My journey into Bay Area Country Music started about a month ago. Though silicon valley / tech business development guy by day, I play jazz as a drummer at the semi pro / am level. I have been part of the local scene organized by a really dedicated guy Marty Honda who has built our jazz community over the last years into a strong community with monthly jams and multiple venues to play at.
One day I realized that most of my listening for enjoyment time is spent on Pandora where I have multiple country music channels and to KRTY when I'm in the car. I had an epiphany of sorts which was, "If love this stuff so much, why am I not playing it? So I went to Craigslist, searched for country music, came away surprised by how little I saw out there and then posted my interest in getting something going. As you might guess I wasn't overwhelmed with responses. After a few days I thought . . . hmm maybe its time to to see if I can find country musician's by forming an association. And that is how this got started. I thought if Marty could build the kind of community we have built for Jazz, maybe we can do the same for country.
One day I realized that most of my listening for enjoyment time is spent on Pandora where I have multiple country music channels and to KRTY when I'm in the car. I had an epiphany of sorts which was, "If love this stuff so much, why am I not playing it? So I went to Craigslist, searched for country music, came away surprised by how little I saw out there and then posted my interest in getting something going. As you might guess I wasn't overwhelmed with responses. After a few days I thought . . . hmm maybe its time to to see if I can find country musician's by forming an association. And that is how this got started. I thought if Marty could build the kind of community we have built for Jazz, maybe we can do the same for country.
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