Hello,

If this is your first time to Cerebellum Blues, here's the tragic tale of how it came about -- and the not-so-tragic tale what it's about.

In the first month of 2006, I fell in the night and fractured my skull. According the medical reports, I suffered a subdural hematoma on my cerebellum, which is a fancy way of saying I bruised my brain. Happily, the cerebellum doesn’t seem to have much to do with cognitive abilities; sadly, it has everything to do with balance. So, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, I’m dizzy and a touch nauseated. A full recovery is possible, but it could be years, if ever, a thought that, I confess, scares me. An odd side effect of the injury, however, seems to be a rekindling of my love for songwriting. When I was a kid – high school, college – I wrote songs all the time, but a career in advertising put an end to that, and my guitars became more conversation pieces than real instruments. Now, my Strat and other six-strings are once again leading useful lives, so much so, in fact, that I am in the process of making an album. This blog – Cerebellum Blues – is my chronicle of the making of that album, my first ever. And while I deeply wish I did not have to have hurt myself so profoundly to get back into songwriting, I am glad to once again be chasing my muse.

Hope you enjoy being along for the ride!

Jeff