I have an extensive music collection. It's comprised of over 700 CDs, 200 LPs, and several dozen cassettes-not to mention hundreds of 45s. If someone asked me if I had to give up all of my music save one, without a doubt, I'd relinquish all except for The Beatles. The Beatles have been with me since the age of four (I'm 58). I've been listening to their music for over fifty years-and I never tire of it. In fact, I'm still awed by their prodigious talent and unique sound. They inspire me.They cam...

Neil Young In 1973, after I had totally destroyed my drum set from 7 years of abuse, I was looking for another instrument. I was playing the drums in the school band, but I needed something to play at home. I found an old guitar that my sister played earlier. My Mom enrolled me in the Community Cultural Arts program; eight guitar lessons for $18. I took sixteen lessons and that was end of my formal training. It's been by ear ever since. I was listening to "After the Gold Rush" for over 3 year...

I joined SongRamp back in the Early 2000s. I amassed so much inspiration from the other writers here; principal muses include but are not limited to: Ralston Bowles, Michael Campbell and Lucy Webster. But, just like any edifice that has fulfilled the measure of it's creation.... constructs de-materialize and other forms supplant them. I will miss the intimate way in which we could bounce ideas and visions off of one another and then swing around and share them with the rest of the community. I k...