I’ve put together a medley of three bits from Detroit in a simple promo video. This contains the Overture to Act I, where Eddie Powell introduces the neighbourhood, the aria ‘Tear Down The House’ which ends of Act II and the finale to Act III ‘Evergreen’.

Evergreen is a mix of live tracks from rehearsals summer 2012 with a number of studio overdubs. You’ll note the vocal track has slightly different lyrics from the libretto.

There are a lot of sections with loooong notes. Hiiiiigh notes. Unfriendly to those who have to breathe to make noise. Whenever I get this stuff rehearsed it’s either with pros who tell me to what I can do with my chop destroying stupid parts (unless I open my checkbook—in which case they’ve never heard anything quite like it.) Or, I can get unsuspecting children.

God Bless The Future Of Our Children. Who Are Our Future.

The great thing about young people is that, despite what you may have heard, they will happily […]

We’ve posted a couple of ringtones for Songs From Detroit which you can get on the Downloads page. Both are attention getters.

New Song—A bit of Irish rock guitar.

March To War—A brass fanfare sure to get your attention.

And I just wanted to remind everyone that iPhone versions of all the ringtones are available there as well (no more hassle going through iTunes.)

The second official video from Positive (2010).

I noticed that a lot of people are using Youtube videos simply as a vehicle for listening to music. So this piece is not much more than that; a hopefully pleasant business card to get people to check out the site and perhaps (perchance to dream), shell out for a CD.

You can check out all the videos at the fantastic new JCHarrisMusic Video Channel!

The official video for the single from Nice Cuts. As per usual, I haven’t done nearly enough to market Nice Cuts, but I’m particularly sad about my lack of initiative on Start (how ironic) as I think it’s one of the pieces of which I am most happy. I hope you’ll give it a listen and ‘share’ it, or ‘like’ it or whatever the phrase à la mode seems to be.

I noticed that a lot of people are using Youtube videos simply as a vehicle for listening to music. So this piece is not much more than that; a hopefully pleasant business card to get people to check out the site and perhaps (perchance to dream), shell out for a CD.

My Own TV Channel!

All that aside, I’ve gotten a lot of grouses from people who want to be able to check out the material without even having to give up an e-mail address. (I’m shocked. Shocked.) OK, […]

Here in ‘the states’, with this Thanksgiving deal, it’s easy to forget ‘the message’. Judging by the number of ‘air quotes’ I’ve already used, it’s easy to see why.

At least once a week I receive some sort of low-grade ‘hate mail’ (sorry, did it again). This takes one of several forms, including: