Jeff Beck – Who Else! International Guitar Month Feature
For International Guitar Month, we would be terribly remiss if we overlooked the master — Jeff Beck.
A Promenade With Your Muse
April is International Guitar Month! Because the Life As A Human team has several guitarists and many guitar fans, we're celebrating International Guitar Month with features about some of our favourite musicians and their guitars. Have you … Read more →
Musical Explorations: Pat Metheny Introduces “Orchestrion”
April is International Guitar Month! Because the Life As A Human team has several guitarists and many guitar fans, we're celebrating International Guitar Month with features about some of our favourite musicians and their guitars. Pat Metheny … Read more →
Give Your Life Some Soul: An Interview with Artist Shannon Grissom
Artist, musician and TV host of “Give Your Walls Some Soul” talks about how pursuing your passion is vital to your happiness and your health.
Daniel Lanois – The Maker
“The most potent way to tell a story is first, to have lived it. And if you've lived it then you're speaking the truth. And when you speak the truth, a listener will feel that it's true. Therefore, your story will be more contagious.” — Daniel … Read more →
Making Music for the Street
I saw Darth Vader near the Inner Harbour today, a sure sign that spring is approaching. A few hardy buskers keep going through the dark days of winter in Victoria, but street performers like Darth generally keep a low profile until the weather gets … Read more →
Peter Gabriel’s Secret World
Peter Gabriel is an extremely passionate musician and songwriter who has earned international acclaim, not only for his music but also for his human rights work and his promotion of world music.
It’s Never Too Late to Embrace Our Passions
In one of my recent articles (Of skills, talents and gifts) I wrote the following: “I don’t believe that our gifts have an expiry date. Clearly, as we get older, it is more difficult. Sadly, most of us consider the idea of re-engaging our … Read more →
Ol’ Blue Eyes: Music of Broken Dreams
I woke up the other day to Frank Sinatra singing “Learning The Blues” on my iPod alarm. In the wrinkle between sleep and waking I remembered the day he died. I got up and wrote it down.
All Ears in the Garden: Landscape as Soundscape
It’s easy to forget that a landscape is also a soundscape. One summer we were working away in the garden, so absorbed in our earthy labours that we really didn’t pay attention to the mixed bird chorus punctuated by the occasional shriek from a … Read more →
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