November 28, 2009
Hello, good morning, and welcome to the Saturday (Morning) News Post!
Well, well, well, not too many comments last week. Hmm, I managed to write an entire blog about what it’s like to live with debt, as if nobody has ever experienced that before! Brilliant. Naturally, my rant about being broke was met with general silence except for one comment to the effect of “Deal with it.”
Oh right! Silly me, I forgot: Nobody ever wants to hear a complainer,… unless of course it’s something that both people want to complain about, but in general, nobody’s interested. They’ve got there own problems. Even if it’s a legitimate gripe, even if you’re old and sick, but especially if it’s regarding a jazz clarinetist who chose his own path. After all, let’s be honest, when I’m not stressed out about money, my job is a hell of a lot more fun and rewarding than most peoples. more…
November 21, 2009
Hello, good morning, and welcome to the Saturday Morning News Post!
Readers, let me level with you, this hasn’t been my best week. It’s been a pretty goddamn shitty week in fact. It’s a number of things really, but the proverbial cherry on top of it all is a lagging anxiety concerning money, or a lack thereof.
Of course, who hasn’t had money concerns in the last year or two, right?
And yes, it’s all relative, for a jazz clarinetist a lucrative year could simply mean being able to afford to go out for drinks a few nights a week and pay the rent!,… awesome!
Many a professional jazz musician have heard the question after a gig: “Wow, you sound fantastic! So what do you really do? more…
November 14, 2009
Hello, good morning, and welcome to the Saturday Morning News Post!
In case you missed it in the headline,… the SMNP is one year old everybody! Push aside that bowl of corn flakes, break out the bubbly and let’s celebrate! (Remember, there’s nothing with a little “hair of the dog” in the morning,… as long as no one sees you doing it.)
And what a year it’s been! In only 365 days you’ve seen the SMNP evolve from an amateurish, uninformed blog site to what it is today,… an amateurish, uninformed blog site with a comment section! Boo-yeah!
And so last week I chose to mark the occasion by more…