riceonthebass

Hi!!!

i am done Grad school and i hear about my final grades and such on 12/21, and i’d like to take this opportunity to publicly acknowledge what a great experience that it was.

I did not originally want to get my master’s in jazz.  I was thinking that i wanted to pursue studies in Ethnomusicology, which is basically half anthropology and half music or the study of how a culture’s music relates to it’s society.  Anyhow, due to personal and geographical factors, Philadelphia came up on my radar, but there was no Ethnomusicology program to be found.  University of the Arts offered an M.M. in jazz studies, so i visited the place and left there with a good vibe.

When i talked to the director of the Bass department, Micah Jones, i was asking questions like:  ’what kinds of stuff do i need to play for this audition?’ and ‘what kinds of stuff does my recital need to include?’…His response to both questions was this:  ’However you want to present yourself, artistically.’  That was it.

Although i did apply to UW in Seatle, as well, my gut was telling me that Uarts was the place.  I flew home from Mexico to do the audition and it went better than expected, and my expectations were high.

I spent the last year and a half of my life getting a very intense intellectual boost and i have to say that the whole thing was well worth it.  I made some good friends, learned alot, and best of all, made some great music.

Here is some of that music.

This is an original of mine:

Prana (take 2)

Here’s an original tune written by Greg Martin:

Derya

And finally, a Tim Andrulonis original:

Slam Swingin’ (take 2)

Greg is melting.