This puzzled me about myself for a long time. Why would somebody who tends to be fairly quiet, who actually loves spending time alone, who tends to listen more than he talks, why would that person become a performer? Well, when I was young, being an introvert meant you were shy, quiet, antisocial. These qualities […]
When I was young, music was bought and sold differently from the way it is now. First of all, we bought records. (These are now considered retro, and so they are called “vinyl.”) There were no CDs, no streaming platforms, no digital downloads. You would go to a record store and look at what they […]
From my point of view, it’s been about songs all along. I grew up hearing the popular songs of the day, my parents music, some classical music. I argued with my first grade friends over who was better, the Beach Boys or the Beatles. It seemed as though music was playing all the time, even […]
