countdown...

12 days until the CC+MO show (we "rehearse" on thursday)
26 days until Arywn and I debut our new piece (we have four more rehearsals)

... and I have to do my taxes. :)

back from a weeklong vacation... we went to a tropical isle, and of course there was sun and sand, but there was also non-corporate commercial radio. that is a rarity. to listen to the island's main "rock" station and hear playlists that were very clearly decided upon by the dj (grateful dead album cuts like "pride of cucamonga") was refreshing. here in toronto, commercial radio has been completely choked to death by the mega-media companies that own a station in every market and play the same crud on a 9 song rotation.... I am not neccessarily anti-corporate, but my informal research has shown that corporate influence on radio playlists induces increasd iPod use by this listener. :)

so now, back to work: I am off to Guelph tomorrow to do a workshop with Arwyn Carpenter, and I have prep and promo for the CC+MO show on April 10. before that, I am playing two weeks of dance classes with Milton Myers (of Alvin Ailey...) from NYC, and doing some recording for some other dance pieces, and other stuff too...

hahahaha... so the two gigs I thought I'd be doing (that I mentioned in the previous post) have both fizzled out (one cancelled, and one no longer needs a sub). gotta love this business. both opportunities are still open doors to me, I just won't be going through them in two weeks, like originally suspected...

two calls today for two new gigs (possibly).... One, I'll be subbing on a gig that I used to do a few years ago, with a singer/songwriter named Akim. He's doing more covers than originals now (and working more as a result, such is this silly business), and my good friend (and drummer) Chris Stott is his regular guy now... Two, my rhythm section mate in many situations, bassist Mike Pelletier has offered me a spot in Shannon Weir's band, she's a singer/songwriter doing originals, and while I've yet to meet her or really dig into what she's doing, it could be fun. Either way, if the gig is good enough for Mike, it's good enough for me... I'll post the dates of these gigs when they become official...

I've updated the calendar over at chriscawthray.com.. lots of workshops being booked, which is a good way to spend one's day... I hope to be adding in the next little while some dates for my Trio with Eric Boucher and Mike Pelletier, as we are hopefully resuming our summer-residency gig on Wednesday nights, stay tuned!

oops!!!

the CC+MO concert date has been changed. It turns out April 11 is Easter, so that could limit our audience...

the new date is one day earlier, Saturday April 10, 3:30pm, Dovercourt Ballroom, Toronto

PLEASE NOTE!!!

testing...

I've changed my site a bit, added the new poster for the upcoming duo gig... check it out

Hello!

Big day today:

-a concert date for Michael Occhipinti and myself has been set: Sunday April 11th 3:30pm Dovercourt Ballroom, Toronto
-"winter music" was reviewed by John Sakamoto in EYE magazine!

here's the review:

CHRIS CAWTHRAY/MICHAEL OCCHIPINTI, "One Morning": Whether it's the profound musical symbiosis between percussionist Cawthray and NOJO guitarist Occhipinti or the fleeting reference to the Largo from Dvorak's New World Symphony, there's a palpable feeling of "home" to this improvisation, which is no easy matter to convey without the benefit of words. (From Winter Music, chriscawthray.com/wintermusic.html)

http://www.eye.net/eye/issue/issue_02.26.04/music/ahl.html

Honestly, I respected John's opinions before he reviewed us, but now I know he's right! :):):):)

So, yeah stay tuned, concert details TBA