-
-
Latin Jazz Network
“Latin Jazz Network is a project dedicated to the advancement of Latin jazz and its creators. Since 2000 LJN has been spreading the word about this wonderful music known under the umbrella term: LATIN JAZZ.” Read my work on Latin Jazz Network
-
Imagination and Material Creation
Esoteric teachings frame imagination as creative technology, not mere fantasy. Through concentration, visualization and sensory detail, high imagination transforms invisible potential into material reality. The sixteenth-century alchemist Paracelsus offers us this metaphor: “Imagination is like the Sun. The Sun has a light which is not tangible; nevertheless, it may set a house on fire.” This…
-
Frequency and Form
My writings about the invisible forces that shape visible experience. Collected here.
-
Understand Who Gets an Opinion and Who Gets a Vote
I’ve become allergic to the word ‘should’. When someone uses it on me, I recoil. The certainty behind it reveals something: the speaker has confused their opinion with my reality. Everyone has thoughts about your life choices. Your family thinks you should call home more often. Your co-worker has strong opinions on how you should…
-
-
Sound is a Spiritual Technology
Mystery schools taught that sound functions as both creative force and transformative fire, capable of elevating consciousness toward divine union or scattering attention into base patterns. In the hidden chambers of ancient mystery schools, initiates discovered that sound possessed the power to transform consciousness. This understanding forms a consistent thread connecting diverse esoteric traditions across…
-
2025 Davey Awards
Spotlight On & The Tonearm Best Live Episode, Silver 2025, Live at The Royal Room: improvisation in music and life General-Music Website, Silver 2025, The Tonearm
-
Don’t Make Plans That Require Miracles
Miracle-dependent planning feels good in the moment. It’s optimistic. It makes us feel capable and confident. We tell ourselves we’re being ambitious, not unrealistic. But we are confusing hope with strategy. Good plans account for normal human limitations. Bad plans assume everything will go perfectly. Build in extra time, because things take longer than expected….
-
All About Jazz
September 24, 2025 Jazz Forward Award Winners All About Jazz, a driving force for jazz music since 1995, is thrilled to honor and celebrate industry trailblazers who actively promote jazz awareness, discovery, and culture through its prestigious Jazz Forward award program. Carefully selected by a team of industry visionaries, recipients don’t just receive an award;…
-
The Physics of Creative Flow
Musicians describe their instruments as having ‘personality’ and painters talk about how different brushes ‘feel’ in their hands. These artists are picking up on something real, their materials actually do respond to specific vibrational inputs. The Western mystery traditions got something right about creativity that modern culture has mostly forgotten: vibration creates reality, not the…
-
Chasing Flying Saucers Made Me A Better Thinker
What I learned from a childhood obsession with the impossible As a child I would stay up all night, reading books like Chariots of the Gods, Erich von Däniken’s book that popularized the “ancient astronaut” theory of extraterrestrials who meddled in paleo-human affairs. Later, I collected UFO books with names like The UFO Cover-Up, Above…
