NEW YORK, NY, Shenzhen and Hong Kong, China my thoughts and beliefs! "If humans do have souls, this can calm them! Soothingly smooth, hehe. Nice job Greg!" Comment from YouTube

A place for reflection about life and Meditation

Returned to NYC on August 27, 2004 From HK and Shenzhen, China

2003 to 2011

News Letters Objective: This newsletter came out of my experiences dealing in a new culture and a new history. The purpose of the newsletter is to provoke serious thought about musical art. What is it? Where should it be going? In addition, what is going on in China? I write about my personal experiences and my thoughts about them.

Starting October 2003 from Shenzhen, China

NEWS LETTER NUMBERS 1 TO 40 READ MORE MUSIC NEWS HERE

• 41 February 2005 I recently have come to the conclusion they are all crazy and only understand their self interest. Music: Let me talk about the real subject of this newsletter which is exploitation of musicians and composers

• 42 April 25 The Life of an Artist, Tibetan Art, Food Art and Health

• 43 Sax in the City with Laura Dryer and Ten Outstanding Female Jazz Musicians Plus Flamingo Music from Spain in New York City

• 44 Poetry, Creating Art, Music, Poetry, Religion, Love and Living Your Decision!

• 45 Listening to Music in New York City Jazz Clubs in the Village

•  46 CD Production and what is happening to the Industry in China and USA Plus Comments by   Greg Henry Waters

• 47 Payola and the Music Business or is it Monopoly I believe. Criminal really!

• 49 Fat Cats Music Message: To create music one must compose? Ray Parker and Greg Waters = Greg Henry Waters

•  50  The Village Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, North Texas Education, Big Band History and Composers Information

• 51 The International Association of Jazz Educators January Convention 2006

• 52 Bill Whited Jazz Orchestra New York City plus

• 53 Much to do about ?  Dean Pratt & Mike Pratt Tarot Cards Blowing Up

• 54 Remembering Stan Getz and Steve Getz Club Manager and Jazz Promoter

• 56 April May 2006 20 Books by the Yogi, Tarot Cards, Music News in New York

• 57 June/July 2006 Self Improvement and Sibelius Web Site

• 58 Aaron Russo's Quest For a New America

• 59 Internet Radio, we can find the music we love!

• 61Buy a Car and Receive a Free Guitar

• 63 Jazz at the Manhattanville with Lyn Christie, Jay Azzolina and Nancy Kennedy Nov 11, 2006

• 64 December 2006 Letter, New York City Schools, Juilliard, Electric Guitars, War, ?

• 65 Day One, Eliot Spitzer, Governor of New York!

• 66 Wisdom, Jazz and Phil woods, Old Age

• 67 Milwaukee Elks Youth Band 2007 Proposal by GHW "Milwaukee Elks Youth Band Comments by Greg Henry Waters"

• 68 August 2007 Newsletter, Jazz Clubs, Latin Jazz, Music Plus

• 69 Mario Rivera and Tito Prente 2007 News and History

• 70 Mario Rivera's Memorial Service Saint Peter's Church August 2007

• 71 Don Hahn at Fat Cat in NYC"

• 72 Bob Kindred at Cafe Loup in Manhattan Sundays

• 73 A Place I Call Home by Kirsten Borg review by Greg Henry Waters

• 74 Mamiko Watanabe Jazz Composer, Arranger and Pianist

• NYC November 7. 2007

• 75 Jon Burr Band and Songs at Birdland, NYC, December 9, 2007

• 76 Christmas Letter from GHW and GHW's Music Compositions since 1968

• 77 January 2008 Can We Change? The Same Old Same Old????

• 78 Do Musicians Have Fun? Get your Vitamins?

• 79 Bowfire Concert March 24, 2008 New York City

• 80 Greg Henry Waters his life in Toronto and NYC, Creativity

• 84 Vietnam Revisited, Health Conference and Agent Orange The War is still with us!

• 85 My Youth, Music, Election 2008, Saturday Night Live, Experts, Union, Wellness

• 87 News Years Music Gospels Money Problems Our Country!

• 88 I have been busy learning new things about music, I haven't written anything for six months!

• 89 I have been busy learning new