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"what?.....Do you think you're the next Fabio?

Thu, 04 Jan 2007 18:34:37 GMT

here's a message someone randomly sent me on myspace...i thought it was hilarious..

"what?.....Do you think you're the next Fabio?

You need to shave your mustache and cut off that long rag on your head."

...being an uncle...

Mon, 16 Oct 2006 19:44:21 GMT

....being an uncle is great fun.....i stopped by my brothers house and visited with my two nieces and my nephew...i spent the entire time there throwing them up in the air and watching them crash onto the bed in pure joy ...

its really fun to watch them fly through the air because they don't quite have control of their muscles yet, so they flail around and sometimes crash into the bed face first (which of course they love)....

you would think at some point they would run out of energy....but in their universe at this point there is no such thing.....

..you don't have to be an expert in your field (none of us are).....

Thu, 31 Aug 2006 18:37:55 GMT

...hey mosaic musicians and artists.. ....there is still time to sign up for terra nova...if money is tight they will work out a payment plan with you...there only a few musicians going right now...we need you...

..please don't feel like you have to be an expert in your field (none of us are).....the whole point in coming is to develop relationships and have fun...

...people are more than willing to share any knowledge they have to help you grow as an artist and a person (thats the whole point for me..if it was only about playing music i could just stay home and do that, that would save me the effort of hauling my gear up to the mountains) ...plus its three days away from the everyday craziness that we all reside in...

...why am i here tonight?....

Tue, 29 Aug 2006 17:49:31 GMT

......i was playing a set the other night at Borders...as i was cruising along through my set i noticed there weren't that many people there...i started to ask myself why i was even there.....

...then at the end of the night a sad looking older gentleman came up to me and said "thank you....your music is beautiful".....i thanked him and asked him if he was a musician...his face suddenly lit up and said no but that his father was a musician ...a great jazz musician...i could tell he was really moved....after that he insisted on helping me carry some of my gear out to my car..

...that made my night........it was a great reminder to keep the focus off of myself and what i might be getting out of it, because you never know at any given moment who's life you might touch....

...dreams of gigantic mean vicious attack dogs chasing me ...

Tue, 08 Aug 2006 17:13:42 GMT

...i keep having recurring dreams of gigantic mean vicious attack dogs chasing me and getting within inches of me but not getting me....one dream incuding a doberman **with canine super powers** jumping up three stories trying to get me while i was standing on a roof....

..any dream interpreters out there???

...unclassifiable..

Tue, 01 Aug 2006 18:57:28 GMT

...a friend of mine found my music on one of the sites i sell downloads on and told the me when they looked for the genre of music it said unclassifiable....that's the story of my life

....ever since i can remember people have been telling me that i'm unique/different, have my own thing etc.....at times i take it as a great compliment....however much of the time it just makes me feel isolated ....

.....their conversational skills will be as important as any other....

Mon, 24 Jul 2006 19:07:29 GMT

...i found this qoute today and thought it worth passing on....

..."Marry a man/woman you love to talk to. As you get older, their conversational skills will be as important as any other"....

...(seemingly insignificant) words and actions....

Mon, 17 Jul 2006 20:11:42 GMT

..i ran into a friend yesterday who thanked me profusely for altering the course of her husbands life in a positive direction....i asked her what it was that i did that could have such an impact....she told me it was a few words of encouragement and few actions on my part...

i thought...."imagine that" a few (seemingly insignificant) words and actions can alter the course of someones life.. (how cool is that ?) . ..as i was reaching over to start patting myself on the back i stopped and asked myself "what about all of the times in my life that I've been discouraging or negative?"....is it equally plausible then that a few (seemingly insignificant) discouraging words and actions can have the same impact and alter the course of someones life in a negative way....(how scary is that?)

...missing europe/trusting my instincts.....

Mon, 10 Jul 2006 18:44:14 GMT

...i had a gig in costa mesa of friday...when i left to drive home i had the option of taking the 5 or the 405 freeways...the 405 is a longer drive but generally safer bet in terms of traffic...it was late and i was tired so against my better judgement i decided that the 5 would be quicker...big mistake...i sat in a 15 mile traffic jam because a section of freeway was closed due to an overturned gas tanker truck..the 50 minute trip took almost 3 hours....

..two things came to mind...always trust your instincts...every now and then i try to outsmart myself and always pay the price...(every freakin' time)

..the second thought was...boy do i miss being in Europe this summer...i have been there part of the past two summers doing gigs... i did no driving while i was there....i either walked or took the train....didn't miss driving one bit...

..." a jury of your peers"?

Fri, 30 Jun 2006 19:36:36 GMT

....i'm in the courthouse today performing my civic duty (jury duty)...in a weird way i'm enjoying today because its so different from any of my other normal, (whatever that is) days..

..its an interesting study in listening skills and basic common sense...the guy giving directions at the podium was explaining the form that we have to fill out...he mentions writing down contact info for someone in case of emergency....one guys asks should it be someone local or can it be someone out of state?

..then he was explaining that if you took the bus that you could get a bus pass....he pointed to 16"x24" poster behind the podium of the bus pass...he told us that someone yesterday asked how are we supposed to carry around something that big ?

..all that i could think of was the phrase." a jury of your peers"