Archive for the 'Blog: Spring 08' Category

Tools of the trade

Monday, May 5th, 2008

Here’s a list of must-haves for the new music performer who frequently plays in “non-traditional” (ugh, I hate that term) spaces:

Your own microphone. One of the best investments I’ve made has been in a top-of-the-line wireless microphone. There’s nothing that makes me feel more uncomfortable during a performance than being forced to remain glued […]

The meme game

Sunday, May 4th, 2008

Now that Molly’s got that new blog, she can now do all those great bloggy procrastinator things, like memes such as this one:
1. Pick up the nearest book.
2. Open to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the next three sentences.
5. Tag five people, and acknowledge who tagged you.
My link in this chain comes from […]

Videopolis

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

I’ll be doing two performances at the Metro Gallery this weekend as part of Videopolis, a totally free extracurricular activity presented in conjunction with, though not related to, the Maryland Film Festival. Stop by Friday night at 10 p.m. or Sunday afternoon beginning at 2:30 p.m. and say hello.

All for a dollar

Monday, April 21st, 2008

As I attempted to think of a way to put this story into words, I realized that it seemed a little convoluted. So I decided to make a schematic diagram to help clarify what I’ll be talking about. See below and please refer back as you read along.

One of the hats that I’m wearing these […]

Mind the gap

Monday, April 21st, 2008

There’s someone new writing a blog over at Arts Journal this morning. You may know her as the Friday Informer. I know her as my wife. She just couldn’t keep it bottled up any more. Check her out! (But keep you hands to yourself…) Ahem.

HGP at Metro Gallery

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

Hybrid Groove Project plays the Metro Gallery in Baltimore this Friday at 7:30 p.m. for the opening of Ironing, featuring art by Brian Payne and Okan Arabacioglu.

American Voices is Hurd

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

Hurd Audio reviews American Voices.

ASCAP: organized crime?

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

Michael Byrne’s article published today in this week’s CityPaper taking ASCAP to task is sure to stir up a firestorm. Keep those cards and letters to the editor coming.

Upgrading

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

SLN is upgrading to a newer version of Wordpress. Though I don’t anticipate any problems, if there are, you’ll know what happened.
Update: Upgrading is complete. Sorry for the down time. Don’t attempt updates in hotels with weak internet connections.

Beginnings

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

One year ago today, I played a on a concert that got reviewed, but something much better happened as well.