Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Post-Bop and Avant-Garde Jazz Saxophonist Keith Gamble: The Edible Hut
Post-Bop and Avant-Garde Jazz Saxophonist Keith Gamble: The Edible Hut: An artist-in-residence program allows an opportunity for visiting artists to stay and work in a community with a singular for-arts-sake...
The Edible Hut
An artist-in-residence program allows an opportunity for visiting artists to stay and work in a community with a singular for-arts-sake purpose. Artist in an artist in residency if done well can provide working facilities ready for use by local artist for public art. Such a facility now exist in the Osborn Community of Detroit, MI, where I live, and it`s called The Edible Hut.
Good communities have spaces where people can participate in arts activities. Located on the play field of Calimera Park, on Pinewood and Joanne, The Edible Hut is an artistic commitment to Northeast Detroit that is strengthening the Osborn Community by creating a cultural space that promotes the creativity of everyone involved. The Edible Hut is also contributing to the economics of Detroit`s Osborn Community by supporting artist, a healthy food vendor, sound engineers, photographers, and other support personal.
So, what is The Edible Hut? The creators of The Edible Hut are artist Mira Burack and Kate Daughdrill, and they say "The Edible Hut is a community gathering space in Calimera Park on the eastside of Detroit with a living, edible roof and oculus to the sky. The Edible Hut combines elements of a traditional hut, an outdoor sculpture, a neighborhood garage and an edible garden". (The Edible Hut Website, at www.ediblehutdetroit.com)
I have had the pleasure of being apart of The Edible Hut in its planning, and as a performing artist. I am not an artist-in-residence in Detroit`s Osborn Community, but a resident of the Osborn Community who just happens to be an artist trying to raise a family. I want to say thank you to Mira and Kate for their vision of a spectacular art project that is bringing people together in my community. I also want to express my joy of meeting and getting to know my neighbors on the planning committee of The Edible Hut, and neighbors I have met at our performances and Edible Hut events. I plan to hold other concerts and events at The Edible Hut in the future, and I hope to see you there. Just don`t forget, when you come to The Edible Hut in Detroit`s Osborn Community; STAY OFF MY LAWN!
Good communities have spaces where people can participate in arts activities. Located on the play field of Calimera Park, on Pinewood and Joanne, The Edible Hut is an artistic commitment to Northeast Detroit that is strengthening the Osborn Community by creating a cultural space that promotes the creativity of everyone involved. The Edible Hut is also contributing to the economics of Detroit`s Osborn Community by supporting artist, a healthy food vendor, sound engineers, photographers, and other support personal.
So, what is The Edible Hut? The creators of The Edible Hut are artist Mira Burack and Kate Daughdrill, and they say "The Edible Hut is a community gathering space in Calimera Park on the eastside of Detroit with a living, edible roof and oculus to the sky. The Edible Hut combines elements of a traditional hut, an outdoor sculpture, a neighborhood garage and an edible garden". (The Edible Hut Website, at www.ediblehutdetroit.com)
I have had the pleasure of being apart of The Edible Hut in its planning, and as a performing artist. I am not an artist-in-residence in Detroit`s Osborn Community, but a resident of the Osborn Community who just happens to be an artist trying to raise a family. I want to say thank you to Mira and Kate for their vision of a spectacular art project that is bringing people together in my community. I also want to express my joy of meeting and getting to know my neighbors on the planning committee of The Edible Hut, and neighbors I have met at our performances and Edible Hut events. I plan to hold other concerts and events at The Edible Hut in the future, and I hope to see you there. Just don`t forget, when you come to The Edible Hut in Detroit`s Osborn Community; STAY OFF MY LAWN!
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Post-Bop and Avant-Garde Jazz Saxophonist Keith Gamble: Your Advice To Young Musicians?
Post-Bop and Avant-Garde Jazz Saxophonist Keith Gamble: Your Advice To Young Musicians?: Pretty much anytime you see or hear an interview with a star musician or singer the interviewer will ask - "what advice do you hav...
Your Advice To Young Musicians?
Pretty much anytime you see or hear an interview with a star musician or singer the interviewer will ask - "what advice do you have for young musicians/singers going into music?" Bassist Buster Williams says "choose another field!" Of course Buster Williams laughs after giving that answer, and goes on to give some very sound advice (which I will share later in this blog), but this does bring to light what we tell our music students.
I have students and former students established in the music profession, entering the music profession, and will be soon entering into the music profession. So, what advice do I give? If you are a musician/music teacher what advice do you give? I guest the advice I give is to practice, put forth your best, and protect your reputation. Depending upon the student I probably have much more to say.
In an All About Jazz online article from George Colligan, published August 6, 2013, interview with bassist Buster Williams, he said more than "choose another field!, but gave advice and reasons why someone should pursue music as a career. Williams advises playing music as a career choice for the following reasons:
1. Because you love it.
2. Because you have to.
3. Because it`s the one thing that makes you happy.
4. Because it`s your decision.
In the 2013 documentary, 20 Feet From Stardom, it was mentioned in the doc film that "you have this gift (of music), and you are cursed". We are not cursed, but we have a responsibility to understand our music profession, and genre we participate in as artist. We are participants in the creative economy, and must deal with that reality and work to create opportunities to keep us engage. As jazz musicians (and musicians in general) we are in a feast or famine industry. If you are a jazz musician because of the money, well, good luck. However, if you have chosen music and jazz for the reasons Buster Williams has out-lined, then I welcome you into our profession. That is also my advice.
I have students and former students established in the music profession, entering the music profession, and will be soon entering into the music profession. So, what advice do I give? If you are a musician/music teacher what advice do you give? I guest the advice I give is to practice, put forth your best, and protect your reputation. Depending upon the student I probably have much more to say.
In an All About Jazz online article from George Colligan, published August 6, 2013, interview with bassist Buster Williams, he said more than "choose another field!, but gave advice and reasons why someone should pursue music as a career. Williams advises playing music as a career choice for the following reasons:
1. Because you love it.
2. Because you have to.
3. Because it`s the one thing that makes you happy.
4. Because it`s your decision.
In the 2013 documentary, 20 Feet From Stardom, it was mentioned in the doc film that "you have this gift (of music), and you are cursed". We are not cursed, but we have a responsibility to understand our music profession, and genre we participate in as artist. We are participants in the creative economy, and must deal with that reality and work to create opportunities to keep us engage. As jazz musicians (and musicians in general) we are in a feast or famine industry. If you are a jazz musician because of the money, well, good luck. However, if you have chosen music and jazz for the reasons Buster Williams has out-lined, then I welcome you into our profession. That is also my advice.
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