Increasingly I’ve been asked to help with company websites, especially smaller to medium-sized organizations and retailers. I welcome these queries from St. Louis and beyond, as I spend a lot of time on sites for my work and I have to say...
For the Parnelli Awards, which is done with three magazines on live events I write for (PLSN, FOH, Stage Directions), I get to do tribute documentaries to those being honored with Lifetime Achievement Awards. What my latest here. What’s...
I was recently at the big annual music instrument industry show where the movie Musicwood was screened. It is a great documentary by Maxine Trump on an important topic for all those who love acoustic guitars — those who play and those who...
So today, 114 years ago, this woman was born. She is Grandma Mitchell. The guy in picture is her son, my dad, Larry. The scary clown paintings in the background tell me this was taken in my Aunt Mitch’s basement circa 1970-ish. Both of...
One of the hottest issues in the brick and mortar retail world is taxing products bought on the Internet. In writing for MMR Magazine, which serves the music instrument industry, I get to talk to a lot of retailers, and for years (most recently...
I like to joke that if you know me, you’re two degrees away from many of our greatest pop stars. Bono? I’ve profiled his production manager, the guy who gets him and the group to all the gigs no matter where. Lady Gaga? The Rolling...
I recently wrote an editorial about small music instrument businesses and their importance in the magazine I’m now editorial director of, MMR. Small business matters to me where I live, but I don’t just pay it lip service. It’s...
It’s always weird for a person who interviews people for a living to then be interviewed. Such was the case a few weeks back for me for an article in the St. Louis Beacon, the online daily newspaper here in St. Louis. Excellent Beacon...
“Hi, I want to interview you for a story!” Yeah not cool. Talk about the tables being turned. I’ve interviewed over 1,000 people easy so you would think I would know how to be on the business end of a phone receiver. Not so...
Everybody laments the loss of a prized historic theater. Too often some big movie house built in the 1920s, turns into a mixed-use space in the 1950s, then maybe a music hall, until it’s finally shuttered completely. But sometimes there...
My journey as a writer allows me to meet lots of interesting people, and also get the word out about some special unsung heroes who do their job and get instruments in the hands of people who want to make music. Recently I got to write up the...
I am pleased I get to write for Stage Directions, one of my favorite magazines because I am a theater geek. Recently I wrote an article called the Art of Listening, which got a great response. Now I hate to brag (that’s not true), but what...
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