There is no “easy” or “hard”, there is only “familiar” or “unfamiliar.” ~ Victor Goines, Director of Jazz Studies, Northwestern University

Welcome to the re-incarnation of Fat Man Ranting! But I suppose we should now call it Not-So-Fat Man Ranting! FMR was the title of a blog that I used to write in my youth where I would do my therapy ranting about life, music, sports, etc. I’ve decided to ressurect it, however, it will have a more “grown-up” perspective. It will contain what I hope will be some common sense views on the things in life that are important to me; music, trumpet, practicing, family, Brewers baseba