David Freeman Music

Not much happened in December. A couple of Yacht Rock gigs, a couple of church gigs…but first! I had to learn some of this solo for the Yacht Rock Schooner gig I subbed on in November, and I thought that figuring out the rest of it would be a fun project. Check it out! David Sanborn's solo on the Carly Simon version of You Belong to Me . Making the backing tracks was as much fun as learning the solo. Friday, December 5, 2025: Atlanta, GA to Seattle, WA. Kind of a mess. We flew west on Friday night with the band spread across several flights. I went on the late flight, but because of the way the tickets were booked, I didn’t have Sky Priority (meaning one free checked bag versus three with Sky Priority), so I had to drive my saxophones to Peter Searcy’s house on Thursday. He also did not have Sky Priority, but he was on the same flight with Kip, and Kip had Sky Priority, so he was able to check them at no additional charge. I brought my box of stuff (sax stands, flute, etc) and my...

November was slow, but I kind of needed the time for some other stuff, and just the general catching up on life. November 1, 2025: Atlanta GA. Remember the New Orleans brunch gig that I did at that crappy restaurant in Buckhead? We played Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans, and it reminded me how much I loved the Harry Connick Jr/Dr. John version on Harry's album Twenty . It also made me think about how much my grandmother liked the Pete Fountain/Al Hirt style of New Orleans music, so this one's for her! November 6, 2025: Decatur, GA. Nick had a solo show at Eddie's Attic, and he invited me to play a few songs. My part started with Nick doing a solo version of the Kenny Loggins song Heart to Heart , and when he got to the sax solo, I interrupted him (this was a planned bit), and we began together from there. After that, we played three Yacht Rock Revue songs: Doobie Bounce , Step , and Bad Tequila (where I managed to get lost in what we were doing and complete...

Not as much stuff happening in October... Wednesday, October 1, 2025: Mashantucket, CT. What a name! This was a corporate gig at a bar in a casino. We started the day by flying from Atlanta to Hartford, where two sprinter vans picked us up and drove us seventy-five minutes to the gig.   We used rented gear for this one, and all of it was good, but hot damn, my in-ear mix was worse than ever! It sounded like I was playing along with a band in the room next to us. All I could hear was my keyboards and the kick drum. Totally survivable for ninety minutes, but it was really bad. We have another fly date coming up in December, and I would like to set everything at the same level and then start turning individual instruments down. Maybe that's the move...? Some consoles have an app and wireless so that I could make adjustments without having to ask for a million things, and I would like to try fixing it that way. We'll see. I've definitely worked my way into a giant mess. Anyway...