Do you know what a didgeridoo is? There are so many things in this life that are unknown to us. I bet you could find out about something outside your normal sphere of vision and experience everyday for the rest of your life and still not get close to knowing about everything out there. Not to mention the number of things we don’t know about our own internal selves-physical, emotional, spiritual...

Every searching artist wants to get there. It’s that magical place where something takes over, you know, when something bigger than you whispers in your ear and says “Relax – I’ll take it from here!” I like to call it the ’soul zone’, others simply call it the ‘zone’, I’m sure there are many other names for it. For those of you who don’t...

Have you ever started learning a lick or exercise and stopped practicing it before you had mastered it? Now I don’t know you, but my guess the answer to the question is yes! Why is that? Why did you stop, when it was something that you REALLY wanted to learn? There are quite a few reasons for it, but the one I would like to mention now is what I call the “point of discipline”. This...

While Richard Nixons diplomatic visit to China may have created a minor thaw in Sino-US relations, he was not the first President to try to get in sync with the Chinese. Thomas Jefferson preceded him by close to two centuries. Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States, happened to be (in contrast to the current US President) an intelligent man, amazing inventor and, as DNA tests have...

When Akio Morita came up with the idea of the Sony Walkman all of his colleagues at the thought he was completely insane. The general consensus was that people wouldnt want to walk around the streets wearing headphones. Everyone thought the idea was ludicrous and that it would never catch on. That was in the late 1970s. By the early 1980s Moritas vision had proved inspirational. The Sony Walkman became...

I bet your wondering all about the Micheal Jackson Trail. Do you think he’s guilty. All of us are entitled to have different opinions. I believe Micheal Jackson isn’t guilty, because not enough evidence was shown during the trial. The child who had cancer switched up his stories so many times you don’t know what to believe any more. If there is some one to blame I believe the parents...

One of the Appalachian Mountain region’s greatest contributions to the world is Bluegrass music. Born in hills and hollows, Bluegrass is simply mountain folk music with heavy Celtic influences. Today, you can hear the sweet harmonies of Bluegrass instruments and smooth vocals throughout the United States, and indeed the world. Bluegrass festivals abound, featuring performers from all over...