Sometimes I can hear the seasons in a song - the snow falling, the wind calling, the dry heat of a summer day, or in the case of this song, a rainy fall day that's turning towards winter. I don't know where this song came from or where and with who it will find a home, but when collaborations work, it's very special. Hollis and I are going to share the song online in the coming days.
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Today I was brought back to my youth. In the early hours of a snow covered Midwestern day, I played a few songs as part of a To Write With Love on Her Arms presentation during a high school assembly in Iowa City...
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I chatted with Andrew Joslyn about his experiences in the music industry as a composer, accompanist and touring violin player. From a hotel in Chicago during his tour with David Bazan and the Passenger String Quartet, Andrew tells us about his experiences going from a desk job to becoming a full time music, his world tour with Macklemore, his copious recording gigs that have made him the unofficial "string guy" in Seattle, and his take on the Seattle music economy and making it in a crazy industry.
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The rains have been marching through Seattle, off and on, for days now. I joke that these moody clouds hold the key to this city's musical history. I’m enjoying those clouds and the fortune this year has brought me. With windy fall weather in full swing, It feels like I’m ready to start writing again.
Read MoreI am fan of music, not a critic. I've become more critical of other music the longer I play, I think it's the nature of things. As I progress I find myself explaining to people why a song doesn't hit me the way it hits them sometimes, which I'm learning from. I would really rather talk about what songs hit me.
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