DeGrazia: Live at the Paramount

DeGrazia: Live at the ParamountExpressive, melodic, and virtuosic, DeGrazia’s Live at the Paramount is a musical and emotional journey that evokes the spirits of Carlos Montoya and Paco Peña while touching on a much more personal vein. Simply put, DeGrazia’s latest release sounds like Domingo DeGrazia, both the person and the musician. Born and raised in Tucson, Arizona, Domingo DeGrazia creates music that truly sounds like the southwest; Live at the Paramount plays like a mixture between a moving film score and a long journey down a dusty road. Recorded during an intimate performance for family and friends, Live at the Paramount is the first DeGrazia recording featuring violinist Beth Daunis, whose energetic and charismatic performance elevates DeGrazia’s music to previously unknown heights. Accompanied by renowned recording engineer and percussionist Jim Pavett, classical guitar virtuoso Dustin Jones, and international touring bassist Mark Brugler, DeGrazia provides an inspired performance of unparalleled caliber.

Live at the Paramount is available now at OpenViewMusic.com

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Getting Back to Basics

As you can see I have not had any time to write. The last few months have been a blur and frankly “way over the top”! 12-14 hr days for weeks on end, including weekends. I has to force myself to leave on vacation twice and it just was not enough to get the body to relax. I took on too many personal music projects this year outside of the normal studio running hours. And what is also true is I will have the most growth and exposure from my endeavors. Sacrifice, sacrifice. Hear is a picture of me catching a big 150 pound sail fish from last weekend in San Carlos. We re-aerated his gills and let him go unharmed. I burned a little stress off reeling him in.Reeling him inSail Fish

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Disciples of Prime – Sick Puppies

Practice With DOP

Getting ready to go for Sick Puppies showJim with DOP with Disciples of Prime. Their practice place has a clear sound wall to cut down on the drum bleed into the room. It creates quite an interesting reflection back to the drummer for a very bright attack sound.

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Video Day 5

Jim P. in the house!

Jimmy P. in the house!

Today we did the performance of the samples included with the DVD. Creating drum loops etc… Then Mr. Ancona came down to do product shots. We even got a few full control room shots. Awesome!

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Video Day 4:

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Check out this phat groove boys!

Today we wrapped up all the dialog. (A lot of you did not know I actually talk, did ya.) I even filmed in the load in area, with my full soldering bay, including goggles! (Just for the ladies!) Then, I got to lay down some grooves, for the drum mic technique area. Sweet!

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Video Day 3

The Cable Room

The Cable Room: If I pretend I am serious, people wil think I am a newscaster. Cool.

Today we moved around a bit with the camera angles. I think some of that is due to me getting more comfortable with the script, and busting through the material quicker.

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