In my previous post, I reflected on my “why” for playing music and how that “why” evolved over the past three decades. Five years ago when I was in my early forties, I decided that writing, recording, and performing music that I didn’t absolutely love would no longer...

I’ve grappled with this question my whole life. The “why” question. Why do I carry this urge to create things, or more particularly in my case, to create music? I have been a consistently active musician since playing in my first rock bands in high school. For a...