Archive for the ‘great tunes’ category

Moi (sax), Charlie Peterson (trumpet), Duane Benjamin (trombone)

Moi (sax), Charlie Peterson (trumpet), Duane Benjamin (trombone)

For those of you who have noticed me rattling on since this past April about a tune I’m working on by the name of “All Around Us,” you may be asking yourself, “what type of a whack-job spends 7 months on the same song and is STILL working on it?! Who does this guy think he is - Brian Wilson?!? (more…)


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To be more precise, it’s actually a song I wrote with my Monkey Bars partner in crime, Gabriel D Vine as well as Alex Lang, and was the reason we were offered a deal with Subliminal Records in 2001. (more…)


My Discography Added to Website

November 2nd, 2008
I just wanted to let everyone know that I’ve done some research and put together a discography of all the recordings I’ve appeared on either as a producer or as a sideman. Noticeably missing from the list at the time of this posting are any recordings made under the name “Bloompocket,” but of course, that will be changing soon (you’ll be the first to know!). (more…)


How I Intend to Live Life This Day

September 25th, 2008
photo by ooyo

photo by ooyo

“Row, row, row your boat
Gently down the stream.
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,
Life is but a dream.”

- Eliphalet Oram Lyte

With Love from Marina del Rey,

Doron

ps. Here’s how WikiPedia interprets it.


I realize that I’m a few days behind the curve in posting this, but just wanted to alert you all to the fact that my new track “I’ll Show You” has been featured in Anji Bee’s “Chillcast.” Anji is the vocalist for the soft pop/folk/smooth electronica group, Lovespirals. I’ve been recording and performing live on sax with this group on and off now for the past 9 or more years, so it’s so nice that our paths can connect in yet one more way through the magic of World Wide Online Internets. (more…)


Whenever one compiles a list of the “top” anything unbounded controversy is almost certain to ensue. However, with this list, the last thing I’m looking to do is to inspire debate. I realize that there may be many “house purists” who will disapprove of my exclusion of many of the classics from the early days of house music. However, this is a list of favorites from the perspective of a jazz musician-turned-house head, which, as I will be the first to tell you, is an unusual perspective at this stage in music history. (more…)