As a child I remember my siblings telling me, "Na na a boo boo, stick your head in doo doo!" It usually occurred when I was chasing them and was never able to catch them. I always got the feeling of not being fast enough or good enough at what ever game we were playing. When you grow up, you realize that life seems, at times, like nothing but a successive stream of real life playground games. After my divorce, I had a string of people enter my life that included friends an

I like to keep track of what is happening with the indie music scene in all genres because I love to hear new music, and I love to hear the stories behind the people that are compelled to perform it. One artist that has fascinated me is a woman from Germany that is taking several indie music charts by storm by the name of Daniela Maida Mai. Maida is a police officer and paramedic that has just started writing songs, but she started playing guitar years ago to help her cope

The Gulf Coast region is a great place to be a musician. There are a lot of venues and restaurants that are looking for live performers, and there is a progressive free spirited community that simply loves life and all it has to offer while maintaining the charm of the south. A group of these free spirited musicians can be found playing in all sorts of places. One band in particular can be found not only performing to the general public, but in nursing homes performing for

It was Christmas, and my mom gave me some money to spend on myself. All I wanted to do was write songs, so what did I buy? I bought a Ukulele. I was proud of my instrument and even asked a random stranger in Old Town Bay Saint Louis to take a picture of me holding it. I immediately posted a picture of it on Facebook, and people immediately began to ask when I was going to play it. It did not take long before I was inspired to write a song featuring my new toy. I was talk