Shagtastic Voyage

Bassist, Dave Holland, (twitter) is definitely one of the big hitters in the jazz world. Ever since his 1997 release, Points of View, (which also has one of my all-time favorite covers) landed in my hands circa Y2K, I have been inspired by his history, background, and music. Today, his team shared a link on [...]

This was my introduction to the energy of an improvisational performance and Scofield and Dennard blew my hair back every time I saw it.

OK, I am completely addicted to Adam Ben Ezra. His music is great and his videos are just plain awesome. They have bass, ingenuity, comedy, and are usually pretty telling about his lack of a social life. Sounds like a WIN right off the bat, huh? Well, wait ’till you see it.  I came across [...]

This week’s DIG is not only a new release (the first for DIG) but it’s also from a bass player (another first). I was hipped to this cat while reading a great blog by Sarah Crisman called Come play with us, New York. The artist, Yuka Tadano (the YT in YT Little D), is an upright/electric [...]

Today I went to an interview at a local church that hosts a really great music program. This place is huge and has about one hundred and fifty students across several disciplines. I noticed they didn’t have a bass instructor so I emailed them and enquired about the position. I met with the head of [...]

Ok, this is kind of an odd combination, I know. And, just prove how random it actually is, I will tell you this- I got the idea from an Olympics commercial. Anywho, pretty much the main focus of my short blogging career has been the mental side of being a musician, the problems that people [...]

…So, I was in a bit of a conundrum. How in the world am I going to make a living as a musician in such a culturally void city? The answer?…