David Freeman Music

Just two gigs in February. This should be easy, right?  Saturday, February 8, 2025: Marietta, GA. I played a gig with some friends at a church, but it wasn't a church gig (per se), though I have played lots of church gigs here. Anyway, this was a big fundraiser party, so the music went from opera to American songbook kind of stuff to a couple of big medleys with Careless Whisper and September and Just the Two of Us . This was different kind of gig from what I've been doing, and playing with some different people was cool. I ended up writing my own charts/parts for this one even though things were well organized with charts and recordings. After the rehearsal, I added some more stuff so that I wouldn't just sit there while everybody else was playing. Mostly it was tenor sax and flute, but I did add a little bit of clarinet and bari sax. Joe Reda on bass! Ok, the other side of it: the sound in the room was pretty terrible. It was loud and really difficult to hear what we w...

January was busy for Yacht Rock! Here are some highlights... Thursday, January 9, 2025: Montclair, NJ. We arrived in New Jersey pretty early in the day, so as soon as we arrived at the venue, it was time to go to lunch. Fortunately, there's an Indian restaurant across the street from The Wellmont Theater, so off I went! maybe it's a joke, but...wrong kind of Indian? So...usual stuff. Cold load in, set up the gear, eventually sound checked everything, went for a run. I think I had a peanut butter sandwich for dinner, since lunch was pretty filling. a fellow runner It was really cold, mostly because the wind--gusts up to 44 mph!. I ran off down the street, thinking that I was doing really well because 1. I wasn't too cold, and 2. I felt like I was running well, and just before my turnaround point, it dawned on me that the wind was at my back, and the second half of the journey was going to be a lot more difficult! (and I was correct!) The Wellmont was really good. It definit...