http://djparadiddle.com The DJ Paradiddle: Everything hapnin on the site http://djparadiddle.com/music/12824803745 Purdie did play those sessions! Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http://djparadiddle.com/vids/12824555456 Paul Manganello brings it. Mon, 14 Nov 2011 23:53:23 -0500 http://djparadiddle.com/news/12824462400 Funklets are out in the world.  Looking all cute. VIDEO I recently purchased a DSLR, so expect production values to go up.  MUSIC I got to sit-in at the Starkid Space Tour show in Cleveland.  It’s hard to gauge how massive Starkid is, but the crowd they drew in Cleveland on a Monday lends some perspective.  I also played with Charlene Kaye on a tune.   I put tapewound strings on my bass.   I got to hear Bernard Purdie play with Aretha!  Two interesting things Bernard said: A) Everything clicked on Until You Come Back To Me. B) Wilbur Bascomb is the only rich bass player he knows. DESIGN I helped Theo with the graphic design for his new album.  The album is awesome.  Search iTunes: Theo Katzman MISC. I will be moving to the bay area soon.  Challah at me. Mon, 14 Nov 2011 23:50:53 -0500 http://djparadiddle.com/news/5867177064 Check it out, you’ll dig the vid: The Funklet by Jack Stratton on Kickstater This project brings together two areas I’ve been shedding for a while - drumming and design.  Feels good.  Making me practice too. I’ll be teaching a week long video camp at the Music Center at the end of June.  DIY style.  Cheap gear, great results.   BIG NEWS:  A piece from my Dad’s blog was published in the New York Times (op-ed) on mother’s day.  I’m going down to da Land to play Nightown with him.  He does a live reading of his blog. I’m playing with Theo Katzman (local kickstarter king) a bit this summer.  Theo lists his band as: Theo Katzman…that guy Tom Stoepker…stunning Jack Stratton…vintage Joe Dart…legendary  A few videos are in pre-pro (my mind).  One with Paul Mango, one with Tud.  Keep an eye out.   Thu, 26 May 2011 11:51:00 -0500 http://djparadiddle.com/vids/4594786122 I feel pretty, Oh, so pretty, I feel pretty and witty and bright! And I pity Any girl who isn’t me tonight.  ****replace pretty with funky**** Wed, 13 Apr 2011 21:07:10 -0500 http://djparadiddle.com/pranks/3060992859 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 22:36:00 -0500 http://djparadiddle.com/news/2911714888 So this update got flagged as spam because I put Ca$h in the title.  GREAT! Just great. Just remastered a tune from the Vulf Organization.  Don’t know if I’ll work for them again anytime soon.  I never got paid, just threatened.  Check the tune here. Helping with the Starkid musical Starship.  It is so gosh darn funny.  You’re just going to love it.  It’s sold out!  I’ll be making the soundtrack, so look for that in the future (the future of time, obviously).  Lessons are going well at the music center.  I now have a Rhodes in my room.  I hung up one of my favorite quotes from a great teacher, Vulfmon.  It reads, “The best way to learn an instrument is by getting better at it.” I’m playing with Theo Katzman and the Note Duration Ensemble at the Ann Arbor Folk Festival in Hill Auditorium this Friday.  It’s sold out!  A packed Hill is electric, straight electrons.  Giddy. Mon, 24 Jan 2011 14:53:17 -0500 http://djparadiddle.com/music/2911528359 It Gets Funkier • Vulfmon by DJ Paradiddle CreditsArranged By [Orchestra], Conductor - Mort SpiegelmanDrums, Bass, Sythesizer [Prophet 5, Minimoog], Organ [Hammond M3], Engineer, Producer - Vulfmon© 1981 Vulfrecords Records*Nominated - Best Walking Song (1981 AF Awards)Remastered by DJ Paradiddle Mon, 24 Jan 2011 14:39:00 -0500