James Danderfer

Welcome to the Saturday Morning News Post! This post is really a post within a post.

All that means is I wrote a very bitchy post last night after not sleeping much for days, and I was going to just leave it that but then,… I got a good nights sleep. And then I went for a walk this morning with my roommate around my area, which is Little Italy (in Montreal). And I gotta say, the combination of sleep (thanks to my new duck down duvet!), Italian cafes, and French food markets did cheer me up quite a bit.

School hasn’t started yet, but all the paperwork of registering (and trying to avoid unnecessary prerequisite classes) has begun and it’s tiresome, as you’d expect.

I’m really looking forward to writing tonnes of music this year at McGill and to regular performances with the other students here. And, not to brag too much (because I was very honoured by this), but McGill did give me a full scholarship so I also feel like I owe them a lot of hard work and great music.

However,… at the same time I feel like I have to be aggressive in protecting my time from University requirements in order to do this work. They want me to sign up for a full load of classes and even do undergrad prerequisite classes,… which I respect, BUT I just need time to work, not time to jump through hoops.

I’m not saying I know it all, and I’m not saying I wouldn’t learn from any undergrad class I took here but just let me dive in and learn by doing it already! more…

Hello, good morning, and welcome to the Saturday Morning News Post. Yeah, I know it’s late but hey… it’s not like you pay for these weekly gems anyways!

So how was the recording you ask?

Educating, exhausting, but also really exciting to hear this new project coming to life.

Yes sir, I do believe we captured some magic in the studio over the last 4 days. At least, I’m pretty sure we did. To be honest, any recording I’ve ever done has been followed by a feeling of bewilderment and just a tinge of emptiness as I ask myself “What just happened here?” more…

Hello, good afternoon, and welcome to the Saturday Morning News Post!

Thanks to all those who came down to my show last Saturday at The Cellar, both nights were sold out and the band had a blast, em… except for a few minor setbacks.

As many of you know, I chose to debut my recently purchased EWI (Electronic Wind Instrument) last weekend. A bold move, if I do say so myself, seeing as how I’d never played it with any other musicians before, let alone in performance. But as someone once said to me, “If you wait until you’re ready, it’ll never happen” , well, I’d like to beat bitch-slap thank them for those encouraging words because, more…

Hello and welcome to the Saturday Morning News Post! First of all, thank you to everyone who came down to our show last night, it was one hell of a party and my band was on fire, if I do say so myself.

The best part is,… it continues again tonight! So sleep off that hangover, drink some gatorade, and get back on that horse tonight! Or,… just tell your friends to get on that horse for you!

This is going to be a short news post as I have to practice a bit for tonights show, run some errands, and then pick up a lot more gatorade a new sports jacket from the tailors. That’s right, after some harassment for wearing the same jacket three shows in a row I’m finally debuting a new jacket tonight. What can I say, my audiences just keep getting better looking and I gotta keep up!

On that note, thanks for reading and have a great week!

Hello, and welcome to the Saturday Morning News Post everyone! I was on the road this past week to perform in beautiful Kelowna, BC with vocalist Anna Jacyszyn and her band. It was my first time to play with this group of Kelowna locals and a fun time was had by all (Thanks for putting it all together Anna!).

And since I had lots of time in the car (5.5 hours each way) I decided to listen to some of the CDs from my “To Listen To” pile. They were:

Chad Makela: NO

Baritone sax player Chad Makela gave me his new CD months ago and therefore was on top of my pile. I’m a big fan of more…