Magic Brook Concert at Avonova. “Magic Brook has paid a lot of attention to what he’s crafting,…very steeped in the direction modern acoustic guitar has been taking, prizing sophistication but not trickery or grandstanding.” Mark S. Tucker, FAME Reviews
Jazz compilation includes Brook with the Joyce Baker Group playing “Autumn Leaves” featuring singer, Opie Bellas. The collection includes Diana Krall, Eva Cassidy, Keith Jarrett, Bill Evans, Nat King Cole, and Frank Sinatra.
I finally upgraded my wordpress blog so that spammers who’d been able to comment without my permission will no longer have access. Whew! I didn’t lose any posts; I didn’t lose any content from my old version of WordPress. But I sure hated offering any help to folks who sell fake drugs and fake anti-virus [...]
I had a rehearsal for my second Saturday gig last night. Amazing Evelie Säles brought over a great keyboard player, “Brett”. with James Bianchi, percussionist and myself. Evelie wants to do Brazilian tunes in Portuguese. She’s got a gig at an Italian restaurant in Sausalito. Great. I’ve played restaurants in Sausalito before. These have all [...]
Today, I got an email (not the first) from Moozikoo.com. There are soliciting artists for a fan contest. The reward is inclusion on a college radio promo CD***. When Melusine Records was doing pre-release review distribution, another site, musicemissions.com told me to try and win their fan contest. They only review the winners I’ve thought [...]
In a blog post about helping one’s self, Derek Sivers writes about the hard realities of gigging music: “There are no great agents that would want to take you on unless you’re already earning $5000 a month gigging, so that their 10% cut (only $500) would be worth their time. ” This, I believe and [...]
I just received this wonderful comment from WDVR 89.7 FM in Atlantic City NJ: “I got the new Magic Brook:The Source and will be playing it on my show. I play a lot of guitar and like this one very much”- Carla Van Dyke Wow! nice Saturday present, huh? thanks so much, Carla! Carla runs [...]
Wow, what a journey: Weekend 1: Music and Ritual near Heidelberg Week 2: Great conversations with friends, old and new in Amsterdam Weekend 2: Pentacle of Pearl in Amsterdam Week 3: Deep connections with friends in Berlin Weekend 3: Adventures in Glastonbury Week 4: Leeds College of Music I’ll start at the beginning. I had [...]
It’s been a while since I’ve had the time to post a podcast. Apologies to my listeners. Culling material that’s good enough for release is always a challenge. For instance, in September, Evelie and I had a wonderful show together. Some of the performances would have been so great to share with a larger audience. [...]
Here’s another podcast for listeners. It’s another piece from my show in Boulder, March, 06. This is a version of “His Mystery” includes a bamboo flute introduction to set the feel. And then, after the verse, before the refrain, there is a trance into the forest to encounter the Mystery. I hope that you enjoy [...]
