Tuesday, December 9, 2014

New Video

Directly from the woodshed is a video featuring a jazz fusion groove reminiscent of something out of the Mike Stern school. I was just messing around with some ideas and wanted to put out a video of straight improvisation. The original video is on my YT page.

Its always good to document things as they happen and I'm glad I recorded the video because I think I captured some good ideas. You be the judge!


Wednesday, November 12, 2014

After watching this powerful video, I feel compelled to share this good sir's viewpoint. I feel that his perspective on the issue of participating in the political process is spot on. Realistically, casting a ballot really is only one part of the process. I hope not to make anyone feel alienated but guess what, this is a relevant issue for me and I think that anyone can gain some knowledge from this. Keep learning!


Check the video HERE

Their site is Uhuruacademy.com 



Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Baring it All

     In great art there is a need to bare one's soul to the audience. Painters put their hearts onto the canvas, writers put themselves into their words and musicians use their instruments to express the deepest emotions that lie within them.

     In my case, I enjoy nothing more than putting it all on the line in performance, however I think I still could use a little work in expressing myself through words and not being afraid to have the world know what I struggle with as it pertains to growing as a person and an artist. Thats important, because I'd like to let people know who I am and allow that connection to make my music more relevant. Not only that, but by sharing my challenges I seek to inspire/inform others in their lives.

     So I hope you can gain a better idea of who I am through this blog as I share my experiences and thoughts. I'm not even %100 sure where this thing will go, but I haven't seen an active blog in a while so this is pretty much uncharted territory xD.

P.S. - I'll be sharing a lot through my soundcloud account so I encourage you to follow that as well.

My Soundcloud



Saturday, October 25, 2014

Let's Get Reacquainted

Hey there world, Brian here reporting from my laptop here in Washington, D.C. as the 'man on the street' as it were. As I enjoy my burger, I wanted to start my blog back up and really get serious about sharing with those that enjoy my music and can find some use out of the things I like to talk about.

I want my page here to be a source of humor, inspiration, entertainment and knowledge for you. My posts will range from original music releases to useful pdf files to great links and other content from around the internet. If we've never met, below are a few links where you can find me playing online and my separate artist pages on the web.

Currently I am the saxophonist of Reggie Payne w/ TRIBE Inc. the premiere Modern Fusion band and I encourage  you to check out what we've got going on.

'Lieye' composed by Reginald Payne (Bass)