I’m a musician, writer, and comic artist. Welcome to my website.
All tagged Jazz
Reverb is one of those effects that works well both subtle and extreme. Sometimes you might want to just add a little space to your guitar signal, and sometimes you might want to play “surf” music or create ambient washes. So you might wonder if a mini reverb pedal can accomplish both subtle and extreme effects well...
I have been recording and releasing original jazz songs on this website for a while. Now I have collected all nine of them together into an album and made it available for free on Noisetrade.
One of my hopes for 2107 is to write and record more music. So here is my first offering for 2017, called Here In This Moment. You can listen to it on the Media page.
I started to start a jazz band back in August. My idea was a little untraditional. Instead of a standard fixed line up for the band, I decided I wanted to have a “collective” of musicians who could play whenever they are available. There were good reasons for this...
I’m starting to start a jazz band. Starting a band can be difficult. You have a vision in you head but no one else can read your mind. So you try to explain it using words. Unfortunately, words are mostly inadequate when it comes to explaining music. And then...
I have posted my latest recording for my "My Kind Of Jazz" song demo album. It is a jazz song called "Preston." I wrote it the morning of the day my grandson Preston was born so I named it after him. I hope you enjoy it. You can find it on the Media page.
I have posted my latest recording for my "My Kind Of Jazz" album. It is a jazz song called "Quite Alright." I hope you enjoy it. You can find it on the Media page.
I have completed and posted the latest jazz song from my upcoming album My Kind of Jazz. You can listen to it on the Media page. I hope you like it. Let me know what you think.
Way back in July of 2104 I started working on a chord melody arrangement of the jazz standard A Day In The Life Of A Fool. The title was prophetic. It was a major challenge. I did eventually work out an arrangement I thought sounded good. And I began practicing it. It took a long time to memorize and even longer to be able to play it well. Then I tried to make a video of myself playing it. Ha!
