Hi everyone! Lots of exciting stuff happening. Polyrhythmics just returned from 4-day west coast tour that culminated in a show at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, CA. The Hall has been the site of many amazing concerts over the years, and is a beautiful room to play in. I felt very lucky […]
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Updates
Hi all! Happy holiday season to everyone; so far the Winter has me settling in to a new living space in the Magnolia area of Seattle and getting my playing and teaching schedule together, hopefully in some kind of sustainable manner. Bands have been progressing forward in really notable ways: tours, new venues, and plans […]
3 Months In
So here I am, almost 3 months into working exclusively as a musician and teacher. It feels as though my workdays have become compressed; lessons can’t start until kids get out of school, and gigs and rehearsals are almost always at night, plus most gigs are squeezed onto the Fridays and Saturdays of the week. […]
Structure
Some new things adding a bit of organization to my life: This Sunday I start teaching again. I’m really looking forward to it, and I’m motivated to be a better teacher this time around. I wasn’t awful before, just disorganized, constantly scribbling things out for my kids on staff paper or making copies out […]