Neil Shah - Pianist/Vocalist/Composer

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.”
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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 experience for both music fans and musicians. It also provides a really quick and easy way to distribute the type of demos I’m currently working on, for anyone who wants to own them.
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At the end of September, I moved out of my small apartment on the 23rd floor of a Manhattan high-rise. My girlfriend and I got a place together—the entire top floor of a 3 story Brookyln brownstone.

The last couple weeks I’ve been busy setting up a new studio in the place. I’m currently working on soundproofing the control room, which will also be the live room for awhile. I also got a new Macbook Pro so I can do some editing and mixing on the road.
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“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.”

Last week I packed up my Manhattan studio, where I lived for the last 3 years, and moved to a brownstone in Brooklyn. Moving sucks, but it’s done, and the new place is awesome.

Watching the piano movers hoist my beautiful Yamaha U3 up a flight of stairs was unbelievable.