THE NEXT BIG ADVENTURE: CREATING LIFE
- Sep 17, 2020
- 2 min read
.... Hi Everybody! :) Wait, what? Really? Yes!
To say the last six months has been a transformative time is a huge understatement. As all of us have felt, the intense focus on and flux in our lives and livelihoods, relationships, careers, social and self awareness, activism, boundaries, tests of love and loss and longing have often been too much to bear. I owe so much of my enduring positivity to family, friends and this incredible community (you!) that encourage me to keep going and working on interesting projects. It's been a thrilling and humbling journey to date, and I thank you all for being on this wild ride with me 💛💛💛
And now... it gives me GREAT joy to share that the Next Big Adventure is well underway, and arriving in about 6 weeks (!!) Nothing never happens, right? 😉It's a collaborative project, and my hubs and I are excited, terrified, and all the wonderful everything in-between. I feel really good and healthy and as much as it's been a drag not to perform it’s been a blessing not to have had to travel this Spring and Summer as planned. I'm grateful for all the virtual performance opportunities I've had (from the waist up, hee hee) to stay connected and the new people I've met because of it. The Facebook Livestreams have been especially fun, with thousands of people popping in from all over the world! It was important to me since day one of quarantine to focus on what I could do, not what I could not, and that has made all the difference ⭐️
But like the changing of the seasons it's time for another pivot and the new band member takes priority. This upcoming Sunday will be my last livestream via Facebook, with a "Season Finale" double header at 12pm & 2pm EST. It'll be a mix of the wacky set lists from the last 40+ shows, some stories, some games with prizes, a jam along session and more! Hope you can join - here's the EVENT INVITE
A few weeks ago I recorded a full length concert with my band at the Louis Armstrong House Museum in Queens, thanks to Cal Performances at UC Berkeley generously honoring a date I had for later this year ❤️ The concert will air with a live Q& A on January 7th, 2021, but you can see a preview of it during tonight's gala for the Armstrong House which also features Jason Moran (!) and Catherine Russell (!!) This is a big ticket fundraiser for this incredible historic institution and it's an honor to be a part of it.
My last big event before this life change will be the first ever NEW YORK HOT JAZZ CAMP VIRTUAL WEEKEND WORKSHOP which launches October 9-11.
Co-Director Molly Ryan and I have put together 16+ hours of masterclasses, workshops, song studies and more with artists we adore as players, teachers and all around great people. All sessions will be live via Zoom, so don't miss your chance to participate!
DON'T FORGET TO VISIT BRIASKONBERG.COM
FUN SWAG! MUSIC! & a tip jar 😉
j88.tokyo mình lướt thử một chút vì thấy bạn bè nói qua, kiểu vào xem giao diện ra sao thôi. Ấn tượng đầu là trang nhìn khá thoáng, mọi thứ chia thành từng khối nên mắt bắt nhịp nhanh, không bị cảm giác rối rắm. Mình cũng thích cách họ trình bày thông tin theo dạng cột bảng, nhìn phát là nắm được ý chính, khỏi phải đọc một đống chữ liền nhau. Menu để ngay chỗ dễ thấy nên chuyển qua lại cũng tiện, không phải dò tìm nhiều. Nói chung trải nghiệm kiểu nhẹ nhàng, không màu mè quá, dùng vài phút là quen. Điểm mình thấy “đáng tiền” nhất vẫn là mấy khối nội dung xếp thẳng…
kết quả bóng đá dạo này mình hay mở ra xem ké lúc đang có trận, kiểu không cần đăng nhập gì cũng lướt được luôn. Mình không rành phân tích đâu, chủ yếu cần cái nhìn nhanh cho biết đang mấy phút, tỷ số bao nhiêu. Thấy cái hay là trang cập nhật khá sát, đang xem mà số liệu đổi liên tục chứ không bị trễ lâu, cảm giác gần như thời gian thực. Với lại họ sắp theo ngày và theo giải nhìn dễ chịu, muốn tìm trận nào chỉ kéo xuống chút là gặp, khỏi bấm qua lại nhiều. Bảng tỷ số cũng gọn, có thời gian thi đấu với mấy diễn biến cơ bản nên…
“Excited, terrified, and everything in-between” is such a perfect way to put it — big life changes really do come with all the emotions at once. Also, not traveling for a while weirdly does sound like a hidden gift when you’re trying to just be present and healthy. Random tangent: I’ve been experimenting with a hairstyle ai idea to freshen things up on video calls, which feels very 2020. Can’t wait to hear how the next chapter goes.
That “stay connected from the waist up” era is so relatable, and it’s cool you found ways to make it feel like community instead of just… screens. When you talked about focusing on what you can do, it reminded me of how people got into small creative outlets during lockdown — I even messed around with ghibli ai one weekend just to make something pretty. Sending good energy for the home stretch!
I like how honest this is about the push-pull of gratitude and loss at the same time — that’s basically been the whole year for a lot of us. The “collaborative project” phrasing is sweet, too; it feels like the ultimate partnership gig. Side note, I saw hrefgo mentioned in a totally different context recently and it made me realize how many new little ecosystems popped up during quarantine. Hoping the next six weeks are calm and boring in the best way.