Night After Night And Show By Show

Night After Night And Show By Show

Apr 15, 2018 | Music

My love affair with Lissie began with Fight for You, a song she co-wrote with Morgan Page. I heard it many times over on my wife’s Pandora station. I usually tune out dance tracks, but my curiosity was piqued. I had to find out who was on the other end of that...
A Musical Trinity – The Last Paul

A Musical Trinity – The Last Paul

Feb 23, 2018 | Music, Writing Process

When I sit down at the keyboard, it’s all about shifting gears to get into the right frame of mind. I have playlists for that, but sometimes I’ll just reach for a specific artist or album to set a mood. I thought a lot about that process while crafting...
Musical Influence, Fictional and Otherwise

Musical Influence, Fictional and Otherwise

Feb 20, 2018 | Music

What’s going on in music in the year 2028? That was one of the trickier aspects of world building for me, and to be honest we only get snapshots of it by the end of BURIED BY THE SOUND. That, of course, is by design. The book opens with Jenna Donelly sitting on...
Mayonaise, My Anthem

Mayonaise, My Anthem

Aug 18, 2017 | Biography, Music

In the early nineties, I opened a funky little bookshop in Chicago. While the store was corporately owned, the staff never stood for any of that. We were irreverent in everything we did, but we rocked hard and cashed in results for the company. After a year, sales...