Greetings, whoever-reads-this! The first blue skies I've seen in awhile. They've mainly been some shade of gray or white. The blue definitely helps with morale..
Music news. Well it's not for about 6 and a half months, but I have a gig I just filled, as far as who I hired. It's at Boone's on November 1st, and will feature Buddy Rogers and Ben Taylor on saxes and bass respectively, as well as my antics on guitar.
Before COVID, I did a fair amount of gigs with Buddy and bassist Rob Killam. Kinda like the Jimmy Giuffre 3, with Jimmy on saxes and clarinet, Jim Hall on guitar and Ralph Pena on bass. This was a drummerless trio from back in the 1950s or 60s.
We did a few Robbie's gigs and a lot of Nursing Home/Assisted Living shows. These were almost always mid-afternoon, and just for an hour or two. You get in a couple hours of playing, and are always home in time for Jeopardy. I miss those days.
I don't have any other gigs at the moment, but I do have a jam session to go to this coming Tuesday. A musician friend from Bloomington, who no longer plays gigs himself, calls this Playing In. Some musicians don't go for this at all. They need the crowd. They've gotta be out there doing it.
For me, playing in is The Great Middle Way, in between playing alone in your room and out in some noisy club. It's still a chance to make music with other humans, and work with the give-and-take of ensemble playing. And in this instance, there's pizza involved.
It's all good though. And I'm still working on the YouTube page. I enjoy the comments from listeners. One even gave a bit of a critique, which is cool. That's actually the nature of my page: stuff from my practice sessions, where I'm usually working with an objective of some sort. Always trying to get better…
And once again, I've reached the end of the page. That's all the music news I had anyway, for the time being. Thanks as ever for stopping in and reading. Much love. More later.
