Hi Friends! Hope you’re doing well. After reading my Training Perfect Pitch and Rhythm (over 1,100 views, thank you so much!), and that “I’ve listened to an average of 10 hours of music per day”, many have asked what I listen to. That motivated what will be a now weekly series, for my posts each Monday, highlighting a specific genre and timeline of music I enjoy, and roughly a CDs worth of songs to listen to. Of course, I’ll include some explanation as to the history and wh

Hi Friends! Hope you're doing well. I'm 13 today and what better time to preview the 2026-2027 NBA season. The season begins October 20th with a triple-header where Joe Mazzulla’s Celtics travel to Detroit to play against a reigning Eastern Conference #1 seed Pistons at 12pm PDT, the most hyped offseason team 76ers with newly added LeBron James and Jaylen Brown head to the Garden to play Jalen Brunson’s reigning champ NY Knicks at 4pm PDT, and a Western Conference Finals reve

Hi Friends! Hope you're doing well. Time for some early football overreactions from the CFB and NFL based on the first few weeks of play. Will some come true? Maybe, but most likely not. These are mostly ludicrous OVERreactions though some may feel plausible. Some will be teams we expect to be terrible who showed out with hyperbolic success conclusions. Others will be teams we expected to be great who looked awful with doomsday scenarios. Between my own and a few guest contri

Hi Friends! Hope you're doing well. You might recall my Ed Sheeran Loop Tour Review from early August. As a fellow music innovator, singer, guitarist, pianist, percussionist, and producer, who's learning and growing musically every day, Ed's definitely a hero of mine. I know his music well, he's my favorite artist, and I hope this piece inspires you to listen to some of his work. Photo created with help from ChatGPT #8: Autumn Variations (2023) Autumn Variations is Ed’s first

Hi Friends! The 2026-2027 NFL season opens this evening at 5:20 pacific time at Lumen Field, and my Dad (Seahawks fan) is going with my Uncle (Patriots fan)! It's a Super Bowl rematch between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots. In case you forgot, the Seahawks beat the Patriots 29-13 in Super Bowl LX led by the historic Dark Side Defense (see DVOA and the 2025 Seahawks). For my #TLDR readers, here is a quick summary of my 2026-2027 NFL predictions before I dive

Hi Friends! The college football season is about to start, which means it's time for my Big Ten Football Preview! Before that, thanks so much for all your support of my blog, and for making Music x Yoga by far my most viewed blog, with over 1,000 views! Thanks too for all your comments, both online and via direct message. Back to football. The Big 10 this year is the first conference to have the top two teams in the preseason ranking (AP Poll) since 1987, the year my Dad, who

Hey Friends! This is a long one filled with sports, math, and history, so grab some popcorn and let's get to it! Data is a huge part of sports today and advanced analytics help players and teams understand their strengths and challenges even better. Defense-adjusted Value Over Average or DVOA is an amazing metric used in the NFL. Here’s a breakdown of how it works. The specific details are more involved and proprietary so even if we wanted to we couldn’t share them. What is