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Remote Lessons by Video

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Remote Lessons by Video

Well, we certainly have a crisis unlike anything that we have ever seen. However, I don’t believe in obstacles, I believe in opportunity. Obviously, grooveKSQ has suspended in person lessons at the studio due to the Governor’s order that all non-essential businesses temporarily close to help control the spread of the Coronavirus.

We have a challenge. How do we respond? Do we sit alone in our homes, stagnant, waiting for the next month or two to pass? Or do we continue to grow, to improve and excel. I choose growth. The first two lessons by video were taught today. One student in Detroit, Michigan, and the second in Wilmington, Delaware.

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Tuesday Night Vinyl Recap

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Tuesday Night Vinyl Recap

Thank you to everyone who turned out for the inaugural Tuesday Night Vinyl. As one guest said, “this is like book club, but for records.” Exactly right. That was precisely the intent and as soon as our group gathered at the studio tonight, we all felt that.

This program is about connectedness. It is about how music that has meant something personal to us can be communicated to other people.

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Book Review: Rush - Wandering the Face of the Earth

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Book Review: Rush - Wandering the Face of the Earth

For decades, Rush was one of the hardest working bands in the business. Their early years were a near constant cycle of recording albums, then touring, then recording, then touring, then recording. Unbelievably, the group had only one lineup change in 1974 (Neil Peart replacing the band’s original drummer, John Rutsey), and the rest is history.

Fortunately for the hardcore Rush fans out there, the band was keeping track of all of these gigs in tremendous detail. That detail is beautifully captured, along with some great historical photography, along with newspaper and magazine clippings of show advertisements from years gone by.