Sorry, fans. It's been a while, hasn't it? Phew!
NEWS UPDATE: John Maestri adapted, survived! The spring semester nearly kicked his slender musician arse into oblivion.
Two additional Carnegie Hall performances were added to the list - not the greatest performances of my life, but performances none-the-less. With percussion, the simplest rhythms on the page can quickly turn on you, becoming arduous tasks with little remorse for a second chance.
Eamon and I are still recording our feature length album and posted two songs on myspace for you to check out. We keep on writing new material that begs us to be played out for the masses.
The Washington Adventist University (formally known as Columbia Union College) jazz combo sensation, Portmantau, blasted onto the scene with a handful of gigs, a stint in the recording studio at the Art Institute, and a few more positive prospective gigs lined up in the future. We're polishing our jazz combo by playing standards and writing some new stuff - the upside is that people genuinely appreciate our music even while we're still in the beginning stages. Ha! Wait until we get REAL tight, Newport Jazz Festival.
Needless to say, with all the playing going on lately, I still haven't finished school, but plan on graduating this summer (Julyish?). One more transferable course at Hood College to WAU followed by a brief composition recital (remember I'm a composition major?) should do the degree trick.
Fall prospects are as follows, but not limited to:
Film Composition at USC
Shooting a documentary film about Facebook
Teaching music in Denver or Phoenix
Rogue Tyger (the pod-cast) internet DEBUT!
Oh yes, and a two week tour to Iceland with the New England Symphonic Ensemble.
