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2009

December
October 134
September 148
August 96
July 64
June 36
May 54
April 101
March 58
January 137

2008

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May
April
March
February
January
Dewey Beach
Oct 1st

Advice

Since I started writing about my experiences as a musician for MusicianWages.com, I’ve been...
Oct 1st
Listen Listen
“Cold Bear” by The Gaturs
Oct 1st
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motionsensorsoundtrack: Apache Love Song (My Bloody Valentine Remix) I’ve been messing with this...
Sep 30th
Warch Watch
“Throwing It All Away” cover on ukulele and mandolin. I recently had a lengthy...
Sep 30th
New Noah And The Whale on NPR
Sep 30th
Listen Listen
“My Generation” by The Who from the BBC Sessions
Sep 30th

Top 9 Things You Can Do to Reduce Global...

10. Be a vegetarian. There must have been a 10th step on here at one time, or else somebody...
Sep 30th
1966 Dizzy Gillespie - Bild von Ulli Schwenn aus Jazz &...
Sep 29th
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“Golden Lady” by Soulive originally by Stevie Wonder
Sep 29th
Sep 29th
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“Wild Horses” by The Rolling Stones (via afghanibanani:snuh)
Sep 29th
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“I Can’t Be Satisfied” by Muddy Waters from Hard Again Everything about this song...
Sep 28th
Warch Watch
‘The Hardest Working Man In Showbusiness’ James Brown, 1966 (via...
Sep 28th
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“Hey” by Erika Lloyd & Cameron Mizell originally by The Pixies from Pour A Little...
Sep 28th
Eric Clapton, John Lennon, Mitch Mitchell and Keith...
Sep 28th
Francis Wolff:  Bud Powell & Son, 1958 (in recording...
Sep 27th
Warch Watch
laurenzettler: cam, making things purty. Today we worked on a new LZ original, which you will all...
Sep 26th
This exists.
Sep 25th
Tuesday night at Rockwood Music Hall. (via sparklingpants) ...
Sep 25th
“You can’t be afraid to mess up, I mess up all the...”
— Lauren …talking to...
Sep 25th
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“Untitled Improvisation #2” Here’s the second clip from the studio improvisation...
Sep 25th
Warch Watch
John Coltrane :: Alabama :: Jazz Casual (via interplanetarymusic) The John Coltrane Quartet (Trane,...
Sep 24th
Sep 24th
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“Untitled Improvisation” You guys have heard all this tasteful, pretty music I play...
Sep 24th
John Coltrane (Septemper 23, 1926 - July 17, 1967)
Sep 23rd
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“Trane’s Slow Blues” by John Coltrane Happy birthday to a musician that was...
Sep 23rd
… it’s a long way … (via...
Sep 23rd
miles davis. (via mfs)
Sep 22nd
Warch Watch
Keith Jarrett, Chick Corea, Dave Holland, Gary Bartz, Airto Moreira and Jack DeJohnette with Miles...
Sep 22nd
Listen Listen
“Four” by Miles Davis from The Complete Concert 1964: My Funny Valentine + Four &...
Sep 22nd
Best and Worst Day Jobs for Musicians
Sep 22nd
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motionsensorsoundtrack: The Apache Love Song So this one got a lot more crazy last night in the...
Sep 22nd
Winda (via robmizell[dot]com)
Sep 22nd
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sparklingpants: cameronmizell: “Call Your Bluff” by Lauren Zettler from On Your Back Porch NYC...
Sep 22nd

The benefits of having a band that is...

I’ve been slowly reviewing the many takes from Thursday and Friday’s sessions in the...
Sep 22nd
(via motionsensorsoundtrack)
Sep 22nd
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motionsensorsoundtrack: cameronmizell: “Call Your Bluff” by Lauren Zettler from On Your Back...
Sep 21st
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“Call Your Bluff” by Lauren Zettler from On Your Back Porch
Sep 21st
Warch Watch
“Hold On” by Little Grey Girlfriend live at rockwood music hall Little Grey Girlfriend...
Sep 21st
Sep 21st
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While You Wait for the Others by Michael McDonald originally by Grizzly Bear (posted by...
Sep 21st
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“Heart Of Glass” by Erika Lloyd & Cameron Mizell originally by Blondie from Pour A...
Sep 21st
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“Run Of The Mill” by Marco Benevento originally by George Harrison from Me Not Me
Sep 20th
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“I Get Along Without You Very Well” by Matthew Gailey (vocal) & Cameron Mizell...
Sep 19th

How to scare the shit out of yourself...

