Taoist Cosmic Healing

Just picked this book up at Seven Stars in Cambridge. Amazing.
Funny thought, a Taoist death metal band would be hilarious. Somewhat oxymoronic, but also awesome. I'm laughing imaging a band like Internal Suffering or Kataklysm but with lyrics about meridians, trigrams, and the names of different Chi Kung movements!

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Tracks on Soundcloud!

Fuckin internet there's too many websites haha
But semi-seriously, I uploaded two tracks to soundcloud.

One is a drum n' bass/IDM style track, springing off of a Jane Child sample. Remember Jane Child? The 80s.

The second is from a trio with myself, Dave Gross, and Josh Jefferson. Eventually we'll record again and release it on a cd.

Click here for the tuneage

Gunslinger Girl

Just picked this up at Animadness, a new store that just opened in Waltham.

New things

It's been awhile since I posted in here. I got laid off from Harvard Business School three weeks ago today. Since then I got a portfolio website set up, I created a webpage for my upcoming wedding, and I've been taking the occasional daytrip to help me cool out. I also just started freelancing doing web development. Hopefully it will all work out in the end. I have a lot of financial advantages so right now I'm not too worried about it.

I'm playing in Lowell at 119 Gallery this Friday with Kevin Frenette. Stop in!

Hoping to put together a benefit

Fellow trumpet players Birgit Ulher and Leonel Kaplan are going to be coming to America in February. We are currently putting together some concerts on the East Coast. We need help however. So far we haven't secured a well funded concert (i.e. besides door money) that will help pay for their plane tickets from the West Coast to East Coast. As we all know, the funding available for such concerts has dried up due to the recession. I am a person who has been fortunate to benefit from these fundings in the past. At the same time, I don't know the system, and I have found it to be a massive pain in the ass to try to write grants or whatever the hell else. I don't know that. But I know the grassroots. And so what I'm hoping to do in the very near future, is put together a benefit event or two. Possibly at the Zeitgeist Outpost in Cambridge. If you live in Boston, I'd like to hear from you as far as what you think might be fun. I am thinking of doing another performance of "Today's Media", and maybe having some DJ's afterward and/or food.

Baliset

I added some trumpet sounds to my former bandmate Greg Massi's project Baliset. Tommorrow night he's doing an album release party at Felt in Boston. I'll be there, stop through and check it out!!

You can check out a great interview with Greg here!