“Validation” – The Smile Video. 16 minutes – relax and smile! Of course, smiling is good for your health and it’s easy to spread the happiness virus when you smile but smiling is also useful for confounding the watchers.
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Beautiful cello and piano music by G.I. Gurdjieff (Meetings with Remarkable Men), and V. Tsabropoulos. Gurdjieff, Tsabropoulos: Chants, Hymns and Dances (from the ECM “New Series”) is meditative, sad, playful, and sometimes brooding. I put this on when things have gotten too hectic and I’m not paying attention to what’s important.
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The Trio will be in Pittsboro this Thursday (Nov. 6th) at the General Store Cafe. It will be our last show of the year so come on out. In case you’ve never seen or heard us we have some video on Youtube now you can check out. Last year Linda Booker asked us if we
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On September 13th and 14th Karen and I rode the Bike MS Historic Bike Tour out of New Bern, NC to raise money for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. We rode a total of 175 miles – 100 on Saturday and 75 on Sunday. For both of us Saturday was our first “century” (100 mile)
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Brother Yusuf was the person responsible for me coming to this area in the early 80’s. He brought me into the jazz community here and saw that I got good work. I had the honor of playing with him for several years along with Bus Brown, Eve Cornelius, Al Neece, Ray Codrington, Steve Wing, and
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The Bernie Petteway Trio gets a new look and a new sound for this Thursday’s gig at the General Store Cafe in Pittsboro. Sadly, Ed Butler can’t be with us this time but we’re making up for his smile and great playing with not one, but two of the area’s most loved percussionists: Beverly Botsford and Sara Romweber.
Plus, the GSC’s new music room is a treat for both performers and listeners alike, and the food just gets better every time I go there. Come on out Thursday, June 5, starting at 8:00 pm. There’s no cover charge but we do rely on the generosity of your tips!
I don’t have a dog in this race but I watch with great interest:
As artists seek to bypass the RIAA/Mafia and turn to the web and self publishing/promoting, interesting things happen. Sites have sprung up to help fledgling artists get their work out to the masses but who benefits? One new site – Bebo – has just been sold to a subsidiary of Time Warner, generating some controversy. I like the reference to "sharecroppers". The ever-wise Burning Bird has this to say. The plot, as usual, thickens.
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Last year was a good year for continuo playing. This year promises to be even better. “Getting in the groove” is a concept that goes back to the beginning of musical time. Whether it’s a bunch of guys in animal skins banging rocks together or a modern jazz trio or a guy scratching on a