Neil Shah - Pianist/Vocalist/Composer

I’m in Oakland, California right now working on a new tune. I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. I actually spent the hour that most people are gathered around a turkey, drinking a beer and eating fries at the TGI Fridays in the Newark airport. It was mostly of my own doing, since it was […]

Musician, friend, and old roomate Tom Craskey has been on the d.l. making beats for some big Hip-Hop acts for awhile now. His latest work is on 2 tracks for John Legends new album, Once Again. The songs are Stereo and Out of Sight. Out of Sight is only available in the states if […]

I had an interesting conversation today with an old friend (who bears remarkable resemblance to Sean Connery) about how MySpace is replacing so many aspects of the music industry. I’ve heard industry folks say “we don’t even need demos and websites, just send us your myspace page.”

I was in a songwriting session last night and […]

A few months ago Jason told me about this site called PhilaFunk, whose m.o. is to help music-lovers find music, and help musicians sell tunes. There’s already a lot of ways to find new music—Google, MySpace, iTunes, or (the old-fashioned) going out to a good venue—but PhilaFunk tries to make this a fun and rewarding […]

“Recently discovered video of Stan Getz and John Coltrane playing together in a European JATP concert in the early 60s; it was the Miles quintet on the bill but Miles was sick and Trane led the group as a quartet.”