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Melody & Andy – On A Sunny Day
It’s here! Our vocal/guitar duo CD, On A Sunny Day, is a collection of 10 jazz standards. We made this album in the midst of all that was 2020, so the creation process was a “sunny day” refuge from all the uncertainty. We invested a great deal of time, energy, and passion (+ money in…
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Suite Solitude #3
[English text follows] Si vous lisez sur Suite Solitude pour la première fois, commencez ici: Suite Solitude L’oreille humaine peut détecter aussi peu que 30 microsecondes de latence. Bien que minuscule, ce petit peu de temps est perceptible par les auditeurs humains et suffit à désynchroniser une performance musicale coordonnée.–ADAM HADHAZY, Stanford News Cet article enthousiaste…
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Suite Solitude #2
L’enregistrement à domicile commence aujourd’hui sur “Suite Solitude“. Chacune des trois tounes a sa propre «saveur», de sorte que chacune des tounes aura un son de guitare correspondant à cette saveur. Merci à Jeff Moseley de m’avoir prêté sa Gibson ES-125 1950! Home recording begins today on “Suite Solitude“. Each of the three songs has…
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Suite Solitude #1
[English text follows] Les trois compositions de Suite Solitude (intitulées Mars 13, Pandemic Puppy, et Ça va bien aller?) sont complétées et je suis en train de les arranger pour les autres instruments. Pour ce faire, je joue toutes les parties de ce different instrument à la guitare afin d’entendre leur son. English Text The three compositions (titled March 13,…
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Musician Heaven – Two Weeks at the Banff Centre
After two weeks of dedicated time to focus on writing music at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, I am feeling creatively energized to the maximum degree. While there, I composed 14 songs. Most of these tunes will be featured on an album that I’ll record with Drew Jurecka and a 8 piece…
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New Orleans Sojourn – Wk 5
This is a continuation of the previous two posts: New Orleans Sojourn – Wk 1 New Orleans Sojourn – Wk 2 New Orleans Sojourn – Wk 3 New Orleans Sojourn – Wk 4 In my fifth and final week in New Orleans, I was joined by my friend Melodie, who came down from Montreal for…
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New Orleans Sojourn – Wk 4
This is a continuation of the previous two posts: New Orleans Sojourn – Wk 1 New Orleans Sojourn – Wk 2 New Orleans Sojourn – Wk 3 Photos with Noe Cugny Noe Cugny and I arranged a photoshoot in the Marigny and I couldn’t be more pleased with the results of this session. Noe scouted…
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New Orleans Sojourn – Wk 3
This is a continuation of the previous two posts: New Orleans Sojourn – Wk 1 New Orleans Sojourn – Wk 2 Austin, Texas I took a 3 day “vacation” from New Orleans to visit some dear friends, Will Dickerson and Pauli Kufner, in Austin. Coming from New Orleans, where most of the swing music is…
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New Orleans Sojourn – Wk 2
The inspiring journey continues. This week, I tried to keep my inspirational fire lit and stoked by: Listening to New Orleanians’ stories about life here – their experience of the city, what they suggest I listen to, where they suggest I visit Going to as many live music events as possible – mostly trad jazz and…
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New Orleans Sojourn – Wk 1
Other entries in this series: New Orleans Sojourn – Wk 2 New Orleans Sojourn – Wk 3 New Orleans Sojourn – Wk 4 New Orleans Sojourn – Wk 5 I cannot believe it has been a week since I landed at Louis Armstrong Airport – time has a way of melting through one’s fingers here.…
Andy MacDonald 