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Posted on March 10th, 2011 by Ree

MG3Media Interview: Doug Beavers on Making Jazz Happen

Wherever this highly accomplished trombonist, composer and arranger is. . . you can believe that he is most definitely “Making Jazz Happen.” Doug talks to MG3Media about his journey and current goals.

“I’m “engineering” my way into optimizing every second that’s available so that it is productive.”

Doug Beavers Interview with MG3Media 2011.

MG3Media: Hello Doug! We appreciate you taking the time to connect with us while you’re here in the Bay Area.  I know you’re busy preparing for a fantastic event tonight, so let’s dive in. What are your professional goals for 2011?

Doug Beavers: I have numerous goals for 2011 Marie, perhaps too many!  My most pressing goals include starting the composition process for my next project, which will be a latin-centric project based in New York. I’m planning to begin production on this one in the Fall.

I’m also in the process of continuing marketing efforts and booking for my latest project, Two Shades of Nude. On top of all this, I will be continuing the work of developing curriculum and building infrastructure my new music school in Harlem in New York, Harlem School of Urban Music and Recording Arts – more on this later!

MG3Media: In terms of your personal and professional development, what does New York offer you that San Francisco did not?

Doug Beavers: I returned to New York last September to continue the process of nurturing the musical relationships that were garnered during my first “tenure” in NYC, roughly from 1999 to 2006. During this first time here, my world was forever changed when I had the opportunity to become a touring and recording member of Eddie Palmieri’s great La Perfecta II band and to work with those incredible musicians.  These musical relationships spawned new ones, and before I knew it, I found myself in the fortunate position to be able to call upon some of these worldly talents for some of my own projects.  These relationships, in turn, have led to other fruitful avenues, such as a current tenure as lead trombonist with Grammy-winning Spanish Harlem Orchestra and the connections to influential people who have allowed me to establish the Harlem School of Music and Recording Arts.

MG3Media: You have a unique ability to manage a number of complex projects, simultaneously. What do you attribute this to?

Doug Beavers: Sometimes I truly wish that I didn’t have so much on!  I guess I’ve always had far-reaching aspirations, so much of my multi-tasking mentality just comes from the will to just make these things happen.  I do have an “engineering” side of my brain as well, I studied to become an Electrical Engineer before I made the turn to be a musician.  It could be that I’m “engineering” my way into optimizing every second that’s available so that it is productive.  David Allen’s “Getting Things Done” method has gone a long way into helping with the aim – I’m still an ardent follower of his method, four years after reading the text for the first time.  It’s not for everybody (from what I understand!), but it certainly works for me.  - Continue Reading -