Big Ideas that I’ve had over the past several months and long term projects that I want to get off the ground
This week I had the great honor of delivering remarks at the US District Court House in Utica to 60 individuals from 22 countries who were taking the oath of US citizenship in front of a packed house of family, friends and supporters. I’ve been to naturalization ceremonies before and it’s something that I think…
Last week I had the honor of being the Commencement speaker for Mohawk Valley Community College’s Class of 2017. Getting to deliver that kind of address in front of over two thousand people was both terrifying and exhilarating. It’s a role I never thought I’d get the chance to play – a bucket list item…
I loved this pep talk from Kid President. Yes, take the road that leads to awesome.
I’ve been writing music for over a decade now. Rock songs, folk songs, fast songs, slow songs. The only common thread has been that I’ve tried to write what I know. Making records and making music with people is something that it seems like I’ve always just done, and while it’s a performance and I…
Some things, some goals, some ideas to attempt and accomplish throughout 2012 Business Build an iPhone App Learn to Program in Ruby Become a better Amateur Photographer Projects Finish the Boat Grow the Utica Firefly project even bigger Make a Rock N Roll Record Visit the West Coast Grow a Better Garden Cut Down the…
This is true for so many things. Copying and imitating helps you find your own voice, your own look, your own style…. “Copy out things that you really love. Any book. Put the quotation marks around it, put the date that you’re doing the copying out, and then copy it out. You’ll find that you…
For anyone that struggles with being creative on a deadline – this is for you. Great experiment.
Yesterday I was listening to the Diane Rehm program, as I often do – and really got into her interview with Suzanne Marrs who had written a book covering the lengthy correspondence between Pulitzer Prize-winning author Eudora Welty and her New Yorker editor and fellow writer William Maxwell. For more than 50 years, they corresponded…