Lickpenny Loafer

I just heard from a Canadian uber musician I used to chill with in Johannesburg. He was a genius engineering grad, doing developmental work in africa when he realised that it was all about The Music. Ron writes-

"To be a musician is not necessarily a choice. Like many other things, it begins and continues on with a slow, rising compulsion. We start with an ideal in mind,only to have it shattered and recreated a thousand more times. Fruition is here today, gone tomorrow. But, there is much solace in the appreciation of the process. For one who is unknown, it can bring tremendous gratification and much needed lift. And so I share my process- not just to energize a waning ego, but to offer another voice for any who wish to hear."

His band is called Lickpenny Loafer, and you can check their awesome mp3s online, or if your Canada side go drop by a gig. As a general ninja his insights into music are worth a read.

Mad props to Ron for following the call.

"But lets stick with strictly sadness for a moment... it was Theodore Dreiser who said, "Art is the stored honey of the human soul, arriving on wings of misery and travail"...I think somewhere in the process of our evolution, the breadth of sensitivity and expression that defines our emotional basis basically exploded. "