Guy G. GormanJan 10, 20211 min"Everything worth doing is worth doing badly!"You've probably heard it a little differently, but I remember a light bulb flipping on in my mind when I first heard this stated by an...
Guy G. GormanDec 6, 20202 minCan't ExplainI play bass in a band called Schering and Inslag. All five members are excellent songwriters. We have discussions over subjects like...
Guy G. GormanMay 20, 20202 minKeith and MeThanks to Sean Daniel and his very cool YouTube guitar learning channel I have learned to play “Malagueña.” (To be more accurate it’s...
Guy G. GormanApr 27, 20203 minThe Great White MonsterIf you're a songwriter, it's even scarier than a shark. A writer (Was it Hemingway?) called it the great white monster, the blank page...
Guy G. GormanDec 13, 20193 minIt's of Simplicity that I SingIs Thoreau the godfather of popular music? He extolled the virtues of simplicity. (Do you think he used Occam's Razor when he shaved?...
Guy G. GormanNov 9, 20193 minThe Spirit of Rock and RollI've recently been listening to Learning the Game (2017) by Hayden Thompson. His may not be a familiar name, but he's a member of the...
Guy G. GormanOct 23, 20192 minPirouettes, Jerry Lee, and Willie "Big Eyes" SmithThe elegant ballet dancer spins around and around and around and around with amazing speed, left arm out in front of her, bent at the...
Guy G. GormanSep 27, 20193 minFake NewsIf you've ever felt cheated by media hoopla and/or reviews over some band or another, you'll probably see a musical connection to this...
Guy G. GormanSep 19, 20192 minOld Town RoadMaybe I'm a little behind the curve on this (something on the order of a billion YouTube views), and I never expected to really have an...
Guy G. GormanJul 13, 20194 minI'm Stupid When I Listen to Popular MusicThis isn't some diatribe against the evils of popular music. I love pop music. I even like the candy-coated confections that melt in...
Guy G. GormanJul 7, 20194 minAre We Less Musical?I recently became fascinated with North Sentinel Island. As a geography freak, I was surprised when I first heard of NSI. I thought...
Guy G. GormanMay 2, 20193 min "Electricity Comes From Other Planets"The other day I was drumming along to my cassette version of "VU" by the Velvet Underground. It had been a long time. I was having a...
Guy G. GormanMar 8, 20194 min It All Begins with a SongI recently saw the movie "It All Begins with a Song" at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR)* It investigates the experience...
Guy G. GormanFeb 9, 20194 minDestiny StreetAt University of Notre Dame I was one of about three people who liked Richard Hell and the Voidoids. I think the other two were just...
Guy G. GormanJan 4, 20195 minNew IdeasNew ideas are hard to accept. Some interesting examples: Stan Lee's editor thought that Spiderman was a terrible idea for a super hero....
Guy G. GormanNov 29, 20183 minSupporting ActsLife is great! It hasn't always gone as planned (assuming I had a plan :-D), but it has always turned out better than I could have ever...
Guy G. GormanOct 24, 20183 minVirtual NostalgiaI came across this blog entry recently as I was rummaging through the dark recesses of my computer. Once again I'm reminded of how much...
Guy G. GormanOct 19, 20184 minThe Power of Enthusiasm Rock n Roll has a special connection with enthusiasm. The whole punk rock movement at its best was about reclaiming enthusiasm's proper...
Guy G. GormanOct 10, 20184 minOther WorldsWe're fascinated with the idea of other worlds, other realities. A place where we aren't bound by the rules that so hinder us here. The...
Guy G. GormanAug 21, 20184 min Old FriendsThis is somewhat less than half of my record collection. (That doesn't include CDs, cassettes [Yes, cassettes], 45s, 78s [Yes, those...