sharingtime: Grow a beard for two months. Forget what your face actually looks like. Shave the...
Sep 19th
Tale of the Tape
Sep 19th
Engineer’s notes on the various takes of...
Sep 19th
Warch Watch
What started out as one of the more respectable jazz tunes on my new album, by the 6th take became...
Sep 19th
Analog!
Sep 18th
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“Hip Hop Isn’t What It Used To Be” by Doctopus This was an old band I was in...
Sep 18th
“There’s a great story about Pablo Picasso. Some guy told...”
— I Will Not Read Your Fucking...
Sep 18th
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“The Hunt” by Aceyalone from Book Of Human Language
Sep 18th
“Never confuse movement for action.”
— Ernest Hemingway (via...
Sep 18th
Sep 17th
Listening.
Sep 17th
Warch Watch
Remember when bands used to go on TV shows and not play to a track?  I don’t think I do...
Sep 17th
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“Cherry Coloured Funk” by Erika Lloyd & Cameron Mizell originally by the Cocteau...
Sep 17th
Hey guys, Tuesday night Lauren (right) and I (left) are...
Sep 17th
Brad’s rig.
Sep 17th
Multiple Streams of Musician Income
Sep 17th
Warch Watch
We’ll be channeling Fagen and Becker over the next couple days.  I don’t care if you...
Sep 17th
Typical couch practicing posture.
Sep 17th
Can of beans in the Verve Creative Department. One of the...
Sep 16th
The Drunkard’s Progress: STEP 1 - A glass with a...
Sep 16th
Warch Watch
I spent way too much time this morning watching Danny Gatton videos on YouTube.  If you want to geek...
Sep 16th

One more thing about internships...

Alright, I’ve read a bunch of other responses to the original post, and people have some...
Sep 16th
Unpaid Internships – Common but Illegal
Sep 16th
New Album Progress: Rehearsals
Sep 16th
I'm on today's My Music Image Podcast
Sep 16th
Listen Listen
“Soul Finger” by The Bar-Kays
Sep 15th
Warch Watch
Another funk lesson for the day. Dance moves by James Brown.
Sep 15th
Memphis funk.
Sep 15th
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“Love Rollercoaster” by the Ohio Players (via bunkercomplex)
Sep 15th
It’s little and cute, but after about 10 blocks...
Sep 15th
Warch Watch
(via whiterainbow)
Sep 15th
I’ll trade you the picture here for one of these...
Sep 15th
When Lauren and I were on tour in August, we played a show...
Sep 15th
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motionsensorsoundtrack: cameronmizell: “Everything Means Nothing To Me” by Erika Lloyd &...
Sep 14th
Warch Watch
Here’s a video of me playing my guitar arrangement of Elliott Smith’s “Everything...
Sep 14th
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“Everything Means Nothing To Me” by Erika Lloyd & Cameron Mizell originally by...
Sep 14th
laurenzettler: this is Cam. I tell him what I hear and he’s...
Sep 14th
Sunset from Brooklyn
Sep 13th
Warch Watch
Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Tony Williams play “Joshua” in...
Sep 13th
New images of the Butterfly Nebula (via afghanibanani)
Sep 13th
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“My Man’s Gone Now” by Bill Frisell from East/West How about some eerie sounds of...
Sep 13th

Reset

I need to find something to watch/listen to/do that will help me hear a bunch of music I’m...
Sep 13th
ljm: coffeeandpeanutbutter: Inspired by Lindsey’s recent...
Sep 12th
Popcorn. Pencil, 1996.
Sep 12th
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“Nobody Home” by Erika Lloyd & Cameron Mizell originally by Pink Floyd from Pour A...
Sep 12th

Bachelor for the weekend.

When my wife goes out of town for the weekend I have a brief moment where I think: “I could...
Sep 11th
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Every year I promote the virtuosity and musicianship of Leo Kottke (b. Sep. 11, 1945) who plays the...
Sep 11th
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“All I Want” by Erika Lloyd & Cameron Mizell originally by Joni Mitchell from Pour A...
Sep 10th

Middle of a song, during rehearsal,...

LZ: Was that you or me?
Me: I fucked up.
LZ: Ok, just checking.
Sep 10th
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Joni Mitchell - California So I bought me a ticket I caught a plane to spain Went to a party down a...
Sep 10th
Warch Watch
From the caption on Vimeo: Reading a newspaper, I saw a picture of birds on the electric wires. I...
Sep 10th
laurenzettler: Cam’s cat has been hanging out with us...
Sep 10th
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“I Want To Tell You” by The Beatles
Sep 10th
A waveform view of “A Day in the Life” showing its...
Sep 9th
Tears of Rage: The Great Bob Dylan Audio...
Sep 9th
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“Oh Shit” by The Pharcyde You could take the track out from under these guys and their...
Sep 9th
“Pour A Little Everything Else” Available on...
Sep 9th
Pour A Little Everything Else is now on iTunes!
Sep 9th
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“Soul Love” by Erika Lloyd & Cameron Mizell originally by David Bowie from Pour A...
Sep 9th
Warch Watch
Earl Scruggs & Friends - Foggy Mountain Breakdown so much hot sauce in this clip.. Vince Gill,...
Sep 9th
“No man should go through life without once experiencing...”
— Jack Kerouac (via...
Sep 8th
laurenzettler: HEY!  I’m playing a show tomorrow night at...
Sep 8th
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Black Hole Sun - Lauren Zettler (Soundgarden Cover) Cam and I just did this real quick as a favor...
Sep 8th

