I just found out that tickets to the Flaming Lips are sold out. I didn't know that they would go so fast. 311 hasn't sold out yet, and those tickets have been on sale longer. This is a sad day, a sad day indeed. At least 311 hasn't sold out, nor the Jurrasic 5 show. That brightens up my day ( Read more... )

Just as I've recently gotten into more hip-hop, R&B is calling me. I've always liked Otis Redding, The Impressions, The Temptations, and D'Angelo, but I'm getting more into it. Thank you Standing in the Shadows of Motown.

Afro-Cuban music is the devil. All right, it isn't evil, nor satan, but I'm havin' some difficulties playin' this shit. Maybe it's because I've been slacking off in my practicing? I think that's highly probable. I've been practicing, but I've been doing more classical stuff in my practice. Don't get me wrong, I love playing classical, but it ( Read more... )

St. Louis Jazz Fest this year was off the chain. Stanley Clarke and George Duke definitely owned Saturday. I didn't go Friday, so I don't know how that was. I hear that Preservation Hall did a fantastic job ( Read more... )

I've been listening to more and more Hip-Hop. My next CD purchase is probably going to be It Takes A Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back by Public Enemy. That or Midnight Marauders by A Tribe Called Quest, 3 Feet High and Rising by De La Soul, MM..Food by MF Doom, Moonlighting by Tanya Morgan, or some KRS-One, Beastie Boys, Kanye, or The Roots ( Read more... )

There's something missing in my playing. I guess this is a reflection of my life?

EDIT: Dear Bobby Timmons,
Your music has just made my day. It's too bad you're dead.

I've got contact lenses.

I feel like I've fucked up, but I don't remember doing so. Isn't that just about a bitch? In all reality, I probably have, but the reason I'm feeling this way isn't because of that.

I've just erased all of my past entries in this LJ. It took a while, but now the deed is done.