I don't think anybody is wanting to put me back on the air. But I'm certainly out there trying.
I am moved more by melodies, song structure, and evocative textures.
To Toronto City Council: The Sam The Record Man store and sign were important fixtures in Toronto's musical landscape as well as its Civic history. Sadly, all that remains now are our memories of the store and this magnificant neon sign. Ryerson and they City of Toronto should absolutely preserve what myself and many of its citizens consider to be an important symbol of our past and of that store's contributions to our culture.
If you have some magical chemistry that actually find the music you make compelling, that is a big bonus.
It's a battle between record company, between producer and between mastering engineer. Because the louder you make your record in a digital process, the more dynamics are squished out of it. Nobody knows exactly what happens, but the dynamics in the performance disappear, and everything is at the same volume.
So, I really don't consider myself a fabulous keyboard player.
I prefer to think of myself as a musician who is still learning and trying to do something every time out.
Those who claim to discover everything but produce no proofs of the same may be confuted as having actually pretended to discover the impossible.
It's just nice to do something a bit different, and I guess when you're an actor, you have the license to do that.
It is impossible that a genius - at least a literary genius - can ever be discovered by his intimates; they are so close to him that he is out of focus to them and they can't get at his proportions; they can't perceive that there is any considerable difference between his bulk and their own.
It is easier to tell a story of how people wound one another than of what binds them together.