Last Saturday night I was setting up to play with my buddies at a coffeehouse in a church in Mesquite, Texas, a suburb of Dallas. Church-sponsored coffeehouses are a time-honored tradition in Dallas, the oldest of which is the famous Uncle Calvin’s. Church or no church, things can get pretty raucous at these events, so [...]

(From contributing blogger Ryan Galloway) So it’s time to report in on some of the results of my own little open mike tour, while I bounce around the country as a traveling consultant. In my last blog on the subject, I had told you about Don Mak’s idea for booking an “open mike” tour using [...]

(From contributing blogger Ryan Galloway) I recently read a blog by Don Mak about setting up an “open mike tour.” “Great idea!” I thought. But being constantly on the road as a management consultant, I believed I would never have a chance to try it. Then I started poking around on www.OpenMikes.org, the site that [...]

So you’ve written some great songs, you’ve done some quick demos in your bedroom studio, and now you want to kick it up a notch. Maybe it’s time to take it to the studio and get some “professional help.” That could be a good idea, but I’d like to steer away from some mistakes and [...]

(From contributing blogger Ryan Galloway) Hello, everyone. Checking in from 36,000 feet and headed home from a week on the road. A steady gig has got me bouncing between Dallas and the East Coast these days, as I let American Airlines beat the crap out of my guitar—but that’s a whole ‘nother blog. Since I’ve [...]