The Frog Bog

This page is a catchall for my musical activities. Here you can check out some ideas I have about music and music instruction, learn where and when I’ll be performing and check out some sound clips.

Finding a Music Teacher

Practicing

My Piano Teaching Philosophy

My Guitar Teaching Philosophy

Books

In the fall of 2003, Workshop Arts published my first book, Beginning Piano for Adults. Click on the book to find out more or order it from Amazon.

Sounds

Train, featuring me on vocals and guitar, from my CD Tea Leaves. Please note that while I teach guitar and piano, I never claimed to teach singing. (WMA)

Smoke, featuring me on vocals and my cool Taylor 710 guitar before it got stolen (something I am still smarting from- I loved that guitar), from my CD Tea Leaves. (WMA)

Fool My Eye, featuring me on bluesy/jazzy lead guitar, from the now defunct band Satellite Sky. (MP3)

Lookin’ For You, featuring me on bluesy lead guitar utilizing my cool Ibanez Tubescreamer, also from Satellite Sky. (MP3)

Living Room, one more from Satellite Sky, this time with me on mandolin. (MP3)

The key of d minor is, according to Nigel Tufnel, “The saddest of all keys.” In Mozart’s operas the angry people often sang in d minor. Beethoven’s amazing Ninth Symphony is the story of his escaping from the earthly trials and tribulations of d minor to the heavenly delights of D Major. I have always loved this piece. Now, thanks to the magic of MIDI, I can perform it with the seriousness and gravity it deserves. I give you Bach’s Prelude in D Minor from Book I of The Well-Tempered Clavier Scored for Rubber Duckies. (MP3)