Back when I used to take piano lessons, my teacher had a sign on his door that read “Practice until your fingers bleed.” It has taken me quite a while to get a new post up here, but as you can see, I haven’t been far from the music! No my fingers aren’t bleeding yet, but if I picked up a guitar right now…

So unless Tom Petty asks me to join the Heartbreakers on the road this summer, (I’ve been mildly depressed ever since I learned he is not coming to Nashville, and I won’t be able to go to the nearest show in Atlanta) then I should have a little more time to devote to the blog.

…unless all that guitar and piano renders my fingers too bloody sore to type.

I came across this earlier today and thought some of you might want to check it out. If you are at all interested in legal issues related to music and creativity in general, take twenty minutes and absorb. Lessig also has some great observations about popular culture that are worth exploring.

Lawrence Lessig is a Professor at Stanford Law School and I would give just about anything to be a fly on the wall in his lectures. I think the “Larry Lessig” you see in the video is a mistake. I’ve always “known” him as Lawrence. He is also the chair of the Creative Commons project. What do you think about some of his ideas? Whether or not you fully agree with what he has to say, this is a New York Strip as far as food for thought goes.

Come in and have a peak around. I’m just getting things rolling here, but soon my take on music, music business, and any related topics that make their way from my brain to the keyboard will be spilling down the page. Thanks for stopping by.