The gig was amazing. Thank you. More coming up! See below.- TrevorGood 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 sl

On music and structure

Aug 30th, 2023 8m 2s

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 sist

Singing loud and saying everything

Aug 9th, 2023 10m 56s

"What Freud mistook for her lack of civilization is woman's lack of loyalty to civilization" - Lillian SmithMoving forward: On self-silencing and un-silencing.A savvy cultural commentator might say that David Bowie died an extremely artistic, e

Venice: a Voice Memo

Jul 26th, 2023 13m 9s

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.

Time flies

Jul 19th, 2023 3m 2s

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

"Hey man I thought you were a Cellist."

Jul 12th, 2023 10m 50s

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

Tour Announcement (aka the dipping back in of the toes)

Jul 5th, 2023 5m 45s

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

"The thing that I enjoy the most"

Mar 24th, 2021 1h 4m

080: Chris WhiteGood 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

"A safe place to deal with my problems"

Mar 17th, 2021 48m 51s

079: Dwight RitcherGood 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 t

"It's important to find things that give you pleasure in life"

Mar 10th, 2021 1h 4m

078 Gideon FreudmannGood 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

Creativity is in the cracks.

Mar 3rd, 2021 26m 37s

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

"Music is the first language that made sense to me"

Feb 24th, 2021 1h

076: Eugene FriesenGood 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

"It's part of the fabric of my family and my community"

Feb 17th, 2021 45m 1s

075: Samuel GlazebrookGood 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

"Music is the most powerful method for advancing culture."

Feb 10th, 2021 57m 3s

074: Joey ChangGood 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 l

Stephen A. Thomas

Feb 3rd, 2021 1h 8m

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 re

New album out today!

Feb 1st, 2021 4m 50s

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

"To connect with other people about things that matter"

Jan 27th, 2021 50m 57s

072: Aaron GilmartinGood 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 f

"My spirit always has to make music"

Jan 20th, 2021 1h 6m

071: Pyeng ThreadgillGood 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 t

"It's part of my DNA"

Jan 13th, 2021 1h 3m

Episode 070: Teddy KumpelGood 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 in

"It connects me to everything beyond the human experience"

Jan 6th, 2021 1h 8m

069: Mai BloomfieldGood 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, I

"Try not to have any shame about what you do"

Dec 16th, 2020 30m 13s

068: Yousef BassirpourGood 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

"To sing is to pray"

Dec 9th, 2020 45m 13s

067: George CrottyGood 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 ra

"It's irresistible to me, I wouldn't want it any other way"

Dec 2nd, 2020 36m 14s

066: Nathan GillisGood 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 o

"It's all for something"

Nov 18th, 2020 1h 23m

065: AJ NocitoGood 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 partner

"It's always a peak life experience"

Nov 11th, 2020 51m

064: Kent KlinemanGood 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