Shakuhachi in the Park

Here's the website for today's event:

Shakuhachi Fest NY 2006

Gotta run...

BB King's

Playing BB King's on 42nd St tonight with Quinn and a bigger band than usual. Tedd Firth is MD and is doing all the arrangements.

Been busy on the Bateaux of late. Nice to be playing regularly again. Brad Shepik played a couple of good nights, as did Dekel Bor.

I'll see my surgeon on Friday for the first time since March. Anxious to see an x-ray and see how the bone is coming along. It feels better, no doubt, but there are still episodes of pain and I still have to take it kind of easy. It's a ways away from being solid. I've got a pretty big-ass collar bone and it went clear through. I'm just lucky to have my hands and face.

Speaking of Quinn, it looks like we are going back to Athens to play the Half Note in December. We went in late 2001 and late 2003. I miss it! Athens is amazing.

In shakuhachi news I'll be playing with the dojo this Saturday in Central Park at the bandshell from 11:15a-12:00p. I'll play a couple of pieces with the group and will also play Kyo Choshi solo.

I got Logic Pro earlier this year and have been checking it out. It is truly incredible what you can do at home now. I also just got Absynth 3 and am digging what it has to offer.

But you know, no matter how far-of-field some of these sonic sources get, I always come back to playing tunes on the piano. That has a sound and feel which is truly timeless. Truly overtone rich.

Now to marry the two.