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Playing a Different Part of the Same Elephant

My Inner world was crying out so loud last night that my body could not relax enough to sleep. It wasn’t till I started preparing my breakfast that I began to connect with my Inner World enough to know that she was really hurting. She hadn’t stopped hurting after the few hours of sleep I […]

Be Full of Yourself

I often say that music and life are the same. What challenges us in music challenges us in life. Where you feel restoration in life gets reflected in your music. That is why I also say that music is the perfect laboratory to develop our life goals. The worst that can happen is that you […]

Wanted: Genius

One thing that Covid 19 is making abundantly clear to me is that just as a virus can cause unforeseen panic, death, and destruction, there are viruses that build communities. One example is the Artistic Expression Virus or what I call Artex 20.  Another thing that is becoming abundantly clear to me is that we […]

Build the Bridges

  We recorded this with a bunch of people ages 6 to 60s. We need clips of people building bridges and taking down walls both metaphorically and really to make a video to share. Send links to clips to jb@comMUSIKey.org.

Toni Morrison’s Mom

Here is Toni Morrison talking about her mom’s singing. From an interview with Terry Gross.

comMUSIKey Theme Song

We will be videotaping the recording of comMUSIKey’s theme song pretty soon. It will be just vocals. And anyone can take part, even if you don’t think of yourself as a singer. Once you sing with a group it’s hard to not see yourself as a singer. Here’s the demo if you want to learn […]

Beethoven’s Gift

Here is a quote from Ludwig Van Beethoven as interpreted into English by Corinne Heline in her book ‘Beethoven’s Nine Symphonies – Correlated with the Nine Spiritual Mysteries’. “I have no friend. I must live alone; but I know that in my heart God is nearer to me than in others. I approach him without […]

Recording Faultline

I had a wonderful experience lately, recording the trio Faultline. They are Yohan Glidden on guitar and lead vocals, Cozzy Bohrman on bass and vocals, and True Borhman on drums and vocals. These guys were amazing, recording two of their own songs plus Sunshine of Your Love in just a few hours. They are all in their […]

Everybody’s a Performer and What I Learned About That

You might know that performing has always been my greatest teacher. Performing is kind of like looking at yourself inside a jeweler’s loupe, the audience being the loupe.  Last January 15, three of us comMUSIKats went up to Flagstaff to present our idea for a workshop called “Everybody’s a Performer” where I had the chance to see […]