Since the music business is changing so fast... |
Hey everybody,As you all know the music business is in a serious state of flux. It's really not hard to get music for free these days. I know very few people who on principle won't share hard drives...
Posted by John Ellis on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 02:25:00 PST |
Peak's pics |
Here are some cool photos from our recent West Coast tour. You can tell it's the 13th day, and I've been doing all the driving just by looking at me.....">...
Posted by John Ellis on Mon, 06 Nov 2006 11:50:00 PST |
LA traffic, tacos, CSU Fullerton and Jon Brion ruined |
This was an ass kicker of a day - by far our hardest one. We had to leave at 8am to make it to Fullerton in time to do a 4:30 master class. We stopped to find something to eat on the way out of Sant...
Posted by John Ellis on Thu, 26 Oct 2006 04:51:00 PST |
Kuumbwa, Santa Cruz, Baseball, and Ziggy Marley |
We trekked down the coast to Santa Cruz to play at Kuumbwa on the 19th. The country needs more venues like this one. The make awesome meals and they treat the musicians fantastically. It's run with...
Posted by John Ellis on Thu, 26 Oct 2006 04:34:00 PST |
Oakland and Yoshi's |
Not enough good things can be said about Yoshi's. It's truly one of the best rooms for jazz in the country. The staff treat you fantastically, the food is awesome (there's a brand new chef and menu ...
Posted by John Ellis on Thu, 26 Oct 2006 04:20:00 PST |
Six Rivers Brewery |
OK. This was the low point, hands down. What can be said? First, it's very hard to do any kind of business with people who are high, and there may not be a soul who isn't high in Humboldt County. ...
Posted by John Ellis on Thu, 26 Oct 2006 04:09:00 PST |
Ashland and the Mobius |
Now this was an awesome room to play in. It's amazing what a responsive audience can do for your morale. There was a dance collective that came by and went crazy in the back during the whole gig, an...
Posted by John Ellis on Thu, 26 Oct 2006 04:01:00 PST |
Eugene |
A'ight folks. So the rigors of the tour tore me away from this blogging business. But I'm gonna finish it up from the comfort of my Brooklyn apartment. Now that I've washed some of the stench of th...
Posted by John Ellis on Wed, 25 Oct 2006 03:53:00 PST |
Portland and the Good Foot |
The first thing that must be reported about our time in Portland is that I had the best Gumbo I've ever had in my life there. I'm dead serious. Now I know there's those of you who will say it's not ...
Posted by John Ellis on Tue, 17 Oct 2006 05:41:00 PST |
Port Townsend |
Port Townsend is beautiful. We had a really fun gig at the Upstage. It's intimate enough to play acoustically, and even with a small audience it feels packed. The food was absolutely ridiculous, an...
Posted by John Ellis on Sat, 14 Oct 2006 11:01:00 PST |
