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Playing Jazz in Greenwich Village.
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I have often been involved with several projects simultaneously, so why buck a trend? Although I’m spending a lot of time getting my jazz quartet general business and corporate function gigs, I'm trying to branch out as much as possible. This includes writing original material for the quartet (that will certainly be far more adventurous than playing standards for CEO's) and putting together originals for an electric ensemble which I expect to be a radical departure from anything else I've done. Until all the other work is written, rehearsed and recorded I hope the demo of standards we completed in June of '05 will suffice. It can be heard through the link on the MP3's page. In addition to my own continuing search for playing opportunities, I have partnered up with Gigmasters and Sonicbids as a way to advertise our services and interact with potential clients. Click on the links below to connect to these excellent services for the working musician and those seeking to hire entertainment.
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In addition to my work with the quartet, I also am playing in a few commercial groups as a sub and that’s fun, but it is not a consistent thing right now and that’s okay while I keep my focus on the jazz quartet. Another major undertaking for me is my application to colleges here in the New York area. Depending upon where I find the best fit, I hope to be attending classes sometime in ’07 or '08 in an effort to get my Master’s in Music Education. Teaching is something I’ve become increasingly interested in as I think I can do some good in an area that fails far more often than it succeeds. Also, this will make it a lot easier to finance my playing projects and it is my hope that this will be an important stage in my continuing overall musical maturation. Every player I know has gone through a teaching phase at some point in their life and I think it’s my turn to take the plunge. After having been brought in by a number of secondary school programs in the New York metro area as an instructor and consultant, I’ve been pleased with the results I’ve been able to achieve despite my lack of formal training. I’ve always rehearsed kids like they were adults, tried to explain to them why we did what we did and have made a serious effort to never talk down to them and, for the most part, the student musicians I’ve worked with have responded very well to this approach. Having had that experience I would like to apply my ideas more broadly and see if I can really make a difference.
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