Post #54856 by pablus on Sun, Oct 12, 2003 8:25 PM

I've comp-ed in a lot of bands playing keys and shrieking vocals. Sang in a lot of jingles - to my utter dismay. Done a lot of studio work.

Built a studio in Tampa in 1989.
We've recorded a lot of the greatest jazz musicians in the world - some already gone. Bob Berg (sax) loved our place. So did Eddie Baker (sax).

Just today - we finished shooting a DVD for drummers with Joe Morello (Dave Brubeck Quartet) and Danny Gottlieb (Pat Metheney, John Mclaughlin, et al).

As it ever was - there's no money in jazz - only love and drugs and personality disorders.

So, I play the Uke.
Just got a new koa one from Island Uke in Kauai. It's very sweet and takes me out of the world of "adult chords" for a while.
I'm getting pretty decent on it. Looking forward to recording some eventually so that I can torture people into doing my bidding.

I'm thinking of CD distribution with a bottle of Pyrat - I sound a lot better when the listener has been drinking Pyrat... 'bout 4 shots with 1 shot of lime and 1 of pineapple.

"Yeah, that was me singing that Dennis Pavao tune...but... how did I look?"