Today I travel to Fairfax, Virginia to check in and prepare for tomorrow’s intake ceremonies at IBM. Thus commences a new chapter in my professional life. The Onboardiad is scheduled to last a week. I’m struck by this composite word, which has been wrangled into acting like a verb, much like planing and deplaning, which [...]
I’ve spent a few days reflecting, and there’s more that Joe left in me that I haven’t described yet. Bear with me, it’ll take a minute to paint the picture. If I said to you, “Carlos Santana!” you’d probably hear in your mind’s ear that buzzing, saturated sound that only Carlos can get and wield [...]
I heard the news from Robin Young on “Here and Now”, of all things: Joe’s taken a cab, too. I was in the legion – and it seemed like a legion for a while – of kids who spent hour after hour shedding pentatonic scales and trying to figure out which pentatonic riffs worked over [...]
Today, I’m shipping artwork to Tom Devaney for the CD cover for his new release “Vis-a-vis”. It’s been a lot of work, but it looks like we’re done with it. Stay tuned for more details about the Rotary Club World Tour Of Two Cities – we’re playing NYC and Boston on November 2 and 3, [...]
One morning, I heard about a study at the University of California which was investigating the genetics of absolute pitch. This was of interest to me, so my ears perked up. (I know. Cheap one.) I’ve got pretty good ears – really good ears, when I’m “in shape”. I think the debate I’ve had with [...]