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The final five days
We are down to the final 5 days of my crowd-funding campaign. I want to thank everyone who has contributed over the past 41 days! You are helping an artist (me) to continue to create original music and bring that … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Music, Music business, Recording and producing, Touring
Tagged album, crowdfunding, Guitar, livemusic, Music, Touring
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A short post about my Indiegogo crowd-funding campaign
I’ve decided to plunge into the new world of crowd-funding. If you’re not familiar with crowd-funding, it’s sort of like pre-ordering an album…but with various ‘perks’ available to those who contribute to the crowd-funding campaign. Why am I doing this? … Continue reading
What I gain from touring
The tour is over. Fifty-one dates/ two-and-a-half months…just like that. I can’t believe there’s no airport to get to, van to climb in, hotel to check into, venue to set up in, sound check to do, show to play, fans … Continue reading
A memorable gig
At the end of November 2011, I played a concert in a synagogue in Wrocław, Poland, as part of the Wrocław Guitar Festival. What made this gig stand out was a convergence of things I love: travel, international culture, language, … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Food and Wine, Music, Performing, Photography, Touring, Travel
Tagged Culture, gigs, Music, performing, Touring, Wroclaw
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The first year with my new guitar
The first year with my Bailey baritone guitar was a great one. Custom built in autumn 2010 by Scottish-based luthier Mark Bailey to my design and specifications, it is the flagship prototype for the Bailey Guitars Preston Reed Signature Series, … Continue reading
The romance of commercial air travel
Remembering the distant sound of a single engine airplane passing overhead when I was a little boy growing up in a small town in upstate New York. It was the sound of possibility, travel, adventure and the wider world. I … Continue reading
Photo post: The U.S. tour 2011
Here are some random photos from my U.S. west coast tour. The four-week tour began at the end of September in Portland, Oregon and headed south to spots in northern, southern, central California, the Bay Area, and finished in Yosemite … Continue reading
Posted in Dining, Food and Wine, Outdoors, Photography, Touring, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged food and wine, outdoors, photography, Touring, Travel
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What is practicing?
I am often asked how I practice, what I practice, and how much time I spend practicing guitar. I always feel like answering: I don’t :^) This is not true of course. But what is true is, the practicing I … Continue reading
Posted in Composing, Creativity, Guitar, Music, Performing, Touring, Uncategorized
Tagged Composing, Creativity, Guitar, Music, performing, Touring
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What it means to be sponsored
My upcoming U.S. tour is being sponsored by a global shipping and logistics company called GAC. How did I find this sponsor? I didn’t. They found me. One of their ten thousand employees saw me play in Glasgow a few … Continue reading
Posted in Logistics, Music, Sponsorship, Touring, Travel
Tagged logistics, Music, sponsorship, Touring, Travel
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Surfing your stress
I hate deadlines. They cause stress. Stress is uncomfortable and unpleasant. But I have to admit, stress and deadlines have been a huge part of discovering the most valuable things about myself. Life without them would be unthinkable, not to … Continue reading
Posted in Health and Well-Being, Thoughts, Touring, Travel
Tagged health and well-being, thoughts, Touring, Travel
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