I played/ worked through much physical adversity this week, Bad Cold....Sore throat, Bad attitude,etc... to many late nights last week, 3am, 3 or 4 nights in 1 week will do it to ya, Got a few new Guitar students started this week/ last week....Ben, Ross and Lawrence, Good kids!!! Also A couple of other students on the hook..Starting Soon. (its a ggod thing because a number of my students are injured, broken arms, collar bones, and fingers. OUCH! Poor kids.) Gotta find spots for every body, Can I expand to another day, Where ?? I Just expanded to Thursday and I have recieved corresponence from a few potential students within the last few days, What is going on??? Harris Music seems to be expanding wether I like it or not, I can't complain, That college degree is actually making me a little $ finally... Gonna have to cut back else where to do it perhaps, Read the comments from my gigs this week on my "Show Review" page.... every body is like, Feel better, and *Cough*,,,, etc... Thanks to my fans for coming out and being supportive, especially this week when I was feeling under the weather,,, I talked to Wes from the Voodoo Grille today, I'm gonna set up a few Thursdays through the summer when we can get the schedule together...
Met Kristen & Tayla on there birthday this past Sunday @ the Voodoo For Brunch, It was awesome Jim from DPI is cookin' It was slammin. We'll have to do that again. I am feeling better gradually but I guess the best thing is sleep so I'm gonna get off ther computer, Come to the shows this week, Harp, DPI, & Riverwalk.....Tell Your Friends!!!! Gotta support the local Rock Heros,,,( whoever they might be) and me....
Sleep Tight.

This is the excerpt from Hammers blog that I refered to earlier, A few people weren't sure what i was talking about, If you hate baseball I'm sorry. Checkout Hammers blog, It's entertaining to hear what a unusual character like M C is up to..Kinda funny in a wierd way.
His site is mchammer.blogspot.com

Thursday, March 09, 2006
Barry Bonds

Dear Barry,
Under no circumstances are you allowed to quit, exit , leave, retire, walkout or any other form of saying bye that would equate to you aborting the mission. This is not your mission alone. This is baseball's, and millions of baseball fans mission. For all of us who played the game and the love the game, to see you walkout while in earshot of the all time most prestigious record in the game of baseball would be a slap in our collective faces. Don't let the bloodhounds shake you. You have to realize and understand that sensationalism sells. This new book timed for your historical season is strictly business and nothing personal.

Bloodhounds smell and sniff out blood. Every story written about steroids means nothing to us in the know. While we don't endorse, support or condone the usage of steroids in any shape or form, we also are keenly aware of the hand eye coordination and science of hitting that is necessary to hit on the level of excellence that you do Barry. Nobody does it better. No one has done it better. As you close in on the record, and the day of reckoning is at hand, there will be many attemps by the bloodhounds to shake you and force you to quit. Old girlfriends, used car dealers, former barbers, and even fix and repair men. You name them, the stories are coming. Each one meant to somehow discredit your skills and accomplishments even though they have nothing to do with the game. They want to discourage, pressure you and stress you out, literally. Barry don't let them fool you. You are loved by many. I love you. You have brought me so much joy in your mastery of the game of baseball. Don't let the bloodhounds win. Finish the mission. Do it for San Francisco, do it for baseball, do it for your kid's, do it for your Dad (R.I.P.), and do it for yourself.

Barry,
you deserve to be the all time greatest homerun hitter in baseball history. The hounds, they deserve the dog pound.

