“Is this to end or just begin?” – Robert Plant, “All of My Love” As I mentioned in my last post, after close to a year of planning and execution my new CD with the Jason Parker Quartet is now complete. And as happy as I am about that, it leaves me in a new […]
Recording
After months of planning, writing, arranging, rehearsing, recording, mixing, mastering, licensing, copyrighting, artwork-approving, liner note-writing and many different people-paying, the new Jason Parker Quartet CD “No More, No Less” is now complete! I sent the final files and master off to the replicator this week and should have the physical CD’s in my hands sometime […]
I finished the mastering for my new CD with the Jason Parker Quartet and I couldn’t be happier! I spent two afternoons with Mark Guenther of Seattle Disc Mastering watching him tweak dials and push buttons and still know next to nothing about the process. What I do know is that the disc sounds amazing! […]
I’m in the process of mixing my new CD with the Jason Parker Quartet. It’s been an intense and introspective time and I’ve learned so many things about myself, both as a musician and as a human being. In a way it’s been like therapy only cheaper (at $45/hr. for the studio vs. $120/hr. most […]
One of the most common questions I get asked, by friends and strangers alike, is what does a “normal day” look like for me. I put that phrase in quotes because, simply put, there are no normal days for me. That’s one of the things I like the most about my job. I realize that […]
I have been applying for grants for years for a number of different projects. There are many wonderful organizations out there willing to fund arts projects but many, many more artists applying for those grants. I’m always disappointed when I don’t get funded, but even more amazed at all the quality artists out there who […]
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