Author Archives: Justin Locke

Music from J.S Bach Superstar– promo video, itunes link, etc

Posted on October 18, 2009 by Justin Locke

Well I decided it might be fun to do a little more promotion of my "J.S. Bach Superstar" show (and music for sale on Itunes), and what better way to promote music than with a music video? so I did … Continue reading →

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I love waking up to rave reviews

Posted on October 9, 2009 by Justin Locke

"Real Men Don't Rehearse" got a fab review in bass musician magazine.  love that free promotion!! review of RMDR in bass musician magazine  

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Death Is Bad for Business

Posted on October 7, 2009 by Justin Locke

So today’s blog is a little bit off the usual topic I guess, I hope you will indulge me. I was just sitting here cogitating the other day, and I came across the little contradiction which I just couldn’t leave … Continue reading →

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A fabulous science lesson

Posted on October 5, 2009 by Justin Locke

okay, so again, I recently produced this little spoof/promo video: And I got to chatting with a real live professor of Ecology and I asked him, "well, it's just a spoof of propaganda ads, but is this, like a plausible … Continue reading →

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New video promo!

Posted on October 5, 2009 by Justin Locke

well after seeing so many ads from oil and coal companies about how they are such great environmental stewards I thought I would toss my 2 cents in, and I actually came up with a solution to global warming in … Continue reading →

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talent, not enough. determination, not enough either.

Posted on October 5, 2009 by Justin Locke

So I was reading this blog post somewhere today about a book called “talent is overrated.”  I was in immediate agreement with this pithy little phrase… it always bothered me when people would refer to my pro bass playing as … Continue reading →

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crotchets and breves: a musical soap opera

Posted on September 16, 2009 by Justin Locke

okay, in the realm of the truly silly, a guy out in utah does these musical podcasts and they did a "live" show and he asked me to write a comedy skit for it– so i came up with this, … Continue reading →

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Seven dirty words you CAN say on television

Posted on September 14, 2009 by Justin Locke

Readers of this blog know that semantics are (is?) Something of an avocation of mine.  And, after reading some of the political comments to the Huffington post about a college course in stupidity listed below, this got me to rethinking … Continue reading →

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just little updates and some stupidity in the news

Posted on September 12, 2009 by Justin Locke

Well i am sorry I have not been posting many entries lately– been a very busy september and it’s almost half over, gee whiz.  I have been VERY busy getting ready for my upcoming trip to Punta Gorda (more below), … Continue reading →

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Erich Kunzel is Dead

Posted on September 4, 2009 by Justin Locke

Well I was sad to read (a few days after the fact) that Erich Kunzel died September 1.  For those of you who don’t know who he was, he conducted the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra for decades and decades.  He did … Continue reading →

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