Musings

Odds are that you are reading this after news of some sort of mass shooting. The fact that I can write that sentence, and that it can be applicable at almost any time in America is a sad reality. I, like many of us, have become kind of numb to that news. I see the headline and I move on, because to dwell on it yet again is…

I have been a musician for most of my life. I don’t really remember a time when I wasn’t reading music. As such I sometimes forget that there are civilians who have no idea what we musicians do. One thing we get a lot in college is “oh, you’re a music major, that must be so fun and easy.” Never say this. Your chances of…

I always thought pen names were fascinating, ever since I discovered the Harry Potter books. Something about the name J. K. Rowling was incredible to me (this was before she revealed herself to be a person with many terrible views that I do not endorse at all). I liked the way that it sounded. It wasn’t long…