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Erik Mongrain

5 songs that blew me away this week

During the course of an average week, I listen to a huge amount of music. I have never personally tried to measure this in either time spent or the amount of songs listened to, but my life revolves around music…………….from the moment I open my eyes to that final peaceful descent into sleep.   Last[...]

Every Stranger is a Hidden Friend

Every stranger is a hidden friend

Think about it. Your girlfriend/boyfriend, husband/wife………. Every person you have ever met in your life (besides your family) was a stranger at one point.  What stands between someone you don’t know and someone you just met is a mere handshake.   You know that warm feeling you get when you watch all these older movies[...]

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Tell me a story

What is it that makes a great musician? If you had to narrow it down to one single quality what is the one thing, regardless of musical genre or instrument, that they all have in common? They’re storytellers. Even though BB King and Wes Montgomery have very different styles of guitar playing, it’s their storytelling[...]

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Living the el-live life

Hello,my name is Alysha Quan and I joined el-Live Productions 5 months ago. So far, it has been the best 5 months of my life and I look forward to sharing my adventures with you over the next few months! In the beginning.. As soon as I arrived in Vietnam, it was into boot camp[...]

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I’m blogged out!

Blogging…. Ad Nauseam? It seems that the whole world is blogging about one thing or another. The notion that every opinion and whim bears publishing is nauseating, and while I celebrate the freedom of expression it affords us all, it’s crazy how much absolute nonsense floats by.   There’s no need to wax lyrical…it’s great[...]

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PR sucks

One of our artists, a wonderful entertainer, called me a while back and proceeded to ask me: “Hey G, is it okay if I don’t do PR?” I almost said yes, but I said: “Hell no, why would you ask me that?” This got me to thinking why any musician would ask such a question. [...]

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Pop’s Place – 3 songs that changed my musical life

Aja – Steely Dan – 1977 Aja marked Walter Becker and Donald Fagen’s startling arrival at the junction of jazz, rock and pop. The album was a seamless blend of all that was “cool” delivered with amazing ease, despite the complexity and sophistication of the arrangements. Steely Dan hadn’t really been a “band” since Pretzel[...]

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My ego only needs a good rhythm section” Miles Davis

Having been a professional musician for the last 27 years, I’ve been put in many different musical situations and asked to play many different styles of music. Inevitably, the style of music always dictates what I end up playing. We’re talking about comping here, not soloing. On my gig that’s basically 80% of your night.[...]

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A Beijing Christmas, Birthday and News Years

“This week it was my birthday, Christmas and new years! Wasn’t that a blast! It started snowing in Beijing and it was the first time I had seen snow in real life. My first white Christmas. Another new experience this job has blessed me with. We are currently performing at Xiu bar in the Park[...]

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