In December of 2021, my co-worker Trent at Depot Lawncare told me he was taking some time off to spend a week with his songwriter buddy Scott Morris in the studio making an album. Trent played drums on the project, and he asked me if I would like to add some keys.… Read the rest
Or was it 1994? One thing I remember is that I was working a contract job at Raytheon Semiconductor at the time, and I was trying to explain to the receptionist about this recording session I did for Motown Records that I was so excited about.… Read the rest
I was fairly prolific in 2022 cranking out harmonica courses on my other website chromaticlessons.com. I completed three courses in 2022 and released another one in the early part of 2023.
I picked up where I left off by completing Volume 2 of my Improvising Chromatic Harmonica for Modern Musicians series.… Read the rest
I REALLY tried to get some press happening regarding the My Destiny release. I did what all the indie artists do and contacted a large list of publications and bloggers. I even paid a little money to have some influencers listen to my tracks.… Read the rest
Here’s a song from 2005. I had this done just a few months ago just ‘warming up” getting myself ready to release some new music in 2020. I am planning on completing lyric videos for most of the songs on the new album.… Read the rest
If you haven’t heard of this guy you need to check him out. He can really play some serious jazz on the chromatic harmonica and he is deadly serious about his practice regime. I had a gig in New York City so I contacted him and stayed an extra day to meet him for a 90 minute lesson on January 9th, 2017.… Read the rest
I kept running into Buddy at events and once on a hiking trail. So I sent him a demo cd with mostly harmonica playing and some of my flute and saxophone on it also. He sent me a note saying that the cd was damaged and wouldn’t play so… I sent another one.… Read the rest
I got the call in 1999 to be a part of this tour. They wanted horn players that could double on stuff like keys or percussion. So I played some keys in addition to the saxophone. It’s funny it was called World Tour because we stayed in the States exclusively.… Read the rest
I moved my family to Nashville in 1997 with some vague, unfocused goals of furthering my career as a musician. I wasn’t sure what to expect or what would happen. A couple months after I arrived I met a guy at my church who told me he ran front-of-house sound for Donna Summer.… Read the rest
If you haven’t heard of this guy you need to check him out. He can really play some serious jazz on the chromatic harmonica and he is deadly serious about his practice regime. I had a gig in New York City so I contacted him and stayed an extra day to meet him for a 90 minute lesson on January 9th, 2017.… Read the rest