This evening I saw a slice of Lou Reed live on TV. I wasn’t really getting into it in a big way – he is an example of a guy I have the utmost respect for – I know that we have very little in common as people other than the basics though.

I really appreciate people like him, great producers of art that even a glimpse of his life can alter your own. For me, the album “Magic and Loss” was just an amazing take on cancer and death. As a musician, I know my life is enriched from facing more truth and musically and emotionally this album is just mindblowing.

Listening to it makes me know I’m alive.

Rock is not a fundamental drive for me, which it is for Lou, so I feel its a mood thing. I’m up late on this night listening to him and I know I’ll come back to it again and again throughout my life.

I also like the judicious use of the eventide audio DSP.

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