Rob Hoffman, Author at Down on Jane

Musician Burnout: When Making Content Replaces Making Music

Feeding the Machine Yesterday I was in my studio with my PRS El Padre and my daughter’s PRS SE Custom 24, playing the same

I was in Danbury, Connecticut this week for work. It was one stop on a run through New York, New Jersey and

The Email An email landed in my inbox this week from a guy I follow, an audio engineer who’s spent his whole career

Headphones on the Back Porch Last night I sat alone on my back porch, headphones on, and listened to “Fall Under and

A few months ago I was sitting in a parking deck at the Palms in Las Vegas, watching the Strip light up

When I took some time off over Christmas in 2023, I had a simple idea. I was traveling constantly for work and

I left the house first thing, alone. It was raining, the kind of low, gray, sticky rain that western Pennsylvania does better

A conversation with Greg Joseph and Kevin McDonald from The Clarks and Grapevine Let me be upfront about something before this blog

The Obsession I went to N Stuff Music to drop off my Ibanez RGEW521FM (easy name to remember, huh?) for a pickup swap. The stock pickups

Published by Rob Hoffman – Down on Jane Last Saturday night I stood in Mr. Smalls Theatre in Millvale with Tom, Scott,