What great musical education looks like

I had another opportunity to find great musical education happening this week. This time, to my great delight, it was my oldest son Zach. He is the executive director of the Academy of Rock here in Lincoln, and I had the chance to watch him work with some middle...

Unalienable rights and the cross

It appears that the dreaded election season is already upon us. I’m always taken aback a little when I hear politicians playing like they are theologians — funny, I don’t have the same problem when musicians do it.In any case, I find it odd when people...

On becoming a meme on a stripper pole

Apparently tired of meme-ing the cat, Jennifer has turned her sights on me and unleashed the fury of the internet on my image. We were in Kansas City last summer visiting a start-up incubator that had a green screen.I’m not sure exactly what that pose is...

New linguistic saw

My wife’s business has a customer whose name is Lincoln. That’s funny because he lives in Lincoln. If I knew two Lincolns, and one lived in Omaha, I would call this one the Lincoln Lincoln.If he drove a certain kind of car, I would say, “Look, there...

MusicSpoke’s kickass reading session

Normally, choir directors tell me that when they attend a reading session, they feel lucky to find one usable piece of music. It’s a gold mine when they find two usable pieces from a session.After the MusicSpoke reading session at the National ACDA...