From Gene Burnett
The big news is that my double album “Crooked Love” is done and
available for downloading free or with a donation at my website. Here’s a link
to a recent blog post with information about it: New Album
I hope you’ll give it a listen. I’m very proud of this one.
In other news, our local paper did a little feature about me in
the entertainment section. Here’s a link: Ashland
Daily Tidings Feature Article About Me
In spite of being busy with last minute production work on the
album, I did manage to post some new videos this month. Video links are
included below.
Fall is upon us and Winter is fast approaching…no more outdoor
shows and the inner reflective season beckons. I’ve been stepping up my
T’ai-Chi practice to a new level, adding hand weights to some of the forms I
practice, doing more calisthenics and some light aerobic work too. I’m working
on adding strength gently, without pushing myself, or risking injury. So far so
good.
I wrote this last month, but it bears repeating: Life is going
pretty well…I’m still enjoying teaching and practicing T’ai-Chi even after
doing so for 30 years. Samarra’s getting used to being in grad school and I’m
getting used to it too. I think she found a really good program for her needs
and while it’s sometimes stressful for her to be back in school after all these
years, she’s doing great and I’m very proud of her.
So here we go…starting with the usual information about where
to find my music, videos and pictures, including information about new
projects, and then followed by information about local shows in case you’re in
the Rogue Valley.
There is so much to listen to and watch on the net these
days…I’m amazed anyone even gets this far in the newsletter let alone watches
or listens to anything I’m doing. I’m sincerely grateful for every view, every
listen, and every nice comment I receive. I’m happy if anything I post truly
reaches even one person. I’m offering all this stuff in a “just in case you’re
interested” spirit.
Recorded Music
My newest album is called Crooked
Love and like all my other albums (31 so far…), it’s available for
downloading free or with a donation at my website: www.GeneBurnett.com
Videos In General
Overall Mission: I post a lot of videos on youtube, over
1000 so far! I'm not trying to build a fan base...In fact, I'm not trying to
build anything. I'm not expecting you or anyone else to follow what I'm doing
or watch all of these videos. Posting videos is just part of my overall plan to
make my music (and my T’ai-Chi and Nature videos too) as freely available as
possible and see what freely comes back. I think of each video as sort of like
a message in a bottle...and more I toss out there the more likely one of them
will land on a friendly shore and something good will come back to me. So here
are some video links in case you're interested:
How to Find My Videos: First of all, I've set up a "Videos" page on my website (www.GeneBurnett.com) with a menu similar to what you see
below as well as a digital tip jar in case any of you want to contribute to my
cottage industry. Every little bit helps and not just financially.
I've also set up some blogs that make navigating and viewing my
various videos much easier. You can go to any of these blogs and see thumbnails
for all of the videos posted there. Scroll across the thumbnails and you will
see the titles of each video. Click on it and a page will open that will let
you watch the video right there without going to youtube. My latest videos are
always in the upper left hand corner.
To see all of my Music videos in one easy to navigate place,
click here: The Unforced Videos
To see all of my T'ai-Chi videos in one easy to navigate place,
click here: The Unforced Movement
To see all of my Nature videos in one easy to navigate place,
click here: The Unforced Nature
For a quick and easy way to sort through, listen to, or
download all of my albums free or with a donation, click here: The Unforced Music
To see my regular blog “The Unforced Life”,
click here: The Unforced Life
To visit my youtube channel and possibly subscribe, click
here: My Youtube Channel
To see all of my youtube playlists click
here: My Youtube Playlists
New Videos
My
“Doubles Hitter” youtube playlist. Includes videos for all the songs from my last
album:
I made three new
sky videos of songs from my latest album “Crooked Love”:
Here are a couple of music videos I
shot at home:
Here are a couple of new Nature
videos:
I didn’t place this month, but here
are two more Rogue Poetry Slam videos:
And two new T’ai-Chi videos:
Pictures
I've stopped posting as many pictures on facebook, (for many reasons),
and started posting them instead on Flickr, which I like much better.
Here's a link to my "home page"
at Flicker: Photostream.
I have many photo galleries there but a few of my favorites are:
Small Miracles (mostly Nature related stuff)
The Dish Whisperer (I started posting a daily picture of my dish stacking
work over a year ago. I recently crossed the 1000 straight days mark. I have no
idea how long I’ll keep doing this. I’m so used to it, it hardly takes any
effort at all to continue. I made a video for my song “I'll Do The
Dishes Tonight” that
featured a slideshow of the first year. I made it through my second year
recently, and hope to create another video slideshow set to another of my
songs. Stay tuned…)
"Head" and "Boot" (devoted to our two gerbils)
Upcoming Shows:
Monday,
November 3rd, I'll be playing at one of my favorite Ashland venues, Liquid Assets. A relaxed living room
vibe with great service, excellent food and wine, and a really nice place to
listen to music. I'll be playing from 7-9pm, maybe longer...
