CDs and Recordings

April 2008

Just released, 2 CDs of original music

11 eleven songs

more or less in the vein of MTV unplugged. the first 7 songs were originally going to be released as 7 songs in San Diego, which is where they were recorded. When it came time to press the CD, i decided to add 4 more songs which had been recorded when i lived in Monterey, because i really wanted them to be heard.

and

To an unseen listener

a 27 minute trance guitar instrumental, 
along with In the Garden, a song that goes along well with the mood, and could be my theme song. 

these were originally recorded in San Francisco in 1999. I've been meaning to put them out, but didn't want this to be my first release, for fear of being pigeonholed solely as a trance guitarist. finally, at long last, it's out.

as of now the only way to get these is directly from me, when i play. sooner or later i will deal with this, but for now, you could email me and we could make some arrangements, or you can download the songs from the snocap store on my home page.

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here's the old news, no longer true

Confessions of a Perfectionist

I'm going to air my dirty laundry in public, in the hopes of helping and giving a warning to those of you out there cursed with perfectionism.

I've been playing 30 years, have written over 500 songs and instrumentals, played in the US and Europe, people tell me I'm good and ask to buy my CDs, and I have nothing.
Why?

Because:

When I record I have felt that I have to give the best performance of my life.

Not only that, but the recording equipment has to be the best , and the engineer, and the mixing, and the duplication, all issues over which I do not have so much control.

Not only that, but I have said that whatever I do I want to still be in high rotation a hundred years from now, i.e. played a lot.

These are impossibly high standards to live up to.

On top of that, I've had fears of success and fears of failure.

        Is it any wonder I have no recordings?

But I will. As long as there is breath in me, don't count me out. The funny thing is, my dream is to have all my songs recorded, for sale on this website, to advertise the website, and to do small tours on the west coast, including private concerts.

If you want to be notified when I do get it together, contact me.

myspace.com/jaydancingbear 
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