(This is the transcript of the video “Music & Peace: One World. One Song.” written and produced by Phil Circle.) I’m always reminding people that music is not separate from our day-to-day lives. That it does not exist in a vacuum. I also feel that this is true of the…

I’m pretty proud to be celebrating my nearly 30 years of teaching music, by opening a school. With Phil Circle Music officially becoming a music school for adults, with several teachers providing lessons, we’re also growing a community. I’m delighted to be bringing in teachers who share my philosophy of…

As I become more comfortable in my own skin and thereby easier-going about who I am and what I stand for, it has created a few groundswells in my life. One is that, after a couple decades of ignoring peoples’ insistence that I should open a school and write a…

Usually, when we hear the word “ecosystem” we think of ecology. I know I typically do. For about 40 years I’ve thought of the environmental ecosystem. I’ve always been something a tree hugger. But I’ve also been something of an entrepreneur for about the same amount of time. …

Life, music, and the pursuit of happiness: This pretty well sums up what I’m into, I think. Or feel. Or intuit. I’m sharing this because there are some people who see my posts and maybe read my stories and articles and ask: What’s all this got to do with music? …

What’s so great about music? Other than what each of us says about the ways it touches us personally, gives us a better quality of life, and the good and bad and always poignant memories it reaches for when we hear it… what’s so great about music? For instance, what…

Really: What’s all the excitement about? People often talk about it. Some actually strive for it. A few are even doing it. So, what’s so great about doing what you love? I mean, isn’t everybody getting a little tired of all this purpose-driven life, follow your bliss, authentic self dribble…