Welcome to my website

This is a place for me to share ideas and things I have produced along the way. Its also a mechanism to share the things my many talented friends are up to. I hope you enjoy the content provided on this site, and if you want to support myself and or my friends feel free to purchase anything that is available or donate here. Every little bit helps and is greatly appreciated.

Upcoming Performance Dates

June 26th: JAS Quintet with Jami Lynn. Trio Jazz Club Sioux Falls. 6:30pm and 9:00pm

June 27th: Badger Clark Poetry Festival

July 3rd: Andrea Ross at Trio Jazz Club Sioux Falls. 6:30pm and 9:00pm

July 4th: Andrea Ross at Levitt Sioux Falls. 7:00pm

July 13th: Tayko Jones at McKennan Park in Sioux Falls. 7:00pm

July 14th: Terry Brooks and Joel at Trio Jazz Club Sioux Falls. 6:30pm-8:30pm

July 18th: Jeff Paul Trio at Little Swan Lake Winery in Esterville Iowa. 6:00pm…. ? or TBD…..

July 31st: JAS Quintet featuring Jami Lynn at Sioux River Folk Fest. 8:20pm

Everything A Thousand Million Times

The title song from my first solo record is a lullaby of sorts. “Everything A Thousand Million Times” is a phrase that encapsulates all the things my daughter and I say to each other before bedtime. “I love you”, “I’ll miss you”, “Sweet dreams”… eventually turned into “Everything A Thousand Million Times”. Often times the phrase would naturally turn into a melody. A melody that kept resonating inside of me. I imagine the phrase we would say over and over again, “Everything a thousand million times, I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU”. The last statement of the phrase leads us into a peaceful dream state. The video is simply some footage I took camping one weekend.

Musicians:

Joel Shotwell (woodwinds and bass guitar)

Jeff Paul (Fender Rhodes)

Billy Yost (Percussion)