Brian and I left Ithaca, NY last Thursday in a hurry to get up to LeRoy, NY and see our friends Gary and Christy Colvin. Our show at the Shop in Ithaca was, well…… let’s just say lightly attended;-) So we cut our set a bit short and headed up the road. A few Labatt’s [...]
NYC…… We pretty much planned a drive-by gig in New York City. I’ve learned too many times what a logistical hassle it can be to play and stay in the big apple, so we got a room outside the city. Driving up from DC was easy and short of all the pushing and shoving of [...]
And the videos keep rolling in. If you follow the Mystiqueros Blog, you know that we toured the east coast a bit in August with shows in DC, Baltimore, NYC, Buffalo and Rochester. While on the road, we had the great pleasure of working with Music Fog to film some live performances. Below is the [...]
Like the song says, “Mostly I want to know that there’s gonna be a next time”. Last Tuesday, I woke up anxious. There were questions, and not particularly useful questions, running through my brain. I was sleepy. I was jumpy. Agitated. I guess it makes some sense. Later that evening I was scheduled to play [...]
In September of 2000, I released the first ever Bill Small record, “Singin“. I’d been involved in a couple of records and a cassette tape (showing my age) with bands before that, and I think “Singin” was the end product of the 90′s for me. All the musical roads I’d been down in my first [...]
I’m back in Moonhouse Studio today putting the finishing touches on my new record with producer Chris Gage. It’s good to be getting it done! I know it’ll make my parents happy at least. I’ll keep you posted on the release date. It looks like I’ll have the support of the brand new Texas label, [...]
“It’s not the world’s fault you want to be an artist, now shut up and get back to work.” First of all, watch this…… Creativity. If you haven’t noticed, it’s a subject I’m very interested in. I love this video with Elizabeth Gilbert. I read her book, ‘Eat, Pray, Love’ several months agao and found [...]
I wrote an article a few days ago that’s now lost on my dead hard drive. (yes the hard drive in my macbook took a powder and it doesn’t look like it’s coming back) The article was about art in the schools or the continuing decline thereof. But as I’ve been thinking about it, it’s [...]
The Glamorous Life 1 originally posted at http://www.bassplayersclub.com this is kind of a random musing from the van. part of an ongoing series about the “glamour” of the road…… It’s noon and I’ve been in the Van for just about two hours. I stayed up a little too late with my friend Jimmy Davis and [...]
My first day of singing in the studio for the new record was rough. The human voice is such an interesting thing. There are times when I can sing anything. (or at least it feels that way) And then times when singing feels like peddling a beach cruiser up mount everest. When I’ve coached singers [...]
