Vacation........Yes....

............will be back in a couple of weeks.....Greg :-)

For The Curious

Experience Music Forte's Gold Plan - RISK FREE!

Are you looking for a site to promote your music and yourself?MusicForte is now offerng a "free" membership to their "Gold" plan.The site is very friendly,well organized and Greg,the owner,is a veteran musician himself.They also offer a "Japan" plan,one that personally promotes your music in Japan...jazz!In addition the site offers others ways of promotion,through Mp3 downloads of your music,cd/album digital downloads and more.So check them out.The free offer is quite a good deal,coming from a very reputable indie site....
My page at Music Forte... http://www.musicforte.com/member/G
Have you been thinking about Music Forte's Gold Plan service, and wondering if it really works? If so, you're gonna LOVE this offer!

Jazz Great Oscar Peterson Dies at 82

TORONTO... Oscar Peterson, whose speedy fingers, propulsive swing and melodic inventiveness made him one of the world's best known and influential jazz pianists, has died. He was 82......http://www.ejazznews.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=8949&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
Personal websites...
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/4/2/index-e.html
http://oscarpeterson.com/news/

Most Hilarious Guitar Design Ever

Hilarious but not much to play with...2 strings only....humm.

Here's Stig Pedersen from Denmark's D-A-D (formerly known as Disneyland After Dark but don't let the Walt Disney Corporation hear you calling them that else their lawyer-dialling fingers get twitchy) wielding another one of his barking mad two-string basses.

8-year-old plays Stairway to Heaven Solo Outro

Check this little guy out,playing the solo to Stairway To Heaven!Wow...kids today have so many resources for learning to play,so...they are getting so much better,so much younger.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuSihWz7LlQ&feature=related

Live Music Webcasting Starts Making Sense in 2008

Finally,some solutions to music webcasting.This is another hit on the big boys,first audio and now video...read on. A victory for the small guy though.
With ticket receipts soaring and online music more popular than ever, why is live concert webcasting -- which sits squarely at the intersection of these trends -- still lagging?
After showing early promise at the turn of the millennium, webcasters' path to success was slowed by three major roadblocks having to do with technology, audience and record labels.
The good news for music fans is that all three will likely give way in 2008.
http://www.wired.com/entertainment/music/commentary/listeningpost/2007/12/listeningpost_1224
and...this is a beginning...http://www.synclive.com/

Works Of Art On A Strat...

Here are some cool hand painted Strats....check it out...
...her site.. http://www.pamelina.com/pamelina_001.htm

.....and more at.... http://www.modernguitars.com/pamelina/archives/2007/05/a_psychedelic_hello.html

Santa Fe Fat City Horns Recruited By Bette

The top notch horn section of Santa Fe & The Fat City Horns has been recruited by Bette Midler, and will be part of her orchestra when the legendary performer makes her debut at Caesar's Palace in 2008, replacing Celine Deon. The horn section is already in New York for rehearsals, but fear not for vacancy in the Santa Fe funk band. The second line of horns are just as fabulous and talented, and have kept the stature of the band in the "A" level of musicianship.
article page...
http://www.smoothvibes.com/movabletype/archives/000961.html
Santa Fe Fat City Horns site...
http://www.santafeandthefatcityhorns.com/

Singer Dan Fogelberg, 56, Dies of Cancer

Singer Dan Fogelberg, 56, Dies of Cancer
Dan Fogelberg, the singer and songwriter whose hits "Leader of the Band" and "Same Old Lang Syne" helped define the soft-rock era, died Sunday at his home in Maine after battling prostate cancer. He was 56.
http://www.mail.com/Article.aspx?articlepath=APNews/General%20Entertainment/20071217/Obit_Fogelberg_20071217.xml&cat=entertainment&subcat=&pageid=1

Dan Folgelberg site.. http://www.danfogelberg.com/