#ChicagoParents I've started teaching #GuitarLessons! Available for kids in grades K-12, in Chicago's #WestSuburbs. I'll travel to you. Experience with #neurodiverse kids!

#MusicSky The new episode of #CampfireSongsPodcast dropped this week! Check it out - Episode #43 with music from Fust, Ed Dowie, #BonniePrinceBilly, Shame, Unrest, The Feelies, Robb Young, and Ron Sexsmith. #podcast #MusicPocast www.buzzsprout.com/1460920/epis...

How does one lose an entire #guitar case but still have the guitar? #greatmysteries

Seeing @willoldham.bsky.social in a couple of weeks. Listening to the new one in prep.

#currentmood hoponpop.bandcamp.com/track/if-you...

#MusicSky This song. A ballad that is about the closest thing to an anthem that I've written. "Written under the influence of @themagfields.bsky.social recorded under the influence of #therollingstones #songwriting #indierock hoponpop.bandcamp.com/track/we-mad...

#MusicSky I wrote a song called "Tortured Artist" a little while ago. It's on the second Hop on Pop record and I think it's kinda fun. Especially the last little bit, which makes me giggle. It's fun to be clever. hoponpop.bandcamp.com/track/tortur...

#MusicSky! Happy #BandcampFriday! I have nothing new to offer, but the same 4 or 5 albums that have been up for a little while. I cover a bunch of styles: #IndiePop, #Americana, #punk, #IndiePop and more. Please support indie artists, whether it's me or someone else. Thanks! hoponpop.bandcamp.com

The new episode of my #podcast just went live! With conversation and great tunes from Dandy Livingstone, Slap Happy Humphrey, Skaggs, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Dubinski, The Cannanes, Horsegirl, and Peter Holsapple. #musicpodcast #indiemusic #MusicSky www.buzzsprout.com/1460920/epis...

After a hiatus, getting together on Friday to record the next episode of the Campfire Songs #podcast. No guest this time, but I did start a running list of the guests that we HAVE had join us. And here is a link to the show: www.buzzsprout.com/1460920 Hope you check it out. #MusicPodcast #MusicSky

#MusicSky Today's song of the day. Maybe I tried to do too much with the production/arrangement? I still think it's one of my better compositions - I mean, 9-TRACK GUITAR HARMONY! #Indie #songwriting #guitar hoponpop.bandcamp.com/track/spinni...

1/3 A writing exercise I did a few months ago: tell the story of 5 minutes in your life in EXACTLY 100 words. “This is My Guy” (100-word memoir) I was having brain surgery. In prep, as the sedative creeped into my veins, the surgeon appeared; a serious, hard-faced man of 60 years.

#MusicSky #songwriting Reminiscing about when I started writing. I really wanted to be #JayFarrar from #UncleTupelo (and #SonVolt). You can hear it clearly -- maybe too clearly. But I still think the songs were pretty good. hoponpop.bandcamp.com/track/whiskey

#MusicSky List of #RecordStores. Please add your own. CHICAGO: - Dusty Groove - Esp. for jazz, blues, soul, & int'l - Reckless Records - Classic indie/underground stores - Laurie's Planet of Sound - Cute local store - Vintage Vinyl (Evanston) - Overpriced but it's your spot for hard-to-find UK stuff

#MusicSky #IndieRock Just cuz I want you to have a listen. I hope you like it. hoponpop.bandcamp.com/track/tortur... Let me know what you think, if you do.

#MusicSky #IndieRock #Americana #Songwriting Solo-acoustic recording of a song that I really want to re-record with a full band. I'll get to it soon. hoponpop.bandcamp.com/track/i-got-...

Stolen from a friend: If you are angry we have Pride Month, you are the reason we have Pride Month. #pride2025

Another thing that I put into the world that will still be around after I am gone. Even if nobody listens to it, it's out there: hoponpop.bandcamp.com

Even if I never become a "high achiever." Even if I struggle for the rest of my life. I have put something into the world that I am proud of. My kids. Two decent, fundamentally good people who will make their own impact on the world around them.

File under: things one thinks about when high. This, and snacks.

#MusicSky #songwriting #coversongs The periodic sharing of this playlist of cover versions of songs I've written. AKA - my ego boost. soundcloud.com/poptodd/sets...

Woody: What's shaking, Mr. Peterson? Norm: Four cheeks and a couple of chins. #RIPGeorgeWendt 😞

#MusicSky Every #instrumental I write seems to be in D minor. Yes, I know, the saddest of all keys. But this one is not sad. IT seems to make people dance in very silly ways. hoponpop.bandcamp.com/track/leo-go...

#MusicSky I've been listening to my own music today... and enjoying it! My metaphorical dick is in my own metaphorical hand and I am real-life loving it! #AuralMasturbation hoponpop.bandcamp.com/music

Now listening. DJCalc always plays great tunes.

#MusicSky I was sitting on this chord progression for several years. No lyrics. Until one day, they all came pouring out of me in as long as it took me to write it all down. One of those magic moments where you pluck it from the ether. #songwriting hoponpop.bandcamp.com/track/this-a...

