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As a performance major at The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in NYC, I have been discovering TONS of new music, people, and other things of that sort. More or less I need a way to organize and share these thoughts. And this is what I came up with.
Enjoy,
-Eric Read

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My friend Tom is featured here on The New School Radio. Not sure if the audio is working so here’s the hard link:  http://wnsr.parsons.edu/2012/05/24/amplified-friends-episode-2-tom-csatari/

I’m headed on a small tour to play at the Upstairs in Montreal, as well as a few other places in VT. Planning this tour is difficult (stupid workers permits) but it’s going to be such a great time on the road with my three great friends. 

Check out his (Tom Csatari) tunes on the link. I play drums on the ones that sound like it was recorded in a gym. (Because that live recording practically was, we’re in the process of trying to find out how to get better recordings of ourselves). 

On top of that, I’m thinking about heading to Seattle for a week or two. Maybe even LA. We’ll have to see about that. 

WHY IS THIS SO AMAZING. 

Also, I played at the Bern Jazz Festival in Switzerland, fell in love with that country, and graduated college. WOO! More updates to follow. 

Sorry I’ve been away for so long. I’ve been graduating from college, or something. 

But I had the privilege of seeing Feist at Radio City. And I’m not lying when I say this. It was the best concert I have ever seen. Let me say it again. It was THE BEST CONCERT I HAVE EVER SEEN. And luckily a few videos have shown up from the show. 

I love how she rearranged her songs, and it seemed like she had so much fun with the reworkings of them. I want to be in her band SO BAD. It’s unreal. 

if you were to get my an application for my birthday, it’d be this. 

Here is our debut album, "Roots & Bells" 

town-hall:

Goodmorning, Sunday! Here is the debut album that we’ve been making such a fuss about. For the past few days we’ve been holding our own copies in our hands, turning them over and over, reading the track listings and thank you’s, admiring the artwork… it’s so overwhelming and surreal. We…

My friends at Town Hall have released a new album. AND IT IS AWESOME. 

If I could learn how to solo like this on the drums, I’d be consider myself a great musician. Hell, this is straight up incredible. 

is it me, or is the bass player the one who looks most fly in this video? Besides Freddie of course. Rockin. 

thedorseyshawexperience:

What The World Was Like The First Time “Titanic” Was In Theaters…

Hell yes for somehow making the nineties seem like a fun time again. 

So. Rockin. 

elliotjacobson:

Drum Cam highlights from the @JennyOwenYoungs tour! 

Everything about his groove/kit makes me a happy dude. Elliot Jacobson FTW!

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