This is a recording from my first gig at Coffy's Cafe but second date there.
Coffy said we can play every Wednesday Evening so I took the gig.

I'm playing with a Bulgarian friend of mine Harry Tonchev on guitar. He's a young kid, is a total Bereli freak and plays great.
We had a guitar & drum duo for a while but had a hard time finding work for it. What a surprise... anyway ....

On this evening I forgot the music so we played by memory. (Wprk has been plastering me lately)

This is our attempt at Steve Wonder's tune "Isn't she Lovely".

Hi all,

My gig was cancelled tonight so I practiced all night. HOURS! You know I always say there are a few secret potions for getting good. One is study in all keys, two is to sing and 3 is now officially make time to practice. Time is the new secret potion for me! I always new it was important,and I ALWAYS put music first in my life, but now I've moved time on my secret potions list.

And here's the view from David's Hotel!

David's View at a workshop in Italy!

Hey guys, if you caught the Vibe Hang last weekend this is the original song i TRIED to play. Unfortunately it was not ready to be site read by a trio, but here is a solo version to make up for my sloppy hang performance!

This still needs a little work, but what better place to post a work in progress!

Players,
As a dedicated music lover, but a non-musician, I have always had these questions and here is a great opportunity to ask them. If these topics have been covered before, I apologize.

How much, if at all, do lyrics affect your playing a tune? Is it important to you to read the lyrics when learning a song, if you don't already know them? How important is it to know the history of the song; if it was written for a movie or play, what the movie/play was about? Or is the emotional content of the tune relayed to you through the notes sufficient?

Fixed it. Enjoy!

If you like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ov1pjFCAJ1U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TyI7KnyMUs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ld3trcUzt38
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMidg-mtgCc

Hey Everyone,

I just found out that this video was posted on youtube of a gig I did last monday. This is one of my new projects. I recorded a cd with this singer. I play on 2 tracks on the album and here we are live with 11 band members on a small stage. I'm featured here with a short solo. so check it out. I'm in the back in the dark...

hope you like it!

TJ