I had originally planned to take this day off, even after the conversation I’d had yesterday with Bluegrass Today’s editor-in-chief and headline-writer extraordinaire, John Lawless: John: “You’ll want all day tomorrow, I suppose.” Me: “If quite convenient, sir.” John: “It’s not convenient, and
These remarks from Chris Jones have been revised and extended since being published previously at Bluegrass Today. ‘Tis the season: a time when many bluegrass bands shut down or heavily curtail their touring and think more of family and home (for
This commentary is a contribution from Caroline Wright, in response to a number of comments to our previous articles about Tony Rice's financial difficulties, which suggest that he was unworthy of such assistance. Friends and neighbors and fellow guitar lovers, I'm
Does your band get booked at Christmas parties? Does your band ever play parties of any kind? Do you even have a band? If you answered yes to at least one of these questions, I have a little advice for you
I don’t know if you participate in the relatively new Black Friday ritual or not, but if so, I hope you found what you were looking for last weekend, and more importantly, I hope you avoided any fatal trampling incidents.
We’re entering the long weekend of Thanksgiving today, which is, if you look on the positive side, a time of feasting on turkey and pumpkin pie, reuniting with family, happily braving the malls with other bargain-hunting Christmas shoppers, and giving
Because our touring season is winding down for 2013, and Thanksgiving is upon us, I wanted to open on a personal note: I feel grateful for the fact that this past year was the best and most rewarding year our
We just got through a two-part series on studio psychology, and the role of the engineer and producer in it, touching briefly on whether it’s better to eat regular or thin crust pizza during a recording session. I thought we
First of all, I should apologize for being a day late with this. Even though we gained an hour over the weekend when we returned to Standard Time, I seem to have lost a whole day in the process. It’s
Going into the studio to record is something that all professional and semi-professional (and in some cases, complete amateur) musicians will do at some point in their careers, usually early and often. The studio, as anyone with experience can tell you,
