Hoobastank has a lyric that often takes us space in my peripheral conscience:
                                                 “But it’s too little too late.”
A melancholy theme song, for sure, but quite relatable. The day-late-and-dollar-short syndrome afflicts humankind with all too great a fury. But I know I invite it upon myself in undue proportions, typically taking on at least twelve [...]

I had some extra time this morning to spend on my workout, so I did both my “lazy” workout and a real one. My lazy workout involves hopping on a stationary bike with a book or magazine. Actually, it probably burns just as many calories as my other workouts, but I choose it when I’m [...]

The recession has, in some respects, become a great equalizer. No matter where you came from or how you began last year, you’re probably cutting back these days. As a young musician, I’m no stranger to the idea of cutting corners financially and picking which little luxuries I can and can’t live without. But now [...]

I swear that music is one of the most fickle industries possible in terms of success. I’m not only talking year-to-year, but even day-to-day. I’m on the ACTIVATE Tour right now with Amy Courts, and in our first week alone we have run the gamut from packed-out houses to zero sales, from meetings with industry [...]

The up-and-coming band Raining and OK has stood out in my mind since I first encountered them, and not just because when I first interviewed them we sat on a patch of grass outside the noisy venue and I got attacked by a horde of fire ants (memorable as it was). More than that, these [...]