Ass-kicking new song: "Blues Rites Night"

1966 Selmer Bundy tenor saxophone with Otto Link Super Tone Master mouth piece, Hoehner Blues Band harmonica, hand percussion, Audacity effects. This music is Blues gone trancendental, it'll take you out in the woods and blues you under the stars.

This song is way different, and to be honest, better than anything I've done before. It has a unique fusion of Native American beat, dead-on blues sax, and "night in the woods" background done mostly with the Hoehner Blues Band C-harp. I'm kind of amazed I managed to produce this.

http://www.archive.org/download/BluesRitesNight/Blues_Rites_Night.mp3

Thank You, as always, for listening. Prepare to go into night spaces blue...

Dan Stafford

"I Could Not Stop Myself" - new song

A little different. This is a very short but interesting tune.

http://www.archive.org/download/ICouldNotStopMyself/I_Could_Not_Stop.mp3

Thank you for listening.

Dan

Sneak Preview of My New Earthlife Album Cover

My new cover should end up looking like this. I'm going to be selling the album on CD Baby as soon as I get the cover art resolved.

Thank you for listening!

Dan Stafford

Social Networkin' Blues

How many Social Network profiles do YOU have to keep track of?

http://www.archive.org/download/SocialNetworkinBlues/Social_Networkin_Blues.mp3

Thank you for listening!

Dan Stafford

Hard Sax Rox

This is the clip I call "Hard Sax Rox." I'm playing Bello right on the edge here, busting harmonics in a righteous hard rock opera style that comes straight from growing up in the 60's & 70's. (I'm Gen-X, class of 1980, and all the hard rockers came out in my childhood and teen years.)

Bust it out:

http://www.archive.org/download/HardSaxRox/Hard_Sax_Rox.mp3

Thank you for listening!

Dan Stafford

Back to practice - 01-20-2009 Practice Session

This session was pretty good - and a good bit overdue. I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out. The last 5 minutes or so went pretty "hard rock opera" and I'm going to clip it and title it in a post after this one. I really felt in the groove on that part. The full session is just over 12 minutes and in a variety of styles. Hang on to your ears, and if you want just the short version, check the next post.

http://www.archive.org/download/01-20-2009PracticeSession/01-20-2009_practiceSession.mp3

Thank you for listening!

Dan Stafford

Maybe You're Down

http://www.archive.org/download/MaybeYoureDown/Maybe_Youre_Down.mp3

My newest tenor sax New-Age Blues song, with light percussion and vocals.

Thank you for listening!

Dan

Youtube - Jazzcid Rockit Sax

1st Youtube video - Hawai'ian-inspired sax

This is after listening to Hawai'ian artist Keali'i Reichel for awhile. His work is a lot softer, smoother, and more professional than anything I've ever done, but it put me in the right mood. I still need to figure out a good way to prop up my Blackberry for this kind of thing, though.

Thank you for listening!

Dan

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The North Pole Toy Factory Blues...

http://www.archive.org/download/NorthPoleToyFactoryBlues/North_Pole_Toy_Factory_Blues.mp3

Hear Santa's Elves at work! Catch the hustle and bustle on the Toy Factory floor! It's the North Pole Toy Factory Blues!

Thank you for listening, and Merry Christmas!

Dan

Saturday Nigh-on Christmas Boogie

http://www.archive.org/download/SaturdayNigh-onChristmasBoogie-TheRealVersion/Saturday_Nigh-on_Christmas_Boogie.mp3

A little practice, a little weekend, a little holiday, a little boogie blues. What more couldja ask for?

Thanks for listening!

Dan

Snow Call - new Christmas tune in progress

http://www.archive.org/download/SnowCall/Snow_Call.mp3

Hey, Folk,

Thank you for reading & listening. This is a new Christmas tune I'm working on. I plan to add some sleigh bells, percussion, and hopefully keyboard work. Lyrics are yet to be penned, but I have a few things in mind. (I do poetry too, and plenty of it. I have over 1,500 poems up in the document library over at www.lightverse.com .)

Hope you enjoy, and Happy Holidays!

Dan

12-05-2008 Practice Session

http://www.archive.org/download/12-05-2008PracticeSession/12-05-2008_Practice-Session.mp3

Getting a bit quicker on the keys, more able to flow smoothly from note to note. This is good.

I still play a lot better if I'm working with another musician, but I only have a few early tracks available to distribute. I'll get them in here at some point or another.

Thanks for listening.

Dan

12-03-2008 Practice Session

I'm running tired but playing on - extremely busy at work & that is slowing me down a lot - but I'm still hearing incremental improvements in my playing.

Thank you for listening.

Dan

http://www.archive.org/download/12-03-2008PracticeSession/DanStafford_12-03-2008PracticeSession01.mp3

11-30-2008 Practice Session 02

http://www.archive.org/download/11-30-2008PracticeSession02/DanStafford_11-30-2008PracticeSession02.mp3

This session is what I call "playing on the edge" or "Jazzcid Rock." What I'm doing here is hitting the harmonics on the low end of the horn to get chords out of the sax. It's very tricky to hit just the right harmonic and produce a chord in the octave you want. Kind of like dancing on the head of a pin - but I was very "on" tonight and I think this tuned out fairly well. I recorded it using my Sony ICD-P620 digital recorder with the on-board mike, so the recording is low-bitrate and noisy, but the playing is some of my better practice jam. I think all-inall, you'll enjoy this.

Thank you for listening.

Dan

11-30-2008 Practice Session 01

http://www.archive.org/download/11-30-2008PracticeSession01/DanStafford_11-30-2008PracticeSession01.mp3

I don't know how else to put this, but this session is a little more "Mack The Knife" - that general style - than session two, which I'll post shortly. I really felt "on" tonight.

Both of these files are a bit noisier than usual - I was using my little pocket digital recorder to get them down instead of my usual PC mike & Audacity. I tried opening the mp3 files in Audacity to clean them up, but all I was able to do with them was delete the noise at the beginning and end of each session, and amp down the levels so it's bearable on the ears.

I hope you enjoy, and thank you for listening.

Dan

Things went good with the Keyboardist...

http://www.archive.org/download/11-27-2008PracticeSession/11-27-2008_Practice-Session.mp3

...so we're going to start working together in January after the holidays. It was kind of funny, we were talking about band names, and he said "not until we earn one. Until then we can call ourselves the Two Jackasses." I love it. So it is, until we make some decent music.

The practice session here is a nice, sultry, bluesey track, with a much better reed. I'm fairly happy with it, although the one before last was probably the best reed I've ever played to date.

Enjoy, and Happy Thanksgiving.

Thank you for listening -

Dan

I'm going to meet a new keyboard player in the morning...

...named Scott. He's kind of a beginner musician like me, so neither of us should feel outclassed. I'm really looking forward to it. We should be meeting at Panera Bread between 09:00-10:00 or so, I'll let you know how it goes.

I also am not diggin' this new reed. It's really stiff and the sound is a little flat to me. That's part of the deal with reeds, being organic, they aren't totally consistent in quality. I'll play it out a bit more and see if it mellows, but if this keeps up I'll ditch it and move to another.

Thank you for listening.

Dan

http://www.archive.org/download/11-26-2008PracticeSession/11-26-2008_Practice-Session.mp3

11-25-2008 Practice Session

A bit sultry. I just put a new reed in the sax. The last reed was phenomenal, it lasted way longer than most and was very easy to play. The new one is a bit more stiff - we'll see how it goes.

http://www.archive.org/download/11-25-2008PracticeSession/11-25-2008_Practice-Session.mp3

Thank you for listening.

Dan