Often when I ask people at my gigs what they want to hear they turn it around on me and ask me what I like to play.. It stumps me sometimes... I get tired of saying the Beatles because thats not entirely true, (They are my favorite band but I'm not always into playing there tunes)Sometimes it is true but music is a mood thing. You all listen to music, its a state of mind choice, It's not always the right time to put on an AC/DC track or the Classical station, or whatever. It changes according to what is going on, Choosing what music to Perform is alot like Choosing what music to listen to, The energy in a room can dictate what music is most enjoyable and appropriate to perform, Sometimes I'm feeling mello or the crowd is mello and it's the wrong time to bust out "blister in the sun" or Guns and Roses...I enjoy playing what gets people feeling "alright"..other times if I need to lay low because of the mood I'm or because I'm very tired ( I work alot ), I will play fingerpicking songs or ballads. So just like someone may put on a Rockin' album when they want to let loose ( Van Halen 1 or 2) or a mellow classic whan they want to chill ( Nick Drake-Pink Moon) picking the music I enjoy performing at the time depends on alot of diffrent peoples moods. I'm not in it for just me. Usually it is most fun to play to the crowd rather than to play to myself ( although I have been getting more requests for my originals) , I've done alot of that over the years and you have got to be right on to pull it off. People have to connect to the performer somehow and often I make that connection by taking requests, It is very cool if I can play a song for somebody, even if it isn't always perfect. Tips are always better when I engage the crowd and take requests. And that doesn't hurt!! So what do you like to play? wasn't the easiest question to answer once I sat down and thought about it. I'm still thinking about it and I guess if I had to sum it up with brevity I would say, "It depends on the situation". Or " It depends on when you ask me" ..OR Ii'll turn it around on the person asking and ask, "whats your favortie song or your favorite type of music?"
I wanna "give the people what they want" and keep some musical integrity. O.K.....I play " Margaritaville on a regular basis. There goes that integrity theory. To amend my former statement... If the ladies dig it, I wanna "give the ladies what they want", I'll play "dave" matthews all night. ( o.k. I only know 3 or 4 tunes by him) if the chicks be diggin it.
J

Hey Yall,
I just heard on The Jim Rome radio show that M.C Hammer has a blog. I feel honored to be in such elite company. Hammer was talkin' about How Barry Bonds Shouldn't let the "Hounds" Keep him from achieving the Home Run title etc Blah Blah..Rome was funny, He said he wanted to hear Hammers thoughts on Iraq and Other world issues.. Thats why I don't talk about stuff like that much. Nobody want to hear it from me. Although I do want to go and check out Hammers blog now. ( Maybe hammer is on to something?)Rome has got me intriuged. I have 3 gigs this week, trying to get the word out, I'm making more of a concerted effort to give my printed schedules out and to e-mail/ Myspace Post People about GIGS, Hope it makes a difference. I've been searching for local people on my space to Put on my gig list and friends list, It's wierd e-mailing people I don't know and telling them to come, I guess it cant hurt, Although alot of people I have requested as friends Haven't goten back to me.. A few have thoough. Worst that can happen is that my name gets out there a bit more, So maybe if Peeps R Looking for something to do They will see my name somewhere and recognize it..I can't believe I'm spaming people, Gotta do What U Gottta do..We'll see if it's worth the time....

J

This is one of those rare easy weeks. 1 gig, DPI on Wednesday, But I am starting to teach on Thursdays begining next week, I have 5 new students and had no where to put them on Monday & Tuesday... Harris Music School in full effect. I gotta do my taxes so this " slow " week comes at the perfect time, Just booked through April @ Stash's and a date in April ( 11th )@ the Harp, Hopefully Leo will give me another date, I can't do the 25th for him, Prior engagement ( Stash's with G) Every 5th tuesday, That gets confusing..I've been holding out getting any new gigs till I can Settle down with the new teaching schedule, I Wanna be home sometimes to put my liite girl to bed too,,,Can't miss out on that..She prefers me putting her to bed because I am a push over and will keep reading her more books....( And SHe Loves Me More) I'm working on some new tunes and Originals....Come to the gigs and ask for them..."My space" continues to be fun/addictive, I have 63 friends now, Hopefully it will help get the word out about my gigs..I've been recording some in my lessons to let the kids hear what they sound like, Eye opening for them... I have 2 condenser mics now so I set to up and go.. sounds good for an easy set up..The wedding site is somewhat on hold till I can get some $ and Get "real "photos taken, Larrry, I haven't forgotten, Thor .. I'm sorry..... No exuses... I just gotta get my S*^&* together.
Peace for now, To much $ to be made and not enough time to make it all.
Talked to my friend Matt Sencio the other day, My roomate at Berklee and a good friend from days of yore.. He is managing Dave Lee Roth still and is the executive producer for Dave's CBS radio broadcast... He reminded me that I use to see a girl in college who was into eating raw meat. AHH, the good old days...
J