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.

…Musicians are taking note of all this and, instead of working on getting a “deal”, we are working on building relationships with our fans…

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 [...]

So, I was at a rehearsal the other day and we were going over a Nancy LaMott tune called “Talk To Me, Baby.” This particular gig (a frequent employer of mine) normally has some country and rock (Christian and secular) but never any real jazz. So, a conversation in sued bringing up the fact that the [...]

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 [...]