Thinking how accessibility comes at a cost, and that we should at least know what we’re spending in return.

A brief idea about the benefit of prescribing certain music to different parts of your life, and why it makes them so much better.

Wondering out loud about the relationship between effort and quality.

The crisis that comes when you try to manage your own music library, and why it matters for all of you normal people, too.

Some thoughts on a special album, whose place in my life is slipping, and whose death I don’t know how to mourn.

Thinking about the movies of Charlie Kaufman, and what they’ve done for me as a musician and person.

A very special musical moment where someone playing an octave on the saxophone gave me an immense sense of belonging.

One of the most massive and powerful musical projects I have ever come across, and why I hope you’ll listen to it, too.

That video game soundtrack everybody knows, and why it’s flaws are its best parts.

Thoughts on one of my favorite pieces of music of all time.

Sharing my own musical guilty pleasure, and why I should stop being so guilty about it.

My take on a percussion group that is criminally underrated.

I was on a podcast called “I Hate Infinite Jest”

Disclaimer: I don’t hate Infinite Jest.

A quick story about one of my biggest musical inspirations and his lesson to me about how a single live moment can be more important than any notes you’ll ever write on a page.