Archives for: "January 2011"
Some Jazz You Need to Know
01/24/11 01:28, by paul.bourgeois, Categories: BFMN Exclusive, Monday Morning Musical Musings, Paul Bourgeois , Tags: airto moriera, al dimeola, chick corea, dan grigor, return to forever, stanley clarke, thelonius monk
Musical Musings with Paul Bourgeois
People say Jazz is hard. It isn’t true. It doesn’t even exist. It’s a flavour. The rhythms are kind of complex sometimes and the melodies do interesting things. It’s music that plays with… more »
Get Back On and Ride
01/21/11 17:56, by wakitu, Categories: Guitar, BFMN Exclusive, Percussion, Laura Williams, One Thin Paradigm , Tags: 12-string, bfmn exclusive, dan grigor, hearing loss, laura williams, one thin paradigm
One Thin Paradigm by Laura Williams
If you’re here perusing the offerings of BFMN, I think it’s safe to say you love music. You might even be a musician, or someone who loves one. My name is Laura Williams and I’m a former partner of… more »
Extraordinary Bassist Stanley Clarke and I Talked about Music Today
01/20/11 14:34, by dang, Categories: Music News, Artist Interview, Dan Grigor, Featured Artist, Bass , Tags: bassist, bfmn exclusive, dan grigor, roxboro entertainment group, stanley clarke
We had missed Stanley Clarke at NAMM. He was kind enough to invite us out to the studio to talk. We jammed a bit on the couch and talk about his new label Roxboro Entertainment Group. We have a song, we have a great interview and great pics to follow.… more »
Hit Sense and Chutzpah
01/18/11 20:42, by wakitu, Categories: Music News , Tags: bobby darin, carole king, don kirshner_s rock concert, lynyrd skynyrd, neil diamond, rolling stones
Born in the Bronx, the son of a tailor, Don Kirshner yearned to be a songwriter. As he matured, it became obvious he had the hit-sense – and the chutzpah – to be a starmaker. Starting in the 50s, collaborating with Robert Cassotto (later better known… more »
Two legendary bluesmen, harmonica player Kim Wilson with bassist Larry Taylor Live from NAMM
01/18/11 03:30, by dang, Categories: Dan Grigor, NAMM 2011, NAMM 2011 Music , Tags: bass, bassist, harmonica player, kim wilson, larry taylor, legendary blues, live from namm, standup, upright
by Dan Grigor
BareFoot MusicNews is an international organization; we have team members near and far. Unfortunately, none of our far folk could make it to NAMM with us. One member in particular, our regular Monday Morning Harpist Paul Bourgouis, would… more »
The Key to Happiness
01/16/11 10:57, by paul.bourgeois, Categories: BFMN Exclusive, Monday Morning Musical Musings, Paul Bourgeois , Tags: dan grigor, famous, happiness, jorma kaukonen, musician, nice, paul bourgeois, play, thomas dolby
Musical Musings with Paul Bourgeois
I’m in a really cynical mood right now. Some fool once said “If you try your best you will become really famous and then you will be happy.” If I was the one who said it, I was an idiot at the time.… more »
NAMM2011 Day Two Jammin' with Rock Stars
01/15/11 11:07, by dang, Categories: BFMN Exclusive, Dan Grigor, NAMM 2011 , Tags: barefoot, grigor_ popular videos, guitar, jerry miller, music, namm, news, top ten, videos, youtube
by Dan Grigor
I had a great day Friday. So much fun seeing friends from around the world and meeting new ones we’ll be glad to see again. I played a bunch of guitars today, checked out some new products, interviewed designers, nerds, geniuses and… more »
