As a blog writer, I sometimes worry about the inevitable “writer’s block”;…
Author: Ron Hinkle (page 8)
Notes vs. Chords
Thanks to my desire to learn how to improvise jazz (and the…
Fairy Dust
The absent-minded maestro was racing up New York’s Seventh Avenue to a…
I’ve Tried Everything. . .
“I’ve tried everything short of practice and study, and I just can’t…
Improvisational Musings
As you will probably know from my past writing, one of my…
Hero Worship
I just realized an important clarification that I need to make. I…
Complexity
In my last blog, I wrote about simplicity, arguing that the banjo’s…
Simplicity
No doubt about it, the banjo has a well-deserved reputation for fun…
Reasonable Facsimile
This term is used by Buddy Wachter to describe someone who has…
Ambition
This is an addendum to my recent blog, The Best That I…