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Name: Evan Stone Profession: Drummer Years Playing: since the age of 8 College/Major/Degree: none Location: Los Angeles, CA THE INTERVIEW I first met Evan Stone at a Greg Adams gig in 2004. He and I have played together a few times since then and have remained in contact. The idea for Teen Jazz Influences was …
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Beechler Mouthpieces or Remle Music is a family owned enterprise that was established by Elmer Beechler. Now run by his daughter Judy Beechler-Roan, 2012 is the 62nd year that Remle Music has been in business and the company has seen tremendous growth in the last few years. With some of the most popular handmade mouthpieces …
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HOW LONG HAS JAZZMONTHLY.COM BEEN AROUND? “I have been working on jazzmonthly.com since January 2006.” WHAT GROWTH HAVE YOU SEEN WITH JAZZ MONTHLY? “Well, I started out with Jazz Nation, and I was with Jazz Nation for about six years, so some of the growth has been making the transition to Jazz Monthly. The most …
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TRANSCRIPTION OF THE INTERVIEW Rheuben Allen is a contributing writer on Teen Jazz Shannon (SK): I’m Shannon Kennedy with Teen Jazz Radio and today on the show we are continuing the Careers in Music Series and I have with me Rheuben Allen. Hi Rheuben. Rheuben (RA): Hi Shannon, how are you today? SK: I’m good …
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Name: Everette Harp Instrument: Saxes, flute, EWI, keyboards, and vocals Years Playing: A really long time! Really long!!! Location: L.A. ADVICE FOR YOUNG MUSICIAN? CAN YOU HELP EXPLAIN SOME OF THE PROCESS THAT YOU WENT THROUGH TO HAVE THE SUCCESS THAT YOU HAVE HAD IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS? Practice, and aspire to be great players….not …
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Hey everyone. With me today, I have a very special guest. This is Dr Suzel Reily, she is a professor at Queen’s University Belfast and she teaches in the Ethnomusicology department. So today we’re going to follow up on careers in music and discuss ethnomusicology as a career. THE INTERVIEW Hi Suzel Hi there Shannon, …
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Name: Greg Adams Location: LA/Hollywood, CA Profession: Trumpet Player/Arranger/Composer Years Playing: since the age of 5 A LITTLE BIT ABOUT GREG ADAMS: Greg Adams graduated from high school in 1970 and was planning on attending school at Berklee School of music, but instead joined a band called “Tower of Power” from Oakland, CA that was …
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Established in 1928 by Joseph Rico, Rico is the most popular reed and woodwind accessory company today having grown from receiving 30 kilos of cane its first year to about 300,000 kilos in 2005. Now owned by Jean-Francois Rico, the grandson of Joseph Rico, the company continues to see increasing success worldwide in its partnership …
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As one of the most innovative and imitated saxophonists of the 21st century, Michael Brecker has played a large role in shaping the jazz and instrumental pop genres over the last thirty years. “You’ll find no better example of stylistic evolution than Michael Brecker, unarguably the most influential tenor stylist of the last 25 years.” …
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Back in 2007 I had the opportunity to do an interview with John D’Addario of the music company accessory company D’Addario. THE INTERVIEW WITH JOHN D’ADDARIO: HOW LONG HAS YOUR COMPANY BEEN IN BUSINESS? WHAT HAS SOME OF THE GROWTH BEEN THAT YOU SEEN? “D’Addario is now in its second century, having been established in …
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