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The Divided Highway

I can be anyone you want me to be. 

It’s my job. I am a chameleon. A session person. 

If a client asks me to jump rope, I ask what string gauge the rope should be. 

If…

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Chasing My Infinity

I peaked at sixteen. 

Okay that’s a lie. But looking back, something about being that age was magical. 

Driving solo with the windows down. Blasting mix CDs of sparkling pop songs while the sun set around me. Street…

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Falling off a Mountain

I love being on the road. Even when that road winds treacherously around the side of a mountain....without guardrails. In Dharma Bums, Jack Kerouac had the realization, after nearly summiting Colorado’s Matterhorn Peak,  that “it’s impossible to fall off…

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Effortless Mastery Pt. 2

“By not caring, you play better” - Kenny Werner 

A few days ago I was soundchecking on guitar for a regular freelance gig. The band used the extra time to do a quick runthrough of the songs. The drummer…

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Effortless Mastery Pt 1.

Like nearly all working musicians, Covid-19 completely turned my life upside down. The world slammed the emergency break on my career while going 70 mph on the freeway. I didn’t know who I was without the constant grind of running…

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The Musician's Way

The internet-musician-content-industrial-complex is overflowing with information for both amateur and professional musicians alike. Any would-be musician’s musician has a near unlimited supply of YouTube channels, podcasts, and articles to get their fix. What, if anything, does a young professional freelance…

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