tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163626Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:55:48 +0000a mixture of engraving and musical information as well as the occasional philosophical or personal musinghttp://blog.dumarsengraving.com/noreply@blogger.com (Jason DuMars)Blogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163626.post-115242389607048955Sun, 09 Jul 2006 05:43:00 +00002006-07-08T22:44:56.080-07:00I just posted 10 new songs on the music page!http://blog.dumarsengraving.com/2006/07/new-musicnoreply@blogger.com (Jason DuMars)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163626.post-115170493816668145Fri, 30 Jun 2006 22:00:00 +00002006-06-30T15:02:18.176-07:00http://blog.dumarsengraving.com/2006/06/ankes-martin-sopranonoreply@blogger.com (Jason DuMars)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163626.post-114955115028563202Mon, 05 Jun 2006 23:40:00 +00002006-07-15T22:25:08.310-07:00http://blog.dumarsengraving.com/2006/06/rocco-completenoreply@blogger.com (Jason DuMars)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163626.post-114938425091443751Sun, 04 Jun 2006 01:19:00 +00002006-06-03T18:24:10.923-07:00http://blog.dumarsengraving.com/2006/06/roccos-tenornoreply@blogger.com (Jason DuMars)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163626.post-114775833520480193Tue, 16 May 2006 05:20:00 +00002006-05-15T22:45:35.226-07:00Here are some recent works. Enjoy!http://blog.dumarsengraving.com/2006/05/recent-worksnoreply@blogger.com (Jason DuMars)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163626.post-114554971567797445Thu, 20 Apr 2006 16:11:00 +00002006-04-20T09:15:15.690-07:00Man, how'd we ever get back here again...http://web.archive.org/web/20020930015807/http://www.saxophone.org/Brace yourselves, because we're at the tipping point. http://deconsumption.typepad.com/http://www.peakoil.comhttp://lifeaftertheoilcrash.nethttp://blog.dumarsengraving.com/2006/04/deja-vunoreply@blogger.com (Jason DuMars)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163626.post-114507853434669082Sat, 15 Apr 2006 05:11:00 +00002006-04-14T22:22:14.376-07:00Having not updated this thing in ages, I figured it was time to show some of the projects I am working on.My friend Mike in France wants me to create a work of art that speaks in the Celtic tradition, but that also incorporates other peaceful and even meditative elements. Having had a lot of turmoil in my life since the new year began, the work on his tenor has served as a kind of heling http://blog.dumarsengraving.com/2006/04/things-and-more-thingsnoreply@blogger.com (Jason DuMars)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163626.post-113928662270783425Tue, 07 Feb 2006 04:27:00 +00002006-02-06T20:30:22.716-08:00I am really happy to announce that I have completed this year's recording project and hope you'll take a listen to some of the music. I know some of you have dial-up Internet connections and won't be able to download the files, so let me know if you want me to send you an audio CD. Here's the link to it: http://www.dumarsengraving.com/sfocThis album was mostly recorded during the first half ofhttp://blog.dumarsengraving.com/2006/02/new-jason-dumars-solo-album-releasenoreply@blogger.com (Jason DuMars)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163626.post-113547083633713206Sat, 24 Dec 2005 21:17:00 +00002007-11-11T18:51:25.976-08:00deconstructionjazzbebopIn just about every realm of human existence, there are three primary ways of approaching the future -- innovation, maintenance, and destruction. This plays out in innumerable expressions, but the area that has my attention right now is in music, and to a lesser degree, art. Maintaining in jazz means a mastery of traditional harmony, structure, repetoire and technique. When I say maintaining, Ihttp://blog.dumarsengraving.com/2005/12/unexplored-countrynoreply@blogger.com (Jason DuMars)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163626.post-113497982104521333Mon, 19 Dec 2005 07:56:00 +00002005-12-19T00:10:21.053-08:00I finally completed Jed's tenor today, and even got a few hours of work done on Randall's PM. I took some photos of Jed's 6:Some more photos:The bell rimThe bell rim and neckFull body side 1Full body side 2Friday, saxophonist extraordinaire Tom Pereira was in town playing at the Blue Monk with drummer Charlie Dogget, bassist Dan Schulte and my friend David Valdez, arguably the best alto player http://blog.dumarsengraving.com/2005/12/todays-worknoreply@blogger.com (Jason DuMars)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163626.post-113435591427230008Mon, 12 Dec 2005 02:45:00 +00002005-12-11T18:51:54.283-08:00I worked for a few hours on Jed's tenor again today, and it's just about done! It's turning out very nicely.More pictures...Picture 2Picture 3Picture 4Picture 5Picture 6Picture 7Picture 8Picture 9There's some really good news from Schilke that I will be announcing in January too! Apparently all 50 special anniversary models sold in 3 hours.http://blog.dumarsengraving.com/2005/12/jeds-tenor-takes-shapenoreply@blogger.com (Jason DuMars)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163626.post-113377358317356197Mon, 05 Dec 2005 08:21:00 +00002005-12-05T01:06:23.216-08:00I realized after looking at my page that my blog had somehow disappeared. That goes to show you how very little time I have to work on my web pages these days. There is so much news that I am not even sure where to start. I'll just ramble along, and hopefully catch the major points.First off, I am very excited to announce my partnership with Schilke music products which produces one of the http://blog.dumarsengraving.com/2005/12/lots-and-lots-of-information-and-sonoreply@blogger.com (Jason DuMars)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163626.post-111959443570415568Fri, 24 Jun 2005 06:26:00 +00002005-06-23T23:27:15.716-07:00On Tuesday, August third, 1999, I called in to work sick and slept in. It was a beautiful sunny day outside, and even the opacity of the dank green curtains couldn’t keep the brightness out of my tiny apartment. When I finally woke up around noon, I realized I had the most incredible dream…There was a circle of children from every corner of the world, sitting with rapt attention at the feet http://blog.dumarsengraving.com/2005/06/jazz-languagenoreply@blogger.com (Jason DuMars)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163626.post-111889160901511800Thu, 16 Jun 2005 03:01:00 +00002005-06-15T20:15:10.566-07:00I just completed a slew of new projects as well as getting some personal things done. Recent engravings include a very nice Conn Connqueror Tenor:A special re-engraving job on a Mark VI tenor:and the creation of a patriotic themed Conn New Wonder tenor (nicknamed 'Lady Liberty') for my old friend Denny:As you might have noticed, I switched to the blog format so I have a little more flexibility http://blog.dumarsengraving.com/2005/06/long-awaited-updatenoreply@blogger.com (Jason DuMars)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163626.post-111859866611312127Sun, 12 Jun 2005 17:40:00 +00002005-06-12T12:38:26.440-07:00Past Project Log:Tuesday 4/10/2005: Okay, I really need to update a lot more often! There was a bit of a lull in the work, but it has given me time to work on a very special project for my new friend Claude in Hawaii. The intent is to create an heirloom to pass on through his family. As such, he wanted to have images from the island on the horn, as well as very elegant, elaborate floral work. Thehttp://blog.dumarsengraving.com/2005/06/past-entriesnoreply@blogger.com (Jason DuMars)1