Play It Like It's Music

The gig was amazing. Thank you. More coming up! See below. - Trevor Good morning. I don't mind staying in the personal realm here. The story of music is too big, anybody's own story is always too big and you can only ever try to convey a small slice of it. I can just try to convey the relevant angle, stay on topic. Point is, there is music to be made. I haven't done much surfing, and I don't consi...

Back from a short (unscheduled) silent spell, just in time for the shows to start this week: Thursday I’m playing my first show of the new stuff with a band. 5:30 pm at South Hill Cider in Ithaca, NY. Opening for Bronwen Exter, my excellent sister who is also lending me her rhythm section. It’s for all ages, there’s no cover and apparently the cider is tasty, so bring the kids! - Trevor I told you...

"What Freud mistook for her lack of civilization is woman's lack of loyalty to civilization" - Lillian Smith Moving forward: On self-silencing and un-silencing. A savvy cultural commentator might say that David Bowie died an extremely artistic, expressive death when he timed his final album release to coincide with it. Alongside all of the grief, you could indulge yourself in thinking - maybe just...

Note: Play It Like It’s Music is growing back into itself, and I thank you for listening. The “show” part of the show will be diversifying as we go along, but next week there’s no episode since I’ll be on vacation celebrating my 50th birthday. We’ll catch back up the following Wednesday. Greetings. Today I’m mostly just going to play for you, so click “Play” to hear some music. It’s a casual hang,...

It’s hard to believe a whole week has passed since last week. I’ll admit to being a little overwhelmed by all of the communication but it feels pretty organized, so I’ll keep rolling with it. Since I opened up the can of worms by announcing the fall tour, I’ve been able to re-connect with quite a few people who are interested in helping out and hosting events. I’m also talking with some great musi...

Hey, thanks for all the lovely responses to last week’s post about the fall tour. I ‘ve been getting many kind thumbs ups, invitations to new places, offers of hospitality, help in booking more gigs and especially house concerts . Please keep em coming! If you’re curious about hosting a house concert, it’s a great way to experience live music more intimately, conveniently and satisfyingly. I love...

Hi, it’s Trevor. How are you? It’s been a while: this is the first email post I’m sending out since early 2021. I’m coming to you today to announce some fall tour dates, my first in many years. I will be sending weekly updates again now, so feel free to adjust your subscription or unsubscribe if that’s too often for you. Thank you for being on this list. If music is a country, I consider you all g...

080: Chris White Good morning! This is the final (for now) episode of Play It Like It’s Music. I’m Trevor, thanks for listening. We’ve got a great guest today to wrap up this phase of the show. On Wednesday, March 24th of 2021 as always, music is not content. It’s connection. I’m thrilled that we made it this far, and this is definitely not goodbye. Just a transition as I lean hard into some of th...

079: Dwight Ritcher Good morning! This is Play It Like It’s Music. I’m Trevor, thanks for listening. On Wednesday, March 17th of 2021 Music is not content, it’s connection. Glad to be here with you today. As I’ve been mentioning, I’ll be winding the show down for now after next week’s episode (#80). It’s been great and I’m super gratified with the response, but I need to focus on a couple of big p...

078 Gideon Freudmann Good morning! This is Play It Like It’s Music. I’m Trevor, thanks for listening. On Wednesday, March 10th of 2021 music is not content, it’s connection. It’s March Madness! As in, I’m going mad over here. There is so much life-stuff interfering in my musical life right now. It’s a weird feeling when you’re a trained professional in something with solid marketable skills that y...

Episode 77: Announcement! (and some choice rants) Good morning! This is Play It Like It’s Music. I’m Trevor, thanks for listening. On Wednesday, March 3rd of 2021 music is not content, it’s connection. Saying hi to you from the interwebs in these uncertain times. I’m going to do something different for this episode. Check it out. [What follows is the full transcript of this week’s show. Feel free...

076: Eugene Friesen Good morning! This is Play It Like It’s Music. I’m Trevor, thanks for listening. On Wednesday, February 24 of 2021 music is not content. It’s connection. I had a crazy performance anxiety dream the other night. In the dream I’m famous enough to get invited to do crazy random things on stage, and they offer me a gig to play Romeo at an outdoor Shakespeare production of Romeo And...

075: Samuel Glazebrook Good morning! This is Play It Like It’s Music. I’m Trevor, thanks for listening. On Wednesday, February 17th of 2021 music is not content. It’s connection. I’m making this connection with you now, and I’m making the content too. It’s all happening in 21. So far I haven’t been impeached but only time will tell. Sam Glazebrook is a cinematographer who spends quite a bit of tim...

