Jimmy Webb, that cornerstone of American Songwriting who wrote many famous songs such as “By The Time I Get To Phoenix”, “Up Up and Way”, “Wichita Lineman” and countless others of which I would redirect you do his website, also topped off his career by writing a book on songwriting back in the late 90’s [...]

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I continued to get ideas for the book I want to write.  Now its turning into a reflection of scenes and characters, which indicates to me right now some kind of narrative form.  I can’t help but think this would be an easier thing for me to break off and do that try to write [...]

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Finalized the read of Adam’s memoirs last evening, what was the best chapter of his soliloquy on life, music, and the art of a good acid trip.  Chapter 15 was worth the read and the expense of the book, although I do not find his conclusions well grounded in fact.  He does, to his credit, give a [...]

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Spotty week.  Lousy energy, minimal time, and extreme heat were not exactly motivating factors.  Yet in all of this, I did see some promise – in philosophy and in practice.
I’m resolute that there is a place for improvisation in my writing now.  However, I pulled back a bit on exactly when [...]

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The thermometer hit 111 F yesterday around here, and although that might be a snicker for people who live in Nevada or Utah, it was exceptionally affective here where I live in California.  Air conditioning is only deployed in two rooms in this abode, and a skylight act like a magnifying [...]

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Rough going last evening sleeping.  We are in the middle of a heat wave here, which strangely seems to happen every year at this exact moment in July.  I believe last year or the year before we hit around 112 F or so, and then the electricity went out for 3 days [...]

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Just finished the book Foundations of Diatonic Theory by Timothy A. Johnson. This was supposed to be an elementary book on introducing diatonic set theory, but I’m terribly disappointed by the content and the approach which came off very pedantic, and of no practical use what so ever to either a musician or a [...]

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Finished after procrastinating about the depressing content for so long. It was a quicker read than I thought. Impressions?
Good: Relationship is interesting. Some of the imagery is compelling. Starvation the desperation, and the danger have you on edge. Trys to strip out everything except the relationship by [...]

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