Outside the mainstream and rejected by the avant-garde. My own experience is music as a force of nature, not only as a figment of a corrupt human psyche. Because I come up with unusual project concepts and deeply embrace rare instruments and topics, most of the music I have created or helped to create over the [...]
My ongoing infatuation with Ronnie James Dio is no secret. His golden roar and dedication to creative, expressive music for half-a-century has permeated my career mindset and my creative output, for instance my upcoming album Holy Flute. I keep uncovering new treasures and revisiting old ones with renewed appreciation. Shame on the Night: Discovering the Inner [...]
It is time for me to share with the select few of you who will read this a small and amusing secret that 3.5 million [update: the original post of this video had that many biews, it was taken down at some pojnt and then this one popped up later, only at ~200K views when I [...]
Solé "Skin Deep" debut album 1999 As musicians, we tend to judge another musician based on how much they've practiced, how creative they are, and how pleasant to be around they are, and most other attributes fall away to a distance, including but not limited to skin color, economic background, cultural heritage, and aesthetic sensibilities, [...]
Andrea Dezsö: Heart Embroidery www.andreadezso.com Today I got an article in my inbox from Derek Sivers--founder of CD Baby and general entrepreneurial, light-seeking , Gen-X musician-business-guidance-semi-guru--which you can read here. I liked what he said, and have been recently honing, consolidating, and focusing to a great extent myself, so the timing was nice. This idea [...]
BEFORE - the sum total of my Dio library before Dio Days 2015 AFTER - The expanded DIO library after Dio Days 2015 DIO - Lord of Roar secret compilation click here Ronnie James Dio is one of the legends of rock. Actually, he is a legend of metal, hard rock and [...]
This is a pretty basic thing that we tend to gloss over. It might actually be short for "artifice" but it is for sure not short for "Arthur." Not only are our creations not "just" the finger pointing at the moon, they are a photograph of an oil painting of the finger pointing at the moon. [...]
There is a growing need to get right to the heart of the matter. To get down to brass tacks, as it were. What exactly is needed, and why? In 15 minutes, you could save 15 generations or more. By watching this talk. Can we flip the switch from "progress" to actual evolution towards the Unknown? [...]
"A 'master' has clear awareness of what he knows and doesn't know. He has the confidence and resources to continue his explorations and guide others on theirs." One year after earning my shihan (master teaching license) in Zen shakuhachi flute, I then added the Bonus Arm Diplomas---i.e. tattoos. These were created in collaboration with an incredible [...]