074: Joey Chang Good morning! This is Play It Like It’s Music. I’m Trevor, thanks for listening. On Wednesday, February 10th of 2021 music is not content, it’s connection. Folks are listening to the album and writing in with your opinions, and I love it. Kendra said “This is really wonderful. What a groovy new sound for you.. And CONGRATS on this! So much work to take it from concept to reality.”...

073: Stephen A. Thomas (aka Sejen Aios) Good morning! This is Play It Like It’s Music. I’m Trevor, thanks for listening. On Wednesday, February 3 of 2021 music is not content. It’s connection. I’m rockin the new theme music today, which you may recognize from the new record I just put out on Monday. True to my promise, but it was definitely down to the wire. I set the deadline to make a record in...

Good day to you all! I have a special announcement to share with you today. TRIOS 01: lo-fi chamber electronica is available today. This is my first release in six years. But if you read my newsletter and listen to the show you probably know that a lot of music has been brewing. I’ve been through a lot of changes: personal, geographical, spiritual and sonic among others. And this new music is defi...

072: Aaron Gilmartin Good morning! This is Play It Like It’s Music. I’m Trevor, thanks for listening. On Wednesday, January 27th of 2021 music is not content, it’s connection. I’m doing it, I’ve printed the mixes and I’m in the mastering process for this crazy new instrumental album I’ve been talking about. It’ll go up on Bandcamp on February 1 and the chips can fall where they will! It’s an elect...

071: Pyeng Threadgill Good morning! This is Play It Like It’s Music. I’m Trevor, thanks for listening. On Wednesday, January 20th of 2021 music is not content. It’s connection. Big day today. I won’t bore you with my take. Plenty of hot takes out there, for what’s going on. You know? Seriously, the more confusing things get around here, the deeper I’m getting into music. It was probably dumb of me...

Episode 070: Teddy Kumpel Good morning! This is Play It Like It’s Music. I’m Trevor, thanks for listening. On Wednesday, January 13 of 2020 music is not content. It’s connection. I said it last week and I’ll say it again: I’m going to put up an instrumental album on February 1st. It’s going well: I’m scared shitless and frustrated and sad a lot of the time but I guess those are signals that some v...

069: Mai Bloomfield Good morning! This is Play It Like It’s Music. I’m Trevor, thanks for listening. I’m glad to be back with you on a new morning, whatever the day brings! On Wednesday, January 6th of 2021 music is not content. More than ever, It’s connection. OK. NEWSFLASH. I’m going to put up an instrumental album on February 1st. I’ve started it, and I’m working on it this month. I promise tha...

068: Yousef Bassirpour Good morning! This is Play It Like It’s Music. I’m Trevor, thanks for listening. On Wednesday, December 16th of 2020 Music is not content. It’s connection. Yousef Bassirpour is working under the name Big Blind, and the music is heavy, spacious and beautiful. He’s a fixture on the Atwater scene here in LA. Big Blind is an Industrial / Post-Rock project that draws influence fr...

067: George Crotty Good morning! This is Play It Like It’s Music. I’m Trevor, thanks for listening. On Wednesday, December 9th of 2020 Music is not content, it’s connection. I’m glad to be talking with you today, over this amazing little pop-up radio thingy we call podcasting. There are a million shows, so thanks for tuning into this one. It’s about music. Could you tell? Folks have no idea what m...

066: Nathan Gillis Good morning! This is Play It Like It’s Music. I’m Trevor, thanks for listening. On Wednesday, December 2 of 2020 Music is not content! It’s connection. I skipped a week last week. Did you notice? We were too busy cooking food over here (that we’re still eating since it was a tiny gathering). I’m gonna make this quick today. I’ve got some work going down over here, and I’m also...

065: AJ Nocito Good morning! This is Play It Like It’s Music. I’m Trevor, thanks for listening. On Wednesday, November 18th of 2020 music is not content. It’s connection. It's just as hard to find musical partners as it is to find romantic partners. Some people can make it look easy, but finding someone to share the real burdens, who really understands the world the way you do and is brave enough...

064: Kent Klineman Good morning! This is Play It Like It’s Music. I’m Trevor, thanks for listening. On Wednesday, November the 11th of 2020 music is not content, it’s connection. I don’t know about you but I’m really struggling to hold it together mentally this week. After all the goings on and the buildup and whatnot, nerves are fried and it appears the Big Conversation is just going to keep gett...