Hope
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Hope

When your work is in a creative field it’s hard to keep going back to the water to cast yet another line when it seems like forever since you caught a fish. But you know what? Just sitting in that boat gently rocking back and forth and waiting…that’s a thing…an experience. You might write your best song while you’re waiting for that g-d damn fish.

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Color Blind
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Color Blind

This is the time of year when we search for the better angels in ourselves. I’m keeping an eye out for mine. 

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Make the Music Industry Great Again
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Make the Music Industry Great Again

The Donald has promised to do things differently. This is an area where I hope he does. It would be a Huge gesture of good will and would improve an ecosystem in disarray. 

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Eeny, meeny, miny, moe
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Eeny, meeny, miny, moe

When it comes to creators' rights and digital royalty improvements, I’m praying for a President with a kid who wants to be a rockstar. Watch how fast the Copyright Office is given autonomy, streaming rates go up, take down stays down! 

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Confessions.