Uh oh! Influential Chicago sax player Mars Williams has MAJOR medical bills after treatment for cancer and many long months of not being able to gig or record.

If you can't donate, please consider sharing. Thank you.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/marswilliams?utm_campaign=m_pd+share-sheet&utm_content=undefined&utm_medium=copy_link_all&utm_source=customer&utm_term=undefined

#music #jazz #rock #MarsWilliams #MedicalBills #MusicianLife

A pretty fundamental part of this business is being willing to get told ‘no’ a lot and keep going anyway. Which you do, but man it can be a grind sometimes. #songwriters #MusicianLife

Strolling around Gaîté theatre-land in Paris. 
Doesn’t it look charming with all these little theatres? It’s one of my favourite part of Paris.
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#spring #singer #Paris #Gaîté #theatre #theatreland #walk #musician #musicproducer #musicineverything #producer #musicianlife #city #tour #parislife #peace #weekend #street #streetart #théâtre #niebo #parisfrance #france #Paryż #reflection

Strolling around Gaîté theatre-land in Paris.
Doesn’t it look charming with all these little theatres? It’s one of my favourite part of Paris and you can walk from here all the way up to the river, Louvre and Le Marais. (long walk, be warned 😄).
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#spring #singer #Paris #Gaîté #theatre #theatreland #walk #musician #musicproducer #musicineverything #producer #musicianlife #city #tour #parislife #peace #weekend #street #streetart #théâtre #niebo #parisfrance #france #Paryż #reflection

It’s #bandcampfriday. Buy some shit. Or don’t. Whatever. #americana #altcountry #musicianlife #disaffectedsalesperson https://jaystott.bandcamp.com/album/wreckage-of-now

Exciting shows for those of you in #colorado and #denver more specifically. Also, I’m so over winter. https://jgstott.com/2023/03/hey-denver-are-you-ready-to-rock-exciting-show-alert/ #altcountry #americana #musicianlife

And as always children, blessed are those who put $20s in the tip bucket. May your algorithmic playlist be perfect for all of your days. #musicianlife #america #altcountry #giglife

"Centre for Aboriginal Studies in Music (CASM)

CASM is the only devoted university-based centre for studies in Australian Indigenous music."

https://able.adelaide.edu.au/music/study/national-centre-for-aboriginal-language-and-music-studies-ncalms/centre-for-aboriginal

#IndigenousAustralia #AboriginalAustralia #ElderConservatoriumOfMusic #musicianlife

CASM (Centre for Aboriginal Studies in Music) -era selfie lol

Back when it went up to Advanced Diploma 🙁
I hope they can get funding to get all that going again. Maybe even develop a degree like they'd hoped at one point.
The staff there were so supportive and helpful! I'm so grateful for the time and effort they put and continue to put into the current version of CASM 👏🏾 🙏🏾

#musicianlife

CASM (Centre for Aboriginal Studies in Music) -era selfie lol

#musicianlife

Thanks for listening, Australia! You are beautiful.
#musicianlife #blogger #australia #Listen #NowPlaying

I'm enjoying breakfast after another morning performance at Fleur de Lis. The empty space is all that remains of a savory buckweat crêpe that I've become rather fond of recently.

Also, we've got things figured out and I'll be performing the morning set here every other week! That means I can give you all the date 2 full weeks ahead of time ヽ(=´▽`=)ﾉ

My next performance will be:
February 11th, 08:30~10:15
Fleur de Lis Bakery & Cafe

#Music #Musician #MusicianLife #Violinist #Food

I’m really looking forward to the day when I don’t have to go to work after a late studio night. #MusicianLife

My set is done, I have 1.5 mochas in me, a full omelette, and 80% of a blueberry creme croissant in me and I'm enjoying the music.

I swear, at some point, I'll get used to my 08:30~10:15 sets, but it's going to take a while, and I'm going to have to have Supergiant Games stop releasing such good games orz

#Musician #MusicianLife #Violinist #GamerProblems #NightOwl

New Year's Eve...a busy night for active performers, right? Yeeeah, you'd think...

I'm playing at Fleur de Lis at 08:30. Yes, that's in the morning. No, I didn't get 8 hours of sleep last night orz

I do get to look forward to a mocha, though, so I have that going for me (´・ω・｀)

#Musician #MusicianLife #Violinist

Good gods, it's only been a month and a half but there are now 404 of you following me (I see the chance for a joke but my brain has yet to dispense it...something about error 404? orz).

This account is under my stage name, but I've had so much fun here that it's become the app I spend the most time on over FB, Insta, and Reddit. It allows me new, real, human connections in a way the others simply don't.

#Musician #MusicianLife #Violinist #Musings

I played my set, sat down for lunch, listened to a lovely noon set, then got news that the people for the last timeslot couldn't make it.

I got to play another set (・∀・)

My body now hurts orz

And you know what I had to stretch first when I got home because it hurt the most? My right gluteus medius.

All that hard work by my traps pecs and everything from the shoulders to the fingers, and it's my glutes that are complaining!? ヽ(｀Д´#)ﾉ

#Musician #MusicianLife #Violinist #ViolinistProblems

A little food and drink after playing today.

I'm always amazed at the acoustics here...In most places, I have to fight for volume, but here, I can play exactly as I'd like without having to strain. I'm fact, in the very earliest part of the morning, I almost have to pull back just a bit (≧∇≦)

The highlight of the set was when I was playing Sanpo from My Neighbour Totoro and one of the employees started quietly singing along. It made me giddy ❤

#Musician #MusicianLife #Violinist #Cafe

Since I forgot to upload this earlier, here is a weather read-out from earlier today when it was (it still is) Bloody Cold. It's been more than a decade since I've had the chance to experience -10, let alone -20, and on top of that, we get snow tomorrow ヽ(=´▽`=)ﾉ

My singular complaint is that this might screw with my performance on the 24th ＿|￣|○ il||li

#Portland #PDX #PDXTXT #Musician #Violinist #MusicianLife

Since I forgot to upload this earlier, here is a weather read-out from earlier today when it was (it still is) Bloody Cold. It's been more than a decade since I've had the chance to experience -10, let alone -20, and on top of that, we get snow tomorrow ヽ(=´▽`=)ﾉ

My singular complaint is that this might screw with my performance on the 24th ＿|￣|○ il||li

#Portland #PDX #PDXTXT #Musician #Violinist #MusicianLife