Tierra Studios is proud to present Texas Jazz Masters, our latest Jazz project encompassing our previous and upcoming Jazz releases.  The objective of Texas Jazz Masters is to create awareness about the rich musical history in Texas, with a focus on the key players in the Texas Jazz scene.  Texas Jazz has undoubtedly  influenced other genres of music such as Tejano, Classical, Blues, Rock ‘ Roll, House & Techno, R&B and Hip-Hop.

Our goal is to highlight how Texas Jazz is related to these other genres of music.

We’re kicking off the project with a series of video interviews, starting with Gilbert Sedeño.  Let us know what you think!~

Our sister company, Landline Productions, co-produced the smash hit and Tony Award winning Broadway show, Memphis the Musical. Meet David Bryan, the keyboardist for Bon Jovi and composer for Memphis the Musical.

Better talks to David Bryan about his transition from rock n’ roll to Broadway. We find out about how he came into the music business, and what got him where he is today.

Watch the video here

Edward Scott, aka Spettro, shows you how to sync your internal or external HD to crates & subcrates in ScratchLIVE using ScratchTools.  This is a 3 part video series that is a must see for all ScratchLIVE DJ’s!(Mac users only)!

1.  Intro:  Why sync your hard-drive to crates and subcrates?

2.  How to sync your external hard-drive.  How to sync your column structure

3.  How to sync your internal hard-drive.  How to sync your column structure

Want the Java Code?  Click “Get It Now” Below to Download!

Intro

How To Sync Your External HD:

How To Sync Your Internal HD:

POSR’s Chris Casual handling the hair for Larissa Ness’ music video “Don’t Think I Won’t” (Prepmode & Elstar Remix). JJ Castillo of JoseJonesFilms.com taking the video, photography by Cory Ryan of EyeCandyAustin.com.

Larissa Ness, Prepmode and Elstar are all Austin musicians making waves in our beloved music scene. Prepmode is one of our favorite Austin DJ’s – come show your support at the video release party @ Speakeasy on May 13,2010. Click here for more info.

March 31, 2010 @ Rich’s. Spettro (aka Edward Scott from Tierra Studios) competing in the Red Bull Thre3 Style DJ Competition. Other contestants were some of Houston’s top party rocking DJ’s: Kyle Berg, DJ Bizz, Baby Jae, Johnny J, Flash Gordon, DJ Ebonix, GT aka GT Mayne. The energy between all of us dj’s was electric! Although we were competitors, we routed each other on like family. 1st place went to Baby Jae.

UPDATE: We arrived at the Fox studios to find out the producer that approved the “Texas Jazz Masters” segment was out on location. The stand-in producer had not seen the piece so they are airing it at a later date. When we find out what time, we’ll let everyone know.

In the meantime, here is Bryan Harkness performing live:

Fox News 26 will be running a story on Tierra Studios and our Texas Jazz Masters series on a date TBA.  Thomas Hulten was the point man to represent the Texas Jazz Masters series, and held a recording session that was captured on film.

Here’s a behind the scenes view of the interview.

The Director of Jazz Studies at the University of Houston, Noe Marmolejo, interviews Thomas Hulten about the recording process on his album “Slide Side”.

Bryan Harkness teaches you how to play the guitar part of his song “One Night Rodeo”. You may download the guitar tab by clicking “Get It Now” below.

Thomas Hulten commenting on his song “Pilska Polka” from his album Slide Side. You may buy it now!