My Rich Ratio

Deep down inside I'm convinced that I'm an utter fool about money. I'm also convinced that I'm actually quite a lot better about it than a lot of folks. Certainly better than most musicians. We're a bunch of nincompoops about money on the whole. That's partly because we don't make very much of it, but it's also for the wonderful and compelling reason that we have other fish to fry. We aren't in it for the money, after all. If we were, we wouldn't be in it. My suspicions as to

Scott Foglesong

Nov 15

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Nov 15

Conspicuous Consumption

That's about the only phrase that applies to the latest issue of a major audiophile magazine. In this time of people worrying about money, of families doing without, of inflated grocery prices and all the rest, I almost can't stand to look at this particular magazine without a feeling of near-disgust creep over me. It has gone far beyond any notion of good sound or better sound or any kind of sound. It's all about conspicuous consumption at this point. They've been criticized

Nov 2

Introverts of the World, Don't Unite

Today I remembered a cute cartoon from some years ago, of a stick-figure young woman going about a happy day on her own. She played with her dog, had her lunch, read books, went for walks and bicycle rides, and tended her garden. It made for a fine counter to those folks who just can't seem to understand how people can be happy living on their own, without a lot of social contact. Introverts, in other words. People who like to be on their own, people who actually become stres

Oct 28

Looking Around

Retirement is in the air, at least from my main teaching job. It’s not coming really soon, but it is definitely coming. I’ve been...

Sep 30

The Whole Shebang

I started getting bit by the record-collecting bug when I was in what we used to call Junior High school, nowadays Middle School. I had...

Sep 25

The No-Fly Zone

Over the course of my lifetime as a low-key audiophile I have bought a fair amount of audio equipment. Most of it is well-made, reliable,...

Sep 20

Oh, for Heaven's Sake

Here I go again on the subject of a ridiculously overpriced audio component. In this case it's an integrated amplifier – meaning it...

Sep 13

I've been a professor at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music for almost fifty years. I'm also a pianist, a writer, and a speaker on music. When I'm not doing music I'm an avid gardener and a dedicated manager of my comfortable suburban home.