Happy Holidays!
Is it really holiday season already? With each passing year, the time warp factor kicks up a notch.
New Videos, New Album, New Store
I made a new jazz guitar Christmas EP “Rob Michael’s Christmas by the Fire.” Because I believe an album should more than some audio files and a pretty picture, I’m inviting you to listen and watch via this Youtube playlist.
This features the actual performances heard for the entire album, yours to experience for free.
I guess it’s the seasonal nature of Holiday songs that hold their appeal for me. You play them for a couple of months and forget about them until the following year.
I’ve started making short videos of Christmas tunes that I’ve been re-harmonizing lately. Here’s my latest.
Here is the Atmos Trio functioning as “The guys” in support of singer Cynthia Tarr. We’ve held down this regular gig in Glen Ellen CA at Olive & Vine for a couple of years and have developed a very enthusiastic audience there.
Here’s a fairly up-tempo tune that the band stretches out on a little. Good times!
This was filmed on a Creative Vado HD cam. Audio was EQ’d/ compressed using Ableton Live and video edited in Final Cut Express.
Here’s the classic “Cry Me a River” from my gig last Friday night in the California wine country. Glen Ellen, CA is home the the Olive & Vine where the Atmos Trio functioned as “The Guys” to singer (and wife to our bass player Cliff Hugo who’s currently rehearsing with Super Tramp for their European summer tour) Cynthia Tarr.
Yesterday marked the latest of what is becoming a series of great internet jazz performances. One of my most valued online connections is with world-class bassist Todd Johnson. He and his lovely wife Gay came to my studio to hang-out and play some music to an enthusiastic international audience on Ustream.
Here is a brief peak into what we played. There will be higher quality video on my YouTube channel in the next day or two.