#MusicSky After I lost my band, I indulged my ADD and made a sort of 1-band mixtape. 10 songs; 10 lineups; 10 different styles. Recorded over 10 sessions at 4 studios. No two songs alike. #Indie #Americana #SynthPunk #Country #Ballads Whatever. hoponpop.bandcamp.com/album/chicke...

#MusicSky #PunkRock I played this for my friend Norm soon after we completed it in 1994. He was a music geek, like me. "You've got a good voice," he told me in all seriousness. I did a literal double-take. I had never heard anybody say those words to me before. hoponpop.bandcamp.com/track/whiskey

#MusicSky #Americana #CountryMusic #MentalHealth A song about struggling, mentally. I'm proud of quite a bit about this one. Would love it if you listened and shared. hoponpop.bandcamp.com/track/if-you...

#MusicSky Made a playlist of (mostly) Brazilian and African music - with a couple other styles thrown in. For those of you who are curious and want a good intro to these kinds of things. Let me know what you think, if you listen. open.spotify.com/playlist/07t...

#MusicSky I wrote this song after getting forced out of a band of mine. I was pretty hurt. But we're all friends again. hoponpop.bandcamp.com/track/come-a...

#currentmood hoponpop.bandcamp.com/track/9-at-a...

#MusicSky Hey all you #collegeradio #DJs, #musicpodcasters, and others who share music with the masses, please check out what I have to offer. And, if you could see your way to adding any songs to your sets, I would be forever appreciative. ALL ARE FREE DOWNLOADS. Thank you. hoponpop.bandcamp.com

#MusicSky #AnalogAfrica rarely fails me when it comes to great #AfricanMusic comps. This one is typically outstanding! #SomalianMusic

#MusicSky #Americana #PunkRock An early song of mine, from when I desperately wanted to be in #UncleTupelo. Can ya' tell? hoponpop.bandcamp.com/track/whiskey

#MusicSky Quick turnaround on the newest episode of Campfire Songs #Podcast! Special guest Andrew Colvin of Popular Creeps and Sinking Ships. With conversation & songs by: Sinking Ships, The Loft, The Minus 5, Wire Train, Julien Baker & Torres, and more! www.buzzsprout.com/1460920/epis...

#MusicSky This is the song I was listening to when the light bulb went on over my head: "I want to learn how to play guitar." #JudasPriest #guitar youtu.be/LKuuHfMx3CQ?...

#MusicSky #musicians #IndieRock Please listen and let me know if you think the album is done or if you would want one more song. It's been 8 years since I recorded/added the most recent song. I'm thinking of just sending it to mastering and calling it a day. hoponpop.bandcamp.com/album/one-by...

Giving this album a first listen. DAMN! It's GOOD! #BrazilianMusic #BossaNova open.spotify.com/album/5S7lcr...

It appears the economy has hit home. If any of you know of any opportunities, I am searching for roles as: - Copywriter - Internal Comms Specialist - Sr Copywriter - Internal Comms Mgr Or, if you could know a #recruiter who places roles like these! Thank you! #opentowork #copywriter #internalcomms

#MusicSky Today is #BandcampFriday: the day Bandcamp forgoes their share. If you were thinking about picking up some music, today is a great day to do it. Especially if you were thinking about throwing a couple of sheckels my way. Here is my complete Bandcamp discography: hoponpop.bandcamp.com/music

#MusicSky Posting this because I feel like it needs to be shared for anybody who is a fan of #LouReed, #BobDylan, or any other street poet. I think #PeterLaughner is right up there with the best of them.

#JohnBelushi died on this day in 1982. Despite being only 11, I remember it hitting me really hard. I thought he was the funniest person in the world. And, more than that, he seemed like the kind of adult I wanted to know. Not because he was famous, but because I felt like I would have liked him.

#MusicSky File under: #SongsThatDeserveBetter This solo recording is pretty bad, I admit, at least my performance is crap. But I always liked the melody; I think it deserves a better take & a real arrangement. Anybody want to help make it happen? Near #Chicago. hoponpop.bandcamp.com/track/a-perf...

#MusicSky #IndieRock #Songwriting Heard this song today & realized that it doesn't have a chorus. Makes it even weirder that this is the song from this record that became the single by default when the radio stations and such latched onto it. hoponpop.bandcamp.com/track/ashes-...

#musiciansky #musicsky #songwriting Finally writing. This is a very rough draft. Verses not even close to there. But the chorus... on.soundcloud.com/RABheEDoAXxh...

Posting one of my own songs because I haven't had a listener in weeks. Something totally unlike anything else I ever recorded. The opening track from my second album. #IndieRock #MusicSky hoponpop.bandcamp.com/track/here

1/3 #cooking My wife is trying to eat healthier, so I took inspiration from Lou Malnati's gluten-free sausage "crust" pizza for my dinner tonight: Spreading (doctored) sweet Italian chicken sausage from #TraderJoes as the crust - spread thinly on an olive oil-coated baking sheet.

The newest episode of my #musicpodcast has dropped! www.buzzsprout.com/1460920/epis... Great tunes from #ClemSnide, #Annalibera, #JosephKabasele, #PigeonClub, #ScruffytheCat, #Drugstore, #UltimatePainting, and #NakedGiants.