I’ve been involved with the Chicago Bass Festival since its inception back in 2009. Though I moved to San Francisco in 2016, I’ve had the good fortune to be able to come back to the area each year since then and stay involved in this festival. Midwest Young Artists...
I fondly recall the very first Chicago Bass Festival back in 2009. Allan Dennis, Jerry Fuller, and I had been chatting about the need for a festival like this for quite some time. As director of the Midwest Young Artists Conservatory, Allan had the resources to mount...
Back in March, not too long after I announced that I was leaving Chicago for San Francisco, I put together a post titled Unemployment Never Sounded so Sweet. In it, I outlined the major goals I was planning on focusing on as I moved out here. This was the first...
I’m not from Chicago, but it has been my home for the past 22 years, so I think I qualify as at least an honorary local. I have always taken pride in my being from South Dakota–I’m the first person most folks have ever met from that state! But more and more...
Current Writing (2015 – present) I’ve gotten back into writing after a hiatus of a few years. Here are some of my most recent “meatier” posts. This gives you a taste of my writing style and the kind of projects that I’ll be doing in the...
