leeleemusic

Isn't it amazing how we can listen to a song and it will take us back to a remembered time with extraordinary visceral clarity? I remember one of the few times I ever saw my Dad cry was when I…

     I’ve always loved the stage and started my professional career at 14. Some people said, “Oh, you don’t want to do that – it’s such a hard life!” My parents always cheered me on, however, saying, “follow your dreams.”  They…

Monday, Oct. 11, 2010

    I used to say that people who liked watching performers, also liked watching bull fights.   Your’re watching someone risk life and death for their art. There are possibilities of death. . . in public!  That is…

THE BLOG YOU NEVER WANTED TO READ:

and the Blog I Never Wanted to Write

      As the great 21^st century philosopher, George Campbell, said, “I'm one cow short of a full herd. And no, I'm not talking about Farmville.”…

     There have been times in my past where I have been averse to painful experiences thinking they are “bad,” or “harmful.”  I tried to avoid them at all cost. However, I have found that sometimes allowing some discomfort for the…

The Art of Air Guitar

    My girlfriend who lived next door became an expert at “Air Guitar” at age ten imitating Paul McCartney’s style.  She perfected his restrained British style: long legs and knees together with a chirpy bending from…

I was listening to a speaker yesterday who said, "I wish, just for once, I could read a newsletter that said, 'I don't have anything profound to say today - nothing has come to me...I don't have any insights, no…

I once heard it is every artist's responsibility to "keep it fun."  This is more challenging than it sounds - it's "simple, but not easy." Along those lines, perhaps it is every individual's responsibility to keep LIFE fun in this…

Last month I had the opportunity to experience an extraordinary singer/songwriter, David Walburn, who performs at the Many Glacier Hotel in Glacier National Park, MT.  Walburn performs a music program based on the famous Lewis and Clark Expedition: The "Corps…