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
One can still set the goal—don’t get me wrong—to make a living from it. But as for dangling that big rockstar prize in front of people, I don’t think that’s a healthy or ethical viewpoint. Maybe I got that prize playing with David Bowie—but I could just as easily have been a starving jazz musician my whole life. Luck, timing, and all sorts of things factored into it. But even if you don’t make it to Carnegie Hall or touring with Lady Gaga, you can still be somebody whose contributions to society are enhanced by music.
Mike Garson (David Bowie, NIN, Smashing Pumpkins) interview in Keyboard Magazine. Click to read entire article.
Something dark and dirty for your Tuesday night enjoyment. I was listening to Eivind Aarset this morning and got inspired to do something new. If you enjoy Nine Inch Nails, you may enjoy this.
Artists interacting with fans
So much has been written about musicians using the Internet to connect with fans. I just want to throw my opinion out there.
The three artists that come to mind as really breaking some ground are Prince, NIN and BT. Prince for doing it first. He did it when everyone said he was crazy, when everyone said it wouldn’t work and when most of us were using dial-up to connect to this new media. Prince, in my opinion, dropped the ball when he used his old model for his current website.
Trent Reznor and everyone involved in Nine Inch Nails did something ground breaking. They allowed there fans to connect. They gave their fans a medium to post videos and pics, remix the music and share it and currently, buy gear that NIN’s used. NIN’s didn’t limit their web presence to just nin.com. They connected and used YouTube and eBay and a host of other sites to make NIN’s a web experience.
BT rounds out my trio with connecting with his fans by getting them involved. His recent retweets=new music is making his fans really interested in the upcoming album. Doing an interview with fans via a webcam and Twitter makes his fans feel connected. And why stop at a desktop or laptop, his app Sonifi gives iPhone users the ability to remix and share his music on a new platform.
The established model for music consumption is changing and forward-thinking artists are taking us there.
