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John

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About Me

I love friends, family, and great music! I spend most of my free time rehearsing, getting ready for upcoming performances or composing at the computer. I sell commercial boats by day and am a musician at night.Piano was my first love. Saxophone to me places and allowed me to grow. Now, music technology has allowed me to take what is inside my head, my experiences, and turn it into something I can share with people.There is not time enough in one day, so I split my day in two. I wake to sell boats and do my personal errands. Nap time comes around 5 p.m. and I start my day over as a musician. I grab a bite to eat, write or record music, go rehearse music at my local storage unit (8 p.m. is not a good time to start rehearsing at home) and I do a work out at about 11. I spend some time paying attention to my dacshund Abigail, and I may go back to work on the computer. Sunday I try to take a break from it all, but the laundry piles up quickly!

My Interests

Music, people, travel, the beach, education, reading, technology, tattoos, working out, family, saxophone design, personal style,

I'd like to meet:

Outgoing, fun loving people that enjoy good music, eating great food, not afraid to laugh at themselves, musicians looking to collaborate on writing music, people that have traveled, those willing to discuss new ideas.

Music:

Dave Koz, Richard Elliott, Gwen Stefani, Matchbox 20, Lenny Kravitz, Paul Desmond are just a few of the artists I enjoy. I play soprano, alto and tenor in my show. I do my own arranging and have produced the background tracks used in my show. I play from the American Songbook, smooth jazz charts, and have a growing library of original jazz and latin charts. I enjoy working with other musicians, however I can do a show by myself or a dj when necessary. I have performed recently in Orlando, Palm Bay, Melbourne, Miami, Cocoa Beach, Cocoa Village, Florida and am working on several bookings at jazz festivals around the country in the coming year.

Movies:

Spiderman, Incredibles, sci fi, and suspense

Television:

Heroes, So you Think You Can Dance, American Idol, Dancing with the Stars, Discovery and Sci Fi Channel. I just got hooked on Nip/Tuck on Saturday late night. insomniac!

Books:

The Secret.

Heroes:

My hero was a woman that took the time to teach me music in order to get me out of my home when times were tough. She taught me things about music that I still use today.

My Blog

The Smooth Jazz language

I promote my performance style as smooth jazz.  I get told all the time, " I wouldn't consider what you do to be jazz".  In the traditional sense of bebop, swing, big band, the comments ring...
Posted by John on Sun, 18 Nov 2007 10:36:00 PST

So you want to buy a saxophone?

This is to share my experience on testing some of the OFF Brands of saxophones.  I am not an expert in saxophone design, master technician, or a symphonic musician.   When I tried these...
Posted by John on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 07:05:00 PST

The Secret

I worked among some of the best sales people and they constantly went on about the "The Secret".  I went out and got a copy of the dvd.  I wasn't surprised by the content, just a little diss...
Posted by John on Sun, 26 Aug 2007 09:09:00 PST