con struct
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I've been invited to play at this year's Atlanta Jazz Festival. I didn't submit anything, didn't talk to anyone about it, didn't give it any thought, really, but the other night the program manager sent me the email asking me and my band to play.
He said he'd heard my tunes on my Myspace music page and I guess that did it. Nobody in this city knows who we are, we never play anywhere because we do all original material and that material is, well, a little weird.
We'll be playing on the main stage. Other artists include Marcus Miller, Christian Scott, Stanley Clarke, Spyro Gyra, Jason Marsalis and I forget who else.
Yes, I'm a little nervous. This just came out of the blue.
After this dreary winter in this dreary city where jazz is basically a nonentity I actually have something to look forward to, a real concert stage with a real grand piano, professional sound and lights, where my band can play my songs in front of a thousand or more people. And the money's great!
I'm still trying to figure out what's really going on here. Stuff like this doesn't happen. I mean, I haven't been active in the music scene for a long time. My profile is way low. I don't exist anymore, really. I'm retired, for goodness sake.
Anyway, sorry. Just had to brag.
He said he'd heard my tunes on my Myspace music page and I guess that did it. Nobody in this city knows who we are, we never play anywhere because we do all original material and that material is, well, a little weird.
We'll be playing on the main stage. Other artists include Marcus Miller, Christian Scott, Stanley Clarke, Spyro Gyra, Jason Marsalis and I forget who else.
Yes, I'm a little nervous. This just came out of the blue.
After this dreary winter in this dreary city where jazz is basically a nonentity I actually have something to look forward to, a real concert stage with a real grand piano, professional sound and lights, where my band can play my songs in front of a thousand or more people. And the money's great!
I'm still trying to figure out what's really going on here. Stuff like this doesn't happen. I mean, I haven't been active in the music scene for a long time. My profile is way low. I don't exist anymore, really. I'm retired, for goodness sake.
Anyway, sorry. Just had to brag.
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