Chappell Roan, “Good Luck, Babe!” The inaugural artist for this series is hard not to like (at least for me). She is gorgeous in the campy way drag queens are, but with a soaring voice and sense of humor. The drumbeat on GOOD LUCK, BABE! reminded me of BILLE JEAN and it has a moody 80s vibe all through it. The lyrics are great – the rhyme of “truth” with “sunroof” is fantastic. [...]
I probably say the word “gig” more often each day than any other – with the exception of the word “awesome” and possibly an iconic profanity I won’t memorialize here. But what IS a gig anyway? Why do we even call it that? A “gig” started life as a kind of carriage – here’s a wonderful picture of that two-seat bucket with big wheels. It would be hard to fit a band in [...]
“What gets you out of bed in the morning?” I asked my friend who had a corporate job. She answered: “Uhm… I don’t know. Probably planning my vacation.” I mulled on her reply then and I mull on it still. It brings up a couple of thoughts for me: 1) every day, I want to get out of bed excited about my work and 2) I never take vacations. Being a career musician is [...]
