cool, that is much better. thanks Scot.

Fixed the damn userlog problem!!...

I'm thinkin Scot has a new girlfriend, in which case I can't blame him:)...

Man, I wish this log-in bug would get cleared up. It's been like two months now ...

nice. I like that one. I heard the best music of my life recently at a funeral.

Amen brother. A few years ago I had to play this tune at a friend's funeral. Made me wanna go to church again...but I didn't. I play piano instead:) ...

It just makes good all round sense to me to keep most of the promises we make to God. Though a small one broken here and there might only prove we are hu...

Years ago, I had a very bad reaction to some whacky weed....perhaps it was laced with something else, but as I lay there with heart palpitations, and the f...

smoked my first joint in ten years last week... I would never do it on a gig, but it sure is fun before sitting down to jam on something simple. Bach was...

I'm lovin your blog Barry! The classic rock fellas I'm playing with have their own methods of conveying musical concepts too:) They find it amazing t...

Ha! Love it!...

That's right, all silver linings have clouds! Huh?...

Fascinating stuff. There's probably a PHD thesis to be written on the stuff we've been writing about here - mind you, I won't be writing it! Rick, I'm ...

I just got back from the Danny Seraphine gig. It's funny, he started talking about his ADD, and boy, does he have it! It was a lot of fun. We were p...

Yeah, for me there seems to be a fine line between drinking an amount that frees me from distraction and inhibition in which I feel creative and in the zo...

Fascinating post Barry. I was talking to my bass player today about what differences i notice in his playing when he is drinking from when he is not drink...

Being in the alpha state aka "in the zone" is something that all musicians experience from time to time while in the throes of creation. Once ...

Talk about putting the thought out there...Last night I got a text from a friend who is a Zildjian rep asking if I'd like to play with Danny Seraphine (...

I've been reading recently about bipolar disorder in artists - capable of accomplishing huge amounts of work when at the high or 'manic' part of the cycle ...

What is this thing on which you suggest I bang? piano? smegma mill? meat pole?...