On Tuesday Sept 7th, I’ll be playing at the Beta Lounge in Berkeley with guitarist Rob Michael, pianist Darin Wilson, bassist Steve Uccello and trumpeter Dave Hoffman. This gig will be the first time this group has ever played together. In fact, many of us have never even met in person before – we all […]
Marketing/Promotion
Michael Anderson of Gear Diary has written about me before, here and here. He’s a big believer in the “Pay What You Can” model that I’ve been using for my CDs sales for a while now and I’ve appreciated the fact that he’s singled me out as a strong proponent of the idea. Today he […]
Fresh on the heals of my highly successful tour with The Jason Parker Quartet, I decided to give a free touring seminar on Ustream today. I had such a great time talking with all sorts of wonderful musicians about what worked and what didn’t. It was an amazing experience to have us all in one […]
I met Phil Freeman on Twitter and have been following his Tweets for a few months now. Phil is an author, critic and journalist that writes about all kinds of music for a few different publications, including Burning Ambulance. I was thrilled when I received a message from him telling me that he was going […]
In honor of our first-ever tour, I have decided to run a special on all 3 Jason Parker Quartet CD’s: Through the end of the tour (May 21st) all CD’s are available as a “pay what you want” download through our store. I am going to offer the same deal at the shows, so I […]
As I’ve mentioned before, I’m in the middle of planning a tour for the Jason Parker Quartet. We’re going out in May and I’m busy contacting venues up and down the West Coast, from Vancouver BC to San Diego. I realized early on in the process that I needed an EPK, or Eletronic Press Kit. […]
Thanks to my friend Kai, who is a frequent commenter on this blog, copies of the Jason Parker Quartet CD “No More, No Less” have been left all around Munich, Germany! Kai agreed to be my accomplice in the 100 CD’s Project, and he and his wife Grace spent their Saturday placing my CD’s around […]
My 100 CD’s Project takes a big leap into unknown territory thanks to my new friend SPC Garret. He read about the project and volunteered to be my accomplice at Camp Taji near Baghdad. Garret is going to place some JPQ CD’s around his FOB (Forward Operating Base) at the gym, and the MWR (Morale, […]
Back in October I wrote a blog post featuring 10 Jazz Musicians You Should Follow On Twitter. I promised that it would be the start of an “ongoing, if irregular, series”. So far it’s been more irregular than ongoing! Today I officially make the series ongoing, but with a twist. Instead of focusing on jazz […]
All Jason Parker Quartet albums, including our newly released “No More, No Less”, have been on sale all week. Everyone who is on my mailing list got notice of the sale on Monday and have been taking advantage of it all week. Thanks to all who have grabbed copies so far. Today is the last […]
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