Wonderful Being

I thought that people would rather hear a cover than my originals...but that turned out not to be the case! It's tough to figure out what people will want to hear. If you're a performer, how do YOU choose your performance tunes? "Kiss Off" is by the Violent Femmes - NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED! For a transcription, click here. For a video, click here. 

I'm so embarrassed; I recorded a video of myself wearing a fanny pack. Here I "unpack" all of my intense feelings around the lack of pockets in women's clothing and crappy North American attitudes towards this very useful fashion accessory. For a transcript, click here. For video, click here.

I have a tough relationship with science for a variety of reasons. This summer, I decided to take an Intro to Organic Chemistry class. Here's how I use my percussion skills in conjunction with what I learned. For a transcript, click here. For video, click here. 

It's my freakin' birthday. Here's a VERY ROUGH recording of my English translation of "Adios Juventud" and an apology for not having created the fully-produced music video I dreamed of having ready by today. Now go listen to Jaime Roos! For a transcription, click here. For video, click here.

**WARNING: THIS INTERVIEW IS NSFW!*** I loved Syn's show "Dating Detox/Romance Rehab/Pussy Power/Power Outages:  A Love Story," which premiered virtually at this year's Hollywood Fringe Festival. We discuss her show, her travels, why women still equate marriage with success, dating advice (mostly for men), and the challenge of being a woman in a helping profession who dates men. For a transcript, click here. For video, click here. 

Here's my first post-pandemic public pandeiro performance. And it is not perfect, but it was fun as hell. For a transcript, click here. For video, click here. 

I grapple with the reality of my own internalized misogyny as it relates to Ted Lasso and the podcasts I enjoy. How do I work on this? **CORRECTION: I should have said Dr. Clint Smith instead of Dr. Clint Jones. My apologies!** For a transcript, click here. For video, click here. 

I struggle hard with visibility online, and I've only recently discovered that it isn't just me. I give a brief description of my various neuroses in this area and ask for YOUR tips on how you handle visibility! For a transcript, click here. For video, click here. 

Musicians get them. We don't talk about them, because we're ashamed. I have a playing-related injury. I'm afraid to talk about it, but I'm going to do it, because that's the only way to end the stigma. For a transcript, click here. For video, click here. 

I'll be honest - I struggle with how to fit practicing into my day. Does "Eating the Frog" work for musicians? Here are the time management decisions I'm making. What kinds of strategies work for you? For a transcript, click here. For video, click here.