Me plus you plus your livingroom (round...

laurenzettler: HEY GUYS.  It’s that time again!  I am officially going on tour in November...
Sep 8th
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“Spartacus Love Theme” by Bill Evans from Conversations with Myself (1963). With Bill Evans on...
Sep 8th

Adventures as a Musician.

I just got a call to sub for a gig on Friday. I’m to pick up the steel pan player, who...
Sep 8th
Apple picking with Jill and Erika.
Sep 7th
Picnic spread at the winery and apple orchard.
Sep 7th
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“Let It Down” by George Harrison from All Things Must Pass
Sep 7th
Warch Watch
George Harrison - Come In My Kitchen the look on Clapton’s face does it to me in this clip. Maybe...
Sep 7th
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“Begging My Weakness” by Barnaby Bright
Sep 6th
Roof harping in Brooklyn, NY.
Sep 6th
“Whether because exercise makes us hungry or because we want...”
— Why Exercise Won’t Make...
Sep 6th
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“Congeniality” by Ornette Coleman from The Shape Of Jazz To Come
Sep 6th
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Herbie Mann - Bitch Jazz Stones cover, with Mick Taylor on guitar and Mann going nuts on the...
Sep 5th

Jazz and the White Critic - Amiri Baraka

Most jazz critics have been white Americans, but most important jazz musicians have not been. This...
Sep 5th
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“‘Round Midnight” by Wes Montgomery
Sep 5th
Wes Montgomery (via mfs:do-nothing) This man didn’t...
Sep 5th
Jill learning about the size of atoms. More than 10 million hydrogen atoms would fit across the head...
Sep 5th
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“Just You And Me, Darling” by The Who from the BBC Sessions
Sep 4th
Three Broken Records, Vol. 2
Sep 4th
Pete Townsend in front a wall of Rickenbacker corpses, taken...
Sep 4th

361. Let the axe do the work.

(via rulesformyunbornson)
Sep 4th
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“Rock ‘n’ Roll Lullaby” by 10cc from How Dare You!
Sep 4th
FREE song from upcoming Noah & The Whale...
Sep 4th

On Mastering Music (Production)

Louder + Wider + Bigger does not always equal Sounds Better. It’s true that the mastering...
Sep 4th
Mastering.
Sep 4th
Interactive Poster of the Day: “Dirt Po(or)ster” by Roland...
Sep 3rd
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“Sunshine of Your Love” by Cream (via wideeyedhippiechild:theswingingsixties) ...
Sep 3rd
Steve Prefontaine
Sep 3rd
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“Runnin’ Down A Dream” by Tom Petty
Sep 3rd
Warch Watch
“This Is The Hand” by Little Grey Girlfriend This band normally does more of an...
Sep 3rd
My cat has decided to make my Macbook her new bed. I started...
Sep 3rd

NE TOUR. I need your help!

In case anybody is following me that isn’t following Lauren, I recommend you follow her but...
Sep 3rd
James Brown (via gregenemy)
Sep 2nd
Warch Watch
James Brown - Mother Popcorn Why they never marketed the Official James Brown Kicks is beyond me....
Sep 2nd
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“Soul Power” by Maceo & the Macks Originally by James Brown (this is basically his...
Sep 2nd
Sep 2nd
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Beach Boys - Wouldn’t It Be Nice (via shaneguiter:youveescaped)
Sep 2nd

i'm gonna talk about self-sabotage for a...

I’ve known and worked with Lauren for a little over a year.  Lauren and I met Lindsey on our...
Sep 2nd
(via lievekathy:hazelweatherfield)
Sep 1st
laurenzettler: I guess it’s beer o’clock. And celery. Weird...
Sep 1st
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“Houses Of The Holy” by Led Zepplin from Physical Graffiti
Sep 1st
“In this sense, saying “Radiohead were successful with an...”
— The Cynical Musician »...
Sep 1st
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“Castles Made Of Sand” by The Jimi Hendrix Experience (via tracks)
Sep 1st
What I Learned at My Record Label Job -...
Sep 1st