The title of this post are from a sign hung from the wall of my teacher, Dennis AsKew.  It states unequivocally the purpose of music and musicians.  Move yourself, move your audience.  I suppose I could go on for a long while about how deceptively simple those words are, and how hard they are to live up to.  But after years of living as a musician, I don’t feel I have to.

Instead, I think I’ll muse on those words in other aspects of life.  Read the rest of this entry »