In this week’s issue I…
1) answer a FAQ “How’s your hand? Can you play guitar again?
2) share a story about how I think the Court Report became a section of the newspaper, and
3) talk to my fellow songwriters about avoiding the awkward cowriting start.
I’ve started selling my watercolor paintings on Bandcamp to help raise money for “Up North,” a concept album about northern Minnesota. If you’d like an original painting, plus a handwritten thank-you, go check them out on the merch page. View/Buy Paintings >>
I’m a songwriter. The plan wasn’t to start painting. But in March of 2020 I started watching Bob Ross in the afternoons with my kids during lockdown. The more I watched the more I couldn’t stop watching. In a way, painting and songwriting are very similar. They’re both saying one thing using a confined space. …