Writing this in the backyard of Scott’s friend Josh, a saxophonist in New Orleans who is nice enough to put us up for the week. There is a warm breeze and it is a sticky but beautiful 80 degrees, although it is kicking up a bit and there are some storm warnings. Some carryovers from […]
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Tour Post #2
Tour Post #1
Okay, so I waited a little longer than I would have liked to post my first tour blog, but I’m going to try to give a quick rundown of our first couple of stops: Our first stop was at the Applegate Lodge in Applegate, Oregon, which was a great first show because we had played […]
Upcoming Tour Blog
It’s less than a week now from when I will be on the longest tour I’ve ever done, three and a half weeks to New Orleans with the Polyrhythmics, and I haven’t done a tour blog since the first tour of my career, when Hardcoretet went down the coast to Los Angeles 5 years ago! […]
April Excitement
I had a nice excursion North to Bellingham the last couple of days; Theoretics had a solid first Bellingham show at the Wild Buffalo, and I was able to spend the following day with Karl, drummer for the band Polecat, who the Polyrhythmics have shared bills and festivals with pretty frequently. It was good to […]
2013 Dog Blog!
As promised, here is a pictorial tribute to all the pooches I was likely enough to meet throughout the Pacific Northwest and along the West Coast. There were more, but unfortunately it was difficult to document the others. Here’s to more friends, dog and human, in 2014. Happy New Year everyone! […]
Happy Holidays!
One of the many Love’s Truck Stops in the great state of Idaho: The end of this year has been punctuated with tours to Los Angeles and Montana, as well as working with new recordings and new musical ideas. I’m still trying to find a sound and approach that I can consistently use in all […]
Summer Recap
Another eventful summer is coming to a close; in many ways this one was an extension of the tours, trips, and festivals that I really began to experience last year, and yet at the same time I could feel my “adult” life begin in Seattle. I’ve become (slightly) more organized with my teaching schedule, […]
Jazz, Teaching, and Lucky Brown
A couple of really fun performances around town over the past couple of weeks: Claudio Rochat-Felix and Michael Marcus at 418 Public House: Drums, Bass, and Saxophone. Really cool chance to stretch on things and mess with forms in interesting ways. Claudio, Tim Kennedy, Ian Sheridan, and Thomas Marriott at Vito’s: First time playing with […]
New Photos Up
I added a new gallery of photos taken from Hardcoretet’s performance at Central Washington University. The show was after an evening clinic/master class with some of the music students there, our second one at CWU, and the reception was very warm and enthusiastic. I enjoy playing music at bars and smaller clubs; I think the […]
Road Post
Posting from my phone for the first time, while riding in the van with the Polyrhythmics in Idaho! I plan on putting up an album with some of the more beautiful views when I get back home. This is the longest amount of time that I have been on the road, traveling and playing music, […]