Thomas Doggett has been an active performer and educator for over 20 years and enjoys all styles of music.
Thomas began 2013 by performing in Gent, Belgium at the 3rd European Clarinet Festival with his wife Cynthia. The Duo performed Mad Rush to the End by composer Charles Savage. Mad Rush was the first of many works written for Thomas and Cynthia.
Tommy plays a TM Custom tenor saxophone designed by Randy Jones at Tenor Madness and an EWI4000s: Electronic Wind Instrument by AKAI.
Tommy’s teachers include Greg Banaszak and Bob Reynolds
In 2008, Tommy became a member of Corey Taylor’s Junk Beer Kidnap Band. Throughout 2009, JBKB performed at clubs and festivals including Rockfest in Kansas City, Lazerfest in Des Moines, End of the Summer Scorcher in Phoenix and the Key Club in LA.
At the beginning of 2011, Tommy joined the Free Style Variety Band. Prior to that, Tommy regularly performed with Des Moines’ premier R&B/Funk group One Nite Stand.
Tommy is featured on Cleo's Apartment's 2010 release: Off At The Shoulders and the 2012 Axis Manifest film production: Flick
Thomas was an ASCAPlus Award recipient in 2006 and 2007.
As an educator, Thomas has taught at Muskingum College, Ohio University-Zanesville, Kent State, Hiram College, Cincinnati School for the Creative and Performing Arts, College of Mount St. Joseph, South-Western Community College and Central College.
Originally hailing from Covington, Kentucky, Tommy established himself throughout Cincinnati, Ohio as a performer with Lo-Fi (2006 Cincinnati Entertainment Award (CEA) nominee "Best Funk”), The 4Track All-Stars (2005 CEA: Best Hip-Hop) and Two Turntables and a Saxophone (“One of the Top bands to see at Midpoint Music Festival in 2004” Citybeat).
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
The whole fantasy that we had, and whole dream that we had, was could we still do, or can we still make, today, dance music without a drum machine?
The robots speak! Hear the elusive Daft Punk in an interview with NPR’s Audie Cornish (via nprmusic)
“The experimentation has been now in the hands of the underground scene — of the alternative, the independent scenes. The alternative and independent scene of bands that are really experimenting but they might not have a lot of the means to do so. It’s what we can call in French something called bricolage — meaning that you try to experiment with what you have, even if you have some limited means.”
20 years ago, my friend Gary Ruschman did this painting of John Coltrane and for 20 years, I’ve been keeping it safe until I could afford a nice frame. Today, I ordered a frame. I can’t wait to hang it up in my office.
AUSTIN KLEON: Jeremy Denk on piano lessons, mentors, and teaching
My wife saved me this New Yorker piece by pianist Jeremy Denk on his history of studying the piano, and his relationships with his teachers and students. It’s a fascinating (and paywalled) read.
He recalls being in school with a dozen teachers telling him a dozen different things (…
A must-read for all creatives; especially young students looking for answers.
My view of the world right now.
Park Inn Hotel and City National Bank by Frank Lloyd Wright in Mason City, Iowa
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This is Canadian astronaut Commander Chris Hadfield, performing David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” while floating around the International Space Station. You may have last seen the space station team walking around in outer space fixing stuff.
You will never do anything this cool.
— ‘Space Oddity’ In Space: Yes, Astronauts Are Still The Coolest Humans : Monkey See
“This mother can play!” Cindy Doggett with the Mason City High School Band performing the Artie Shaw Concerto on May 12, 2013 Mother’s Day
Day 2 of remixing HTDA’s On The Wing. It’s not about winning the remix contest. It’s about having the opportunity to take apart someone’s song and really learn how they assembled it. Every time I transcribe a song, I realize how much I over-play. The beauty is in the simplicity. And for the record: simple is hard. It’s easy to fill up the canvas; just dump the paint bucket. It takes skill to brush shading and depth. I’m happy with what I’ve done these past two nights. I’m not ready to post my remix entry just yet. I want to listen to it a few more days and make any needed adjustments. Stay tuned.
The chours to On the Wing by How To Destroy Angels is beautiful! I’m starting my remix there. Contest ends soon. Visit http://howtodestroyangels.com to learn more.
Calvin: If people sat outside and looked at the stars each night, I’ll bet they’d live a lot differently.
Hobbes: How so?
Calvin: Well, when you look into infinity, you realize that there are more important things than what people do all day.
(Source: the-curious-stranger)
Wednesday evening, I played with Kevin King and the Iowa Rock and Roll Hall of Fame All-Stars in Pella, Iowa. Except for the horn section, everyone else on stage is in the Iowa Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Bruce, Kevin, Rich, Tim and Fred have always been actively playing in Iowa since the 60’s; a lot of story telling between sound check and the downbeat. The horn section Conner (trombone), Dave and Dan (trumpets) joined them for the second half of the show. The pictures don’t express how cold it was while we were playing but I can honestly say that my hands were numb by the third song.
Principal fires security guards to hire art teachers — and transforms elementary school
“There’s no one particular way of doing something,” he said. “And art helps you like see that. So if you take that with you, and bring it on, it will actually help you see that in academics or anything else, there’s not one specific way you have to do something.”
If an eighth-grader can get it, why can’t everyone else.
