Jane Gillman

Jane’s Garage

admin — Fri, 18 May 2012 13:56:29 +0000

I’ve got a new passion…teaching people how to record a song. A GarageBand how to. I call it Jane’s Garage. It’s especially for people who don’t speak geek. Who don’t want to wade through tutorials. Who like for people to show them how easy it is to create a home recording. Check out my teaching page for all the latest classes…

Living a Facebook Free Life

admin — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:04:54 +0000

Is it really that fun to be “catching up” with long lost friends from high school, spying on ex’s, scrolling through mundane musings…posting personal info on somebody else’s bulletin board….instead of….? Two weeks ago it suddenly occurred to me …

I’m missing real life.

Yesterday: Sunday brunch with 3 real-life friends (checked out the new sweetheart one of em brought with her) (yes!); played soccer/swam with my kids (also FB-free); cooked a not from a box dinner; worked on my first FB-free GarageBand recording project.

I could get hooked on this.

Taking the Leap

admin — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 18:37:47 +0000

The other day at Barton Springs swimming pool a little boy stood at the edge of the diving board. Right at first, the small crowd at that end of the pool was urging him to jump! But little by little, like a ripple, heads farther and farther down the pool, and all along the sidelines, turned toward the little boy. Pretty soon, all eyes of the ENTIRE Friday afternoon crowd were on this kid. Jump!! Applause, cheers, JUMP! 15 minutes went by. The whole pool waited.

He didn’t jump. What I hope is, when he looks back on being carried off the board by his dad, he remembers – not so much that he failed to jump - but the quiet anticipation from the throngs, his mom and dad each taking a turn to walk out to encourage him, the lifeguards who didn’t blow their whistles and tell him to hurry up, the long line of other people waiting to jump, waiting.

We all got it – you know what I’m saying?

Hermonicas

admin — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 03:11:55 +0000

Who knew there were so many women harmonica

piles of harps

players? San Francisco DJ Norman Davis took it upon himself to see how many of us he could find around the world, and then he built a website around the idea, dedicated to Big Mama Thornton. Check it out!

http://hermonicas.com/hermonicas.htm

If you look on this page:

http://hermonicas.com/otherplayers.htm

you’ll find my free download of Elsa’s Tune. The original version was released on Jane Gillman (Green Linnet SF2101) with Johnny Cunningham on fiddle and Seamus Egan on pipes and whistles. This one’s just me and my guitar and harps.

Free Download

admin — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 05:51:22 +0000

I thought this song was lost forever…but tonight I found the CD in the back of a drawer. Bare bones… a little Dylan style harp… it’s up on ReverbNation for free -

Break It Down

The new video of “I Love Taxicabs at Night” is up!

admin — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 21:14:43 +0000

Thank you to all the amazing collaborators on the new video, now on YouTube. Filmed in Austin and New York “I Love Taxicabs at Night” fuses urban and mountain. The appalachian dulcimer meets city streets, urban dance, and graffiti art – with taxi still shots by friends and fans from around the world.

I Love Taxicabs at Night