Rayzz

Hi All,

Well, we are in the midst of a very cold winter. Playing music always warms me up though.

I’m still playing twice a week, once at rehearsal with The Grey Men and then doing the Saturday jam. I’m still playing with Thomas Alexander and the Fusion Experience however, it’s been tough getting together because it’s a 7 piece band and is very hard to get all of us together at one time. We all have other businesses on the side and sometimes they require attention.

Teaching wise, I’m getting more Guitar students these days. It is a situation that’s always in motion. Sometimes more Drums, sometimes more Guitar. It’s always more of a challenge trying to keep up with my Guitar chops ’cause, although I have played lots of Guitar in my life, I have done mainly Drumming gigs so have more chops doing that. I still have fun and enjoy learning, so it’s all good!

Looking forward to going to Mexico in March. We lucked out last year and were there at the same time as a Jazz Festival was happening. I got a chance to do some jamming with locals when i was there. Hope I can do that again! Talk to ya’ll when we get back!

Wow! Wasn’t that a party!

The gig (or show as they call it now), on September 28 was a huge success. It was the first gig with a new bass player and new band name. My band is now called The Grey Men and we have a young bass player named Marek Orszulik on board with us. He did a wonderful job getting up to speed with some of our more challenging Original or Steely Dan material.

Thomas Alexander and the Fusion Experience did a set … and didn’t disappoint. R&B at it’s best! Look to see and hear more from them in the future.

The third set consisted of myself on Drums, Howard on Guitar, Murray on Keyboards and my brother Webb playing Bass. This was more of a Country, Country Rock set. There was lots of dancing during this set!

All in all, it was a lot of fun and everyone had a good time!

A special thanks to those who came out and helped to support live music including the crowd from Resonate Music School and Studio. Thanks Guys!