Well, folks, it seems time for full disclosure with regards to the last 17 + months. I offer this blog as, hopefully, an inspiration to...

OK, I'm not sure of my use of a preposition in the title, but you get the idea! I've been making significant progress since my last post....

I am writing to give SOME context to what I am working on right now. I'm not ready to share EVERYTHING, just yet, for fear of how folks...

This is Monday morning and I had a hard time sleeping last night. I had a very difficult but necessary weekend in my effort to rebuild. I...

A lot has been happening since my last post. I thought I'd share what going on with the hopes of inspiring others. I've already posted...

I posted yesterday regarding my comeback and I wanted to add an update today. I mentioned that I had started recording about three months...

I played my first gig in over a year yesterday, so I thought I owed a blog after all of this. I haven’t written a blog in AGES! Between...

Folks my www activity has been minimal for a several months, now. I want to do a short blog post to touch bases with my readers. Several...

It is a very strange time to be a professional musician. Yes, I have always dreamed of being a big time studio musician, which means...

This is a cool story! It is also completely true, so I am going to "tamper" with the names a bit out of respect to all involved. This...

Let me open with a disclaimer. What follows are my ideas, feelings and opinions. You may have utterly different outlooks, feelings and...

I am paraphrasing the famous saying of Rene DesCartes and drawing a different though parallel meaning from my title of this blog. First...

I'm a little behind with my blogging, but this one has been fun to put together. Not too long ago, I was purging files and materials in...

This blog is just my reminiscing about my experiences on Maynard Ferguson's band during my somewhat brief stint with him in 1981. Before...

Recently I chimed in on a thread in a FB forum on the relative merits of busking. I followed along with the other comments and ideas...

What follows are my personal OPINIONS - just my point of view. I have to open this blog with a disclaimer/confession. I am completely...

I wanted to put a provocative title on this one as this is a topic of some interest to me. When I watch and hear great bands that seem to...

Before I begin this shorter blog, I want to make it clear that this is what I choose to do and how I think about my work as a trumpeter....

I recently went on a trip up to Gabriola Island off the Vancouver, British Columbia coast to meet with my friend, Dave Harrison, the...

Well, as part of my trumpeter self-actualization project, I've been working on extreme upper register. By extreme, I mean above - way...