Why I Hope I’ll Never be Good I’ve been playing guitar for about 25 years, 15 of them “professionally” whatever that means. There may have been a 20-minute window in 2011...
The Ever Changing Face of the QUEBEC MUSIC SCENE Living in Quebec, you’d be hard-pressed not to come across at least one written article a week that makes reference to our dual identity crisis,...
Dear Santa… Dear Santa, 2015 has been a busy year for all of us, most of all you. I’m sure that with only a few more days to go, you must be burning the...
I’M RIGHT, You’re Wrong, Let Me Explain Why A few weeks ago, I was having a heated argument with some friends about music. Specifically, Bob Dylan. This is a very touchy subject for me...
RECORDS ARE COOL There isn’t much that is cool anymore. Old cars are cool. My cousin’s Led Zeppelin jacket from 1979 is cool. A Griffintown hipster on an...
Three Sides to Every Story (Or What It’s Like to Be SchizoPHONIC) Sometimes I feel schizophrenic. Let me rephrase that, I feel schizophonic. As in, I don’t know which language to think in. Before I elaborate...
PARENTING AND THE ROAD (or Will They Remember Me When I’m Gone) I’m sitting in an uncomfortable Stalin-esque chair at Montreal’s Royal Victoria hospital having just witnessed the birth of my second daughter....
Top Tips from the “Aging Musician” This year, I’ll be 38. It seemed so far away when I was in my twenties. Seemed ever further away in my teens. I don’t feel old however. Maybe...
I’m just a plumber It’s a question we get often, we musicians. I don’t think any other self-employed person gets it. I’m guessing a plumber, or an electrician...
