and many of us would kill to have any plans at all, but bear with me for a moment. When plans get canceled, all of a sudden, that thing that we…

I sold my car and didn’t replace it August 2020 My wife and I have been working from home and as anyone who knows me will tell you, I am always looking for a reason to sell my car. I finally decide to take the plunge, take the proper photos…

I quit drinking alcohol for several months (January, February, March, August, December) in 2020. It helped me early on in the pandemic, but I fell prey to wanting to have ice cold beers in my backyard while I tilled the garden. Not such a bad thing, I had cut way…

Be a beginner I believe in beginners mind. During my years of teaching music, I found that I would be as equally impressed by a seven year olds composition as I would be by a jazz veteran. Why? Because the passion and intent is coming from the same place. A…