I just have to write about this… I was on a call last night for a friend of mine who has a team of individuals who have taken that leap of faith to change their lives… on many levels… and I relate to that… I have to. Doesn’t matter where we’ve been… what we’ve done… it’s what we are *becoming*.  In a...

I was sitting in Caribou Coffee this morning here in Baltimore taking in a beautiful morning having finished up another great run with Chicago.  It never gets old… hearing the crowds having an experience… seeing the young people showing up… some with a wonder of, “Let’s see what these people do!” I’m really getting more...

Ok, so I’m in my hotel room today in NYC, working away… having the time of my life and I realize, “Get outside dude!”  I go downstairs and it’s a bit chilly, a little misty but I decide to walk down to 48th to the music stores. Manny’s?  Sam Ash?  I don’t know… I remember there’s a Sam Ash but I rarely go...

Evaluating Your Associations by Jim Rohn I’d like for us to take a look at the power of influence in our lives and how it is possible to be nudged off course a little at a time until finally, we find ourselves asking, “How did I get here?” We should ask ourselves three key questions: 1) “Who am I around?” You’ve got to...

That’s what my father said to me when I called him and told him I had joined Chicago as their new tenor lead vocalist in the fall/early winter of 1985.  Yes, he was proud of me and said this with a proud smile.  I know he was being encouraging but I still thought it was an interesting choice of words and I pondered its meaning for quite a while after...

Ah, one of my favorite subjects… I came into the game when it was still rolling, a bit.  I started hearing rumblings of things starting to change back in ’85 such as “Well, there are no more real music people in publishing… they’re all just banks now…”  I consider myself lucky having been *discovered* by Ronny Vance...