Thank You Jeffrey Callison and Company!

The interview on KXJZ Capital Public Radio in Sacramento was really great. I played my keyboard, no small feat! I must confess that ever since my traumatic childhood recitals in which I would make every error that was combinatorially possible, performing on piano is extremely nerve-racking for me. But I did it! You can hear the archive here. I played Ave Rara and my original tune I Think of You. I also sang, a capella, a French tune I'm learning. The interview was enjoyable as well. Callison obviously does his homework. The folks at KXJZ have it made. The studio is quite snazzy, and only three years old. The show is produced very well--you can hear from the archive that they know what they're doing!

There was a nice man in the green room who says he's a bishop in the Knights Templar. He was to follow me as a guest on the show. We had an interesting conversation, and I ended up trading my CD for his book, though actually I did not want to do that (I have trouble saying no). I hope the book provides me with $15 worth of insights and/or enjoyment. No offense to the author, but I've always been burned on trades. People offer to trade CDs, and you take theirs home and realize it's a CD-ROM of bad MP3s with a color copy for a label and no liner notes. Or simply a so-so production without an arranger, engineer, quality players, etc. Or it's a self-published book that no one copy-edited. Or a weird macrame experiment that their sister-in-law rejected. Makes you want to say, ahem, I spent what some might blow on a kitchen remodel or a luxury car making this CD, and you made your offering in your spare time with sitcoms running in the background. Money, of course, is not the measure of quality, but in a world where everyone makes CDs at home it's not a bad place to start! Rant finished.