Category Winnipeg Music
I play a lot of solo guitar gigs. In my city (a small one at that) I am basically the king of solo guitar. Some can do it better on selected (transcribed) pieces but no one beats me for repertoire,… Continue Reading →
I never write a 3rd blog about our no jazz festival but I am making an exception. One week to the day after my ‘After Math’ post, the Free Press jazz columnist / festival apologist did a thinly veiled ‘interview’… Continue Reading →
So the 11 day, 80+ event called an international jazz festival is over. Last year they had 100 the year before 90 so quite the drop in acts. Gee I wonder why? Maybe it has to do with the colour… Continue Reading →
Usually at this time of year I write about our horrible excuse for a jazz festival. I have written about it before and it is basically the same thing. Jazz doesn’t sell so let’s have pandering commercial music to aid… Continue Reading →
Well good luck with that. Just kidding. I never wanted to be one of those “PREWS” I met when I was an up and comer that constantly told up and comers to do something else, the music business has changed,… Continue Reading →
Long past due for my yearly diatribe on the local excuse for a festival that is supposed to be about furthering an appreciation of jazz music through presentation, promotion and outreach. I won’t go whole hog this year because, quite bluntly,… Continue Reading →
Well the Fest is over with a whimper. The best and (to my knowledge) the only sold out/non local JAZZ show was Vijay Iyer. At least the early set was sold out I don’t know if the second set was… Continue Reading →
I won’t repeat everything I wrote last year about the jazz festival we have this year (so much of it still applies). You can read about it in an earlier post about the jazz fest. Bluntly I just don’t have the… Continue Reading →
Tackling the economics of any business is a task beyond my abilities but I am not going to address or resolve the industry here. This is merely an essay/observational on some strange things I have seen from my little corners of the… Continue Reading →
So I have released my first CD, my first solo recording and my 1st Christmas album all in one fell swoop. “Robert Burton’s Left Handed Christmas” is a collection of lesser known seasonal songs. Some Clarifications By 1st CD I mean… Continue Reading →