The best music comes from the heart, not sheet music. 

Thus says the noir detective fiction story writer, Montgomery Stratton.  Stratton has a point – music is best when the musician plays from the heart and the deepest parts of the soul.  Otherwise, all that emanates is a cacophony of musical notes that anyone can bang out.

But when the heart and soul speak . . .

©2022 Colcannon Metropolis, excerpt from “Points Well Taken”