Music Stuff - Cool Stuff

I almost forgot to tell you the story about our experience at the 26th Bull Durham Blues Festival in Durham North Carolina back in September.  The Bull Durham Blues Festival is one of the oldest running Blues Fests in the USA.  The Jimmy Haggard Band was honored to perform at the Hayti Heritage Center ( www.hayti.org)  in Performance Hall, on a stage that the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. stood upon to deliver his message.  The Durham Blues Festival show started off with Jason Damico and the New Blue ripping it up with their brand of Texas style Stratocaster guitar slinging.  Then the Rhonda Robichaux Band (2012 Triangle Blues Challenge winner) gave the crowd a taste of her sultry, sexy and saucy blues, with her smooth New Orleans and jazzy grooves.   The Jimmy Haggard Band was in the middle of the show card.  Wow!  The guys in the band were tight and on fire, playing those good ol' Electric Blues.  We had a full band that night, with Rodney Winley on Bass, Syneca Foster

It seems like forever since we last talked.  How have you been?  It has been kind of nuts for me. The Recording and Rehearsal studios are picking up steam and keeping me hopping.  The Recording side of the business is really picking up.  Thank God I am blessed with an ear and the talent to listen to artists and understand what they are trying to achieve (sound wise) with their music, and then translate that into getting the mix just right.  It always takes a little back and forth discussion, but we get there fairly fast.  I have my ideas on what I want something to sound like, and artists have their ideas.  From the perspective of the recording studio, it is important to understand what the artist wants.   After all, they are paying for it.  Well, if there executive sponsor is paying for it, then have to listen to the sponsor too.  Ya know what I mean?  It is my job to make it happen and to make the artist sound better than anything in their wildest dreams. Enjoy the Musi