Podcasts – Twilight Guitar

“The distinction between the past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.” – Albert Einstein Mention “classical guitar” to many beginning guitarists and you will get a whole host of reactions, from “what’s that?” to “do you mean... Continue Reading →

"If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea." - Antoine de Saint-Exupery For those brave, maybe crazy people we call explorers, the best part of the map is where...... Continue Reading →

"The whole problem can be stated by asking, 'Is there a meaning to music?' My answer would be, 'Yes.' And 'Can you state in so many words what the meaning is?' My answer to that would be, 'No.'" -Aaron Copland This post is partly in words, and partly in music because it is about my...... Continue Reading →

"The gate is straight, deep and wide break on through to the other side" - Jim Morrison Anyone who has ever attempted to play a musical instrument will eventually reach a phase we like to call a "plateau." The place where progress seems to stop dead in its tracks. This is a useful metaphor because...... Continue Reading →

“Everything that happens once can never happen again. But everything that happens twice will surely happen a third time.” – Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist There are three definitions of Alchemy in Webster’s Dictionary, the second one is my favorite: “A power or process of transforming something common into something special.” The first definition is longer […]

“I wish they’d had electric guitars in cotton fields back in the good old days. A whole lot of things would’ve been straightened out.” -Jimi Hendrix Nikola Tesla’s laboratory in Colorado Springs circa 1900. Public Domain photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons Nikola Tesla, great scientist, inventor of alternating current (AC), bringer of man-made lightning, pioneer […]

"If it works, it's obsolete." - Marshall McCluhan Marshall McLuhan was a Canadian social scientist/prophet who lived from 1911 to 1980 and published most of his work from 1950 to 1970. He once famously said, "The medium is the message." Gallons of ink have been spilled about what he really meant, but if you have...... Continue Reading →

“I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.” – Michelangelo This is an excerpt from the ebook, “Midnight Arpeggios”. Did you ever notice how right everything seems when you are busy doing something you love to do? At those times it doesn’t matter how much money, power or status […]