Wednesday November 5th, I'll be hosting my regular Themed Open
Mike at The Wild Goose Café & Bar. Usually this
happens on the First Wednesday of each month. This month's theme is our
4th annual “Political Songs” so musicians and spoken word artists will be
doing songs and poems, originals or covers that are about or mention anything
to do with politics. We're never too strict or narrow about the themes for this
event. The main idea is to focus our attention a little to hopefully inspire
and motivate us creatively. These are always fun. No Cover at the
friendliest bar in Ashland. Sign-up is 8:00pm. Show starts at 8:30pm. *A
heads up for next month: Wednesday December 3rd, 2014: “4th
Annual Holiday/Winter Songs”
Tuesday, November 18th, I won’t be competing at the Rogue
Poetry Slam which happens at Northwest Pizza and Pasta in
Ashland, but I will be opening the show with a few songs and then sticking
around to be one of the judges. Sign-up is at 7:30pm and the show starts at 8. $5
cover, all of which goes to the winning poets. If you've never been to or
competed in a Poetry Slam, I highly recommend this one. Come to watch, compete,
or be one of the judges. Some people think of slams as hardcore hip-hop events
or places where people are mean and talk trash, but nothing could be further
from the truth. All kinds of poetry are welcome and people are very supportive.
And it's so nice to participate in an event that is all about the words. For me
it's really not about winning or losing, but just the fun of sharing my words and
listening to other people in my community share theirs.
Wednesday, November 19th, I'll be playing at The Wild
Goose. Just me solo from 8-11pm. Friendliest bar in Ashland. Never
a cover at The Goose. I usually play here on the Third Wednesday of every
month.
Saturday, November 22nd, I'll be at The Downtowne
Coffeehouse in Talent, playing from 10am-Noon. Great acoustics,
super friendly neighborhood scene.
Saturday, November 22nd,
I'll be playing at Paddy Brannan's Irish Pub in Ashland with The Graceful
Losers a.k.a. any of my fine musician friends I can scare up to play the gig.
I’ve decided that whenever I play with other musicians in a band setting, we
will be called “The Graceful Losers”. We play from about 9pm 'til around
Midnight. Stop by for a pint and some music. I've always liked the friendly and
fun vibe of this place. One of my favorite places to play.
Thursday November 27th, Thanksgiving, at Wesley Hall across the street from Briscoe School in Ashland, the Annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Celebration will take place from 10-11am. This is such a great event and I'm always happy to be one of the presenters. This year I will not be representing Taoism as I usually do because the presenters will all be under 30 years of age. However, I have been asked to perform one of my songs as a musical guest. It's usually packed so come early.
Thursday November 27th, Thanksgiving, at Wesley Hall across the street from Briscoe School in Ashland, the Annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Celebration will take place from 10-11am. This is such a great event and I'm always happy to be one of the presenters. This year I will not be representing Taoism as I usually do because the presenters will all be under 30 years of age. However, I have been asked to perform one of my songs as a musical guest. It's usually packed so come early.
For more info on these and all of my shows, and to confirm that
there have been no cancellations, click here: Calendar
Since I'm putting this newsletter out once a month, it's
possible there may be a cancellation of a given show by the time it
happens. Please double check with my web calendar if possible to be
sure the gig is still happening. I'd hate to have you come out for nothing.
Also another gig or two might be added or times or locations might change, so
do check the calendar for the latest info.
Website
I continue to offer all of my albums for downloading, free or
with a donation at my website: www.GeneBurnett.com I started doing this about 7 or 8 years ago and
considered it a 5 year creative experiment. Well the 5 years passed and I
decided to start calling it my "ongoing creative experiment" as I
have no plans to stop. Since I returned to my folk roots and stopped climbing,
or trying to climb, the industry ladder, I've been enjoying music in my life
more than ever before. And enjoyment, rather than achievement or worldly
success has always been dearest to my heart anyway. So now I focus totally on
what I love most: writing, recording, performing and sharing what I create. If
other people like it, so much the better, but getting other people to like me
or what I do is no longer my goal or focus. I'm out to please myself first. I
want to do my music exactly the way I want to do it and see who likes it that
way, not figure out what people will like and try to do it that way. I put it
out there freely and see what comes freely back. So far so good. I've never had
more success and appreciation than I have since I started doing it this. Go
figure.
Thanks, as usual, for your support and well wishes even if you
don't make to any shows.
GB
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