Although tour has now ended, I am going to pick up where I left off and continue giving some day-to-day posts from the road. These will lead up to Polyrhythmics’ big shows in Portland this Friday and Bend this Saturday, as well as the grand finale in Seattle on November 24. A few things about […]
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Tour Blog, Fall 2018, Day 7
Although tour has now ended, I am going to pick up where I left off and continue giving some day-to-day posts from the road. These will lead up to Polyrhythmics’ big shows in Portland and Bend this weekend, as well as the grand finale in Seattle on November 24. After Chicago we had an early […]
Tour Blog, Fall 2018, Day 6
Polyrhythmics play Chicago for the first time! My sister has lived in Chicago for some years now, so I was happy she would get the chance to see the band in her town. As it turned out, the venue, the Tonic Room, was about a 10-minute-walk from her apartment, so it was an area I […]
Tour Blog, Fall 2018, Day 3
I’m a day or so behind but I’m going to keep going! In Lincoln, Nebraska we played the Zoo Bar, a small blues club that opened in 1973. The walls were covered with old posters and flyers with some of the biggest names in blues music, all of whom had played the Zoo Bar at […]
Tour Blog, Fall 2018, Day 2
Hi Everyone! I’m blogging from Nebraska. Our first show of the tour in Denver went well. I think we’ve built a little following over the several times we’ve played there, and the city has a certain circle of folks that are into creative groove-based music. Also, I always look forward to meeting up with my old friend Justin and his friends […]
Tour Blog, Fall 2018, Day 1
Hi all! I thought I would try to bring the tour blog back (it’s been years!) Last night/this morning I took a 12:50 am flight to Denver, arriving at 4:30 am by myself. The Polyrhythmics van and trailer were somewhere near there at the time, having left Seattle Thursday morning with a few members in […]
Stuck on the Inside
Recently, Grant (drummer for Polyrhythmics) told me that he has been discovering new music primarily from his non-musician friends, rather than other musicians, and that got me thinking about my similar experiences. I would think, logically, that the best resources for music that would be new to me would be my musical and professional peers; […]
Ghost Note Tour
Last month I spent 17 days on the road with Polyrhythmics, having played 13 shows, and on 11 of those shows we shared the stage with the band Ghost Note. Although the road is always thought-provoking and eventful (in addition to a lot of work), it’s the sharing of the stage that’s prompting this post. […]
Saxophone Siblings
I started playing music by learning clarinet when I was 9. I had 2 cassette tapes: one of Swing clarinetist Benny Goodman and one of saxophonist Kenny G. That ended up being the only Kenny G music I had, but I did go on to get several Benny Goodman tapes after that. I then went […]
Writing
Hi all, It feels good to be a little more active in blog posting, so thank you to any of you that have checked out what I’ve been writing the past couple of months! Polyrhythmics recently finished several days writing new music together, which is always very exciting. Last time around, I had a few […]