Geoff Dresser » music http://www.geoffdresser.com Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:54:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Feels So Good http://www.geoffdresser.com/blog/2008/03/07/feels-so-good/ http://www.geoffdresser.com/blog/2008/03/07/feels-so-good/#comments Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:17:17 +0000 geoff http://dev.geoffdresser.com/?p=13 OK, time for some music talk. I was talking to a friend of mine and somehow we started talking about Chuck Mangione. When I was a kid my parents bought me three Chuck Mangione cassettes – Feels So Good, Fun and Games, and Live at the Hollywood Bowl. I hadn’t heard any of his music in years to I downloaded the greatest hits off of iTunes. Wow. I know that the music is technically “smooth jazz” – which is kind of like jazz that has been emasculated, but this stuff is amazing. The band is totally cookin’ on every track. The guitar solo in Feels So Good is off the charts. What really got me though is how the music is so unapologetically happy. No irony or “too-cool-for-school” vibe here. Just great music that makes you feel good. Anyway, download the greatest hits compilation for $7. You’ll be glad you did. I promise.

]]> http://www.geoffdresser.com/blog/2008/03/07/feels-so-good/feed/ 0 Feeding Your Inner Artist http://www.geoffdresser.com/blog/2008/02/13/feeding-your-inner-artist/ http://www.geoffdresser.com/blog/2008/02/13/feeding-your-inner-artist/#comments Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:00:39 +0000 geoff http://dev.geoffdresser.com/?p=7 Part of being created in God’s image is that were carry desire to create. As a musician I need to feed that inner creator. This is accomplished in many ways by preparing for Sunday morning service – choosing, arranging, rehearsing and performing the songs for a set of sung worship is a very creative thing. However it is different than creating music for the sake of music. As musicians we need to make sure we take the time simply to play for the sake of playing, rather than always using music to accomplish some other goal, such as to facilitate corporate worship, as noble as that is.

I’m blessed to be doing something very creative this week. I’m recording my songs to be released on a CD later this year. Coming together with the producer and the studio musicians is exhilarating and exhausting. What surprised me the most is how much fun it is! I haven’t had so much pure musical fun in quite a while. It is enervating. It is so stimulating to be working with these guys. I’ve learned a lot as about arranging, groove and sound. It’s been great.

So whatever it is you do to be creative, make sure you take the time to play at it! You’ll be refreshed and you’ll grow as an artist.

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