As an art form, music is pretty unique. It’s unlike painting, sculpture, architecture, glasswork—and a bunch of other kinds of art—for one big reason. It takes time to unfold and make sense. Unlike other art forms, music must have time to work its way from beginning to end. To put it another way, it’s easy to experience

Color is everywhere. And every day, we’re surrounded by a full spectrum of blues, greens, reds, yellows, and so on. Color is what makes life interesting. And frankly, it just looks cool. Which is probably why artists love using color in their projects. Picasso was a fan of combining different colors and shapes. And so was

It’s true … squares and circles really are everywhere. And they’re more than just the inspiration for song lyrics. Over thousands of years, these two basic shapes have worked their way into our everyday lives. Maybe it’s because they each have such a simple design. The square, with its solid corners … and the circle, with its

Besides maybe war, poverty, and disease, there’s nothing worse than forgetting the idea for a really great song. Seriously … it’s happened to me more than I’d like to admit. Sometimes, I would be out on a hike, or in the car—or anywhere, really—when I’d think of a cool lyric or melody. But by the time

Right now, I’m reading an excellent book called “Leonardo: The First Scientist” by Michael White. I already knew it, but da Vinci was basically awesome. And this book has a lot of information that’s new to me. Like, did you know that Leonardo wrote over 13,000 pages of notes over his lifetime … but only half of