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Jazz saxophone player and composer Elias Haslanger plays and writes modern jazz music rooted in the tradition.

Patronism

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Today, I’m officially announcing my participation on Patronism.com and asking for your support. The idea of a patron of the arts has been around forever. The great composers of Western Classical music were all supported by the church or the ruling government  and this still exists to some degree in our modern society, albeit in a much different form.

I welcome you to the 21st century version and ask that you consider this: subscribe to my ongoing stream of online content and decide what you think it’s worth. For as little as $2 per/mo (or more – you decide), you’ll have a login to Patronism where right now, all of my recorded material lives in digital format. You will be able to download any of my material that has been commercially released plus lots of stuff that hasn’t including radio appearances and out-of-print items like my first release, Standards. Additionally, you’ll find my blog posts about music, videos of live shows, and more. I’m hoping to start a webcast of my performances in the very near future and will soon be hosting a series of concerts which of course, you’ll have VIP access to.

Here’s what I like about this model, if you like my music and subscribe, your money goes directly toward creating more of it. Even though many of the barriers of entry to the music industry have crumbled, one still significant hurdle for an independent artist is getting in the studio and making a great CD, mostly due to cost. The Patronism website has some good detail about the economics of the music industry and I’ll sum it up for you: recording CD’s is a money losing scenario for a lot of artists (and labels, too). Patronism takes only a small (15%) fee for administrative purposes which is much different than the 40%+ that the current iTunes + middleman (CD Baby or the like) takes out of the pocket of the artist. More money directly to the artists means more music for you.

So that’s it. That you’re here and reading this is fantastic – thank you. Are you interested in collaborating to create more art and spread the music word to the community? Then join me at www.Patronism.com/EliasHaslanger

Studio session recap

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Elias in the studio

Was lucky enough to get into the recording studio, thanks to Mark Sarisky and the Art Institute of Austin, and lay down 13 tracks of original music (minus one Monk and one Shorter tune) in two days. We got over 3 hours in the can which is really great. It was an amazing experience thanks to Bruce Saunders, Steve Schwelling and Daniel Durham, not to mention Mark and his crew who made it very easy. The next step will be to critically evaluate what we got and see if we have enough to put out the next CD. My gut tells me yes but the ears don’t lie. We’ll keep you posted on how it turned out. Regardless, the experience of rehearsing and recording my original stuff, some of which I wrote way back in ’98-’99 (!), is invaluable and I vow to do this at least once a year if I can pull it off. Balancing the family, a challenging (but fun) job, and music is not easy but it is so worth it.

Birthday jazz show this Friday, July 8

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Hey friends – come on out to the Elephant Room this Friday, July 8 and celebrate my birthday with some music from my electric band Palladium. Bruce Saunders (gtr), Ben Irom (keys), Daniel Durham (bs), and David Sierra (d) are my special guests for a night of Weather Report-inspired music. We’ll do some originals, too. We play 3 sets of music at 9:30pm, 11pm and 12:30am. Hope to see you out at Austin’s premiere, smoke-free jazz club.

July shows added

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I’ll be playing jazz saxophone with 3Jazz Collective at 7:30pm this Friday, June 24th at Sao Paulo’s Restaurant. Additionally, I’ve posted my July shows which include gigs with Serpentine, 3Jazz Collective and the Elias Haslanger Quintet, on the Shows tab.

While you are here, please sign up for the email list (top right-hand section of the site). I only email when I’ve got something to let you know about like shows, new music, radio appearances, etc. so you can usually expect one or two emails a month from me. You can also “like” the Facebook band page (just underneath the email signup and featured video widget) which gives you access to photos, videos and my entire CD Dream Story which you can stream directly from the site. More info on the band page by clicking –> here.

Playing with the jazz quintet this Friday

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Have a jazz show at the Elephant Room this Friday, June 10 with my jazz quintet which includes Erik Telford on trumpet, Peter John Stoltzman on piano, Daniel Durham on bass and Steve Schwelling on drums. We’ll be playing mostly my original material (including jazz songs from my CD, Dream Story) and some classic Blue Note compositions from the late 60′s. We start at 9:30pm and play to 1:30am so come on down and enjoy some original, live jazz in Austin, TX.

Jazz show tonight with 3Jazz Collective

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Playing tonight (5/27) with 3 Jazz Collective at Sao Paulo’s. We start at 7:30pm and play two sets. I’ll likely head down to the Elephant Room afterward to hear NYC saxophonist and good friend Stan Killian. Stan just released his new CD and he’ll be celebrating with an all-star lineup at Austin’s only jazz room. Hope to see you all out and about tonight.

Sao Paulo’s Restaurant
Elephant Room