Shagtastic Voyage

I was reading an article in the December issue of Downbeat magazine called “Thief!” by Ed Enright. It really kind of opened my eyes to a side of piracy that I never really thought of.

DIG #8 Ok guys, with my freelance work, teaching, my album, and a butt load of additional responsibilities at my day gig, I have been a bit lax on the blogging. But alas, I come to you with a brand spanking new DIG! The Edge of the Forest (Clean Feed, 2008) from trumpeter, Darren Johnston, [...]

Ok, you’ve got a lot going on, right? You’ve got music to make and tours to play and social networks to maintain so, why should you throw anything else into the mix? Well, let’s see…somebody asks someone you know “hey, I need a band to play…” and that somebody hands them your business card. Now, [...]

Over the last few days, I have been working on a blog for www.dothanjazz.com called, Local Fav. It’s a new concept for the site where I take a local musician and write about what they are doing. This one was about a trumpet player named Jermaine English who just released a single called It’s Alright. [...]

It’s already time for another DIG and man do I have a good one for you! It’s an older album by saxophonist, Chris Potter, that I came across while randomly hitting buttons on my Droid. I’ve loved the album since I first heard it a couple years back and now it has, once again, taken over my [...]

I’m no economist (though I did make a B in my Macro class in college) but, as we all do, I have my own opinions on many economic topics. The recent recession is, of course, one of them. I have pondered and read about the causes and effects and I have come to realize that [...]

Ok, I’m gonna try to stay calm and not use any profanity with this subject…It’s gonna be tough, though. Illegal downloading is a sore subject with me. I have a lot of friends that do it who equate it to getting a book from a friend then giving it back…Yea, not the same thing. Fact [...]