It was just a week or so ago when I published CJ's 3,000th blog post. Today I/we celebrate CJ's 20th birthday. 20 years! Tons of time and energy and a decent record of my musical journey over those years and how it crossed with Canberra and the Jazz School and travels and my later interests in classical and recording. I write up most of my musical events and some other public events that I might attend other than some Tilt jazz gigs which are not too common but would be too seriously indulgent. Sadly, CJ has missed my recent mix/mastering of multitracks from Bevan at Smiths because those home-based duties don't quite fit as an event although they are a fascinating task, a revealing way to attend a gig ("All about the bass") and a nice gift to the performers. I notice the seriousness of my commentary has declined over time given I've said most things many times, but the effectiveness of the record persists and the list of performers just keeps growing. I always referred to these posts as reports rather than reviews anyway. As for records, CJ has 6,787 index entries as I write this, including band names, performers' names, locations outside Canberra and various other items. And there's Canberra Jazz Group on Facebook which sat a few years after its creation in 2018 then took off as a gig promotion site and today has 2,437 members. Thus it goes and it goes on. I can't imagine life (or remember gigs) without it. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
23 June 2025
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