Sooo… Glint is indeed making a music video this weekend, ha! Actually, a couple. We met a guy named Jonathan last year in Boston who had some real (music video) chops and until now we really haven’t “used” him for much besides the occasional website clip and filming some live shows. Now, teamed up with Adam’s friend Bob from Wasabi and all his technical expertise (and sweet equipment… why was there a –crane- in my living room last night?!), we will be working through the weekend on videos for “From Me to You” and “One of a Kind.” We’ll probably put them on YouTube once they’re done. I am interested to see how they’ll turn out…
Here is us practicing in the new Orangeburg studio…
Something I think about every now and then… memories, nostalgia. What’s the point? Other than short-term happiness? The value of which I question sometimes? An uncle once advised me to “not fill my head up with memories because otherwise there won’t be room for other things.” I remember not loving the idea upon first hearing it, but over the years I guess(?) it has started to make sense…? I don’t know. I think, on a personal note, sometimes I can get a tad swallowed up in trying to recreate a certain feeling/state of mind based on some old book, movie, place, what have you… so maybe there is some truth to Uncle Ol’s words.
Kind of on a related note… we used to rent this movie when we were little, “The Wizard.” …well I can probably sum this one up without being too wordy: most of the movies I enjoyed as a kid and make a point of watching again as an “adult” just aren’t the same. Exception, off the top of my head: the Ninja Turtles movie –actually- was still pretty awesome. Heh. But seriously, I think it depends on who you watch these kinds of things with, too… I see the movie through the other person’s eyes, in a way, probably since I’ve seen it through mine so many damn times. …I guess the point is I –do- make a point of watching, reading, and going to these movies, (kids) books, and places…
And speaking of memory (this is the last tangent, I swear), tipped off by my visit to the MoMA… I didn’t know the famous Salvador Dali painting was called “Persistence of Memory.” I knew that title as one to an Afro Celt Sound System song I really liked. So now I know who was ripping off who. …anyways. Admittedly, I don’t quite get the title (of the painting)…
I didn’t make it to the jazz jam in Pleasantville last night. :/ It goes from 8:30-11:30 and, I don’t know, it was 8:00, I hadn’t eaten dinner yet, and I just, vegged. This happens a lot. There’s even a keyboard all set up for me there, 88 keys, weighted, the whole bit… I guess I’m just too tired from working all the time, from my usual 6-ish hours of sleep. It sucks because, I could really use the extra bucks (I mean, assuming I can “break into” a local jazz scene and get some gigs out of it). On that note, I –do- have an “audition,” playing at Wasabi on Tuesday night. I’m excited, this could be my chance for a weekly gig. Since we live practically right next to the restaurant, I (with others’ help, no doubt) will bring down the Clavinova piano from our apartment to use. And… a Nyack jazz jam just started up. I think Sundays from 4-7 or something. So now there’s one in my hometown.
We have a mock-up of our liner notes made… I bet the CD will be sent out for duplication shortly after this weekend, when video shooting should be done…
Thanksgiving was alright, lots of family at my house, the usual goofiness and singing-showtunes-and-jazz-standards-around-the-piano… excellent food… the commute is a bit annoying, but at least my car stereo is back to normal (just don’t get me started on how much said car is costing me of late… no, not because of the stereo)…
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