Shagtastic Voyage

We have one more session and all the tunes will be tracked! I really have to tell you guys that the musicians I have been blessed with on this project are killin’. They are super cool cats who love what they do. I really can’t wait for everyone to hear what we have done. The [...]

Recently, a regional fast food restaurant joined forces with a local Christian radio station and launched what I consider to be one of the smartest marketing campaigns I have ever seen. Now, I’m sure this is not the first time this tactic has been used but I know that down in the Bible Belt, in [...]

Ahhhhh, the quest to fund an album! The days of record labels and development deals are gone, as we all know. As The Gunslinger, Roland, would say, the world has moved on. So, I have been searching for a way to raise money for my upcoming album. I really like the Artist Share approach but [...]

Ok, you’ve got a lot going on, right? You’ve got music to make and tours to play and social networks to maintain so, why should you throw anything else into the mix? Well, let’s see…somebody asks someone you know “hey, I need a band to play…” and that somebody hands them your business card. Now, [...]

Back on the last day of February, I posted a blog which chronicled the first step in recording my upcoming debut studio album. So, here’s an update. Towards the end of last week, I finished the sixth tune for the album. As I mentioned, I already had a few done. I have two tunes left [...]

There is a misguided assumption among hipsters and musicians, these days, that Mac is the Jesus Christ of computers and it is flawless in all ways.  PC’s, in this scenario, are obviously Lucifer. Well, here’s the whole ball of wax… ***I want you to know that I am not saying PC OR Mac is inferior [...]

A full length album has been hanging over my head for years. It has taken me a long time to be happy with where I am and figure out what I am. Well, I think I have gotten there. Though I have released an EP called Live at Featured Players, I haven’t actually organized my [...]

Obviously, the App selection is awesome. There REALLY is an App for everything. Yes, there are ones for leveling pictures and scanning barcodes or a compass or dinner reservations, etc, but there are several that are wonderful for the gigging musician who needs to keep track of expenses, income and mileage. So, I’m going to cover a couple that I use for business and convenience.

Several years ago, I was a pit musician for a couple college theatre department productions. It was one of those situations where you meet new people and, with one or two of them, you just know you will be working together in the future. You know how it is, you really hit it off musically, [...]

For the final installment of this little miniseries, I want to address something that young musicians (including myself…when I was young) deal with. I want to talk about stylistic diversity and what it means to making money as an instrumentalist…