Doug Ramsey recently announced that Dennis Irwin, bassist for the Vanguard Orchestra and Matt Wilson’s Arts and Crafts, among others, has cancer and does not have the insurance to cover it. This is an issue facing many professional musicians (and many Americans in general), who wo ... Continue Reading
Thanks to this article from DRB, I was prompted to Google “Light Painting” and came up with this “behind the scenes” look at my favorite commercial of all times (hey, there’s even someone playing a double bass in it!). It never occurred to me that it might be ... Continue Reading
Jon Hendricks Slow Registration booths Corey Christiansen and MB3 Mike Downes playing with the Humber band (led by Vince Mendoza) The Blog! with Neil Tesser, Darcy James Argue, et al Mike Downes Secret Society North Kurt Elling and John Hendricks Our Fearless Leader (and my b ... Continue Reading
In typical blog-boy fashion, I’m standing at the internet kiosk in the midst of The Madness, immediately following a Neil Tesser-hosted panel entitled “the blog!” Tesser has no experience with blogs and, at least concerning the blogger with which I am most familiar, seems ... Continue Reading
I’ve been playing a little game here, at IAJE 2008 in Toronto: Everytime I leave a computer at the Internet Kiosk, I set the homepage to matthewwengerd.net to broaden my audience. Well, someone caught on. Shannon Butcher commented the following to my pictures and reviews post (a mi ... Continue Reading
After fulfilling my obligations at the Center for Jazz Composition booth, I was able to catch half of the DJA Secret Society North set. He turned this place upside down; drawing from influences to which many a jazz musician refuse to open. Raucous and irreverent, all the while self-assur ... Continue Reading
…are coming. I think I found a way to upload to flickr while I’m here. Keep an eye peeled. Continue Reading
Here I am, liveblogging the 2008 IAJE annual conference in Toronto. I’ve settled in and am about to see Ingrid Jensen and Nordic Connect. Pictures are abundant, but absent from the page, as I am using the internet kiosks the IAJE generously provide and they hide the box, preventing ... Continue Reading
