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Tuesday, May 31, 2005

"When your sound is full of soul and progressive conciousness, you bring people home"

This is back.

I now have final confirmation. Jeremy will be taking over as the promoter/booking agent for French Press Jazz in lowertown St. Paul, and during a period of two months, during which I will almost certainly have no life whatsoever, her will be training me in to take over the job. Creative control is mostly there, as the owner's concept is fairly undeveloped. From the few pictures I've seen, its a gorgeous club, and I would enjoy spending day after day there, furthering the scene as much as possible. This will be an incredible opportunity for me, and despite the fact that I'll be Jeremy's whipping boy for two months, it will be a great job to mention when I'm looking for investors for my own club.


I feel like turning a corner, and I feel as though that corner is coming up sooner than I had expected. The car I'm traveling is bringing me there at 100mph and the brakes are out.

I'm in the car, foot firmly planted on the gas.....the car's running on rocket fuel consisting of Kara, a new club, and the most postitive outlook I've had in a long time.

Kara was frustrated the other day in the car, and old Jason, Jason from 3 years ago would've yelled right back at her in frustration, getting us nowhere, but I somehow managed to A) not be mad and B) laugh and make her laugh as I was trying to calm her down.

The fact that jazz doesn't reach a wider audience is beyond me. I realize that the business is dominated by those meaning to bring the same 'ole pop tunes to those who will grab it up with an intense eagerness....fine whatever....but at least try to educate your audience along the way. I'm a sucker for pop tunes as well. Simple hooks and melodies are great sometimes......sometimes. But you might as well give other artists a shots as well. Mainstream is so dominated by this simple-mindedness that I think it coud afford one hour a week to both classical and jazz. Late night, early morning, I don't care when, just as long as people can listen and see these people playing. That right there is enough to make people start to care about what they are feeding their ears on a daily basis.

I'm biased, but jazz is the most intricate, soulful, and hardest to play music ever performed, and when its played right, it blows the other categories away in its beauty. I can listen to the same jazz performance everyday for 3 years straight and still find something new everyday.....the same can't be said for most pop music.

Listen to jazz.....or I will bring a swift death upon thy head
post by The Mix at 11:38 PM 2 A flats

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