The Moralist Philosopher

Why Music Venues are Totally Lost (excerpt)

Brief excerpt from an article on why music venues shouldn't count on musicians to bring in patrons for their venue.

Socrates Argument Against the Invention of Writing

Resistance to innovation goes back to the era before Christ, as Socrates, in the Phaedrus, was depicted by his student Plato as fearing that memory would be weakened by reliance on the written word.

Multitrack Recording and Bruce Springsteen

This is a short explanatory narrative--one of several--that I have written and recorded for ultimate inclusion in the interview I conducted on 15 March 2015 with original Colorado Springs band Hydrogen Skyline.  These are to tie together their growth as a band with the history and evolution of the music industry in general.  

Interview with Sid Black, KILO-FM, 19 Jan 2015

On
1/19/2015, I spoke with KILO FM DJ Sid Black, as part of a larger project that
I am still researching on the pulse of the Colorado Springs music scene.

Drinking the Hemlock

Socrates was sentenced to death by suicide for challenging the status quo, and refusing to recant his position.  He did so by drinking a tea of hemlock leaves, a popular poison of the time.  Those who reject Political Correctness today also challenge an accepted status quo. 

Colorado Springs Media Centers Not Ready for Prime Time

Library 21c and The Tim Gill center are trying to bring free multimedia production facilities to the residents of Colorado Springs.  However, they're figuring out the logistics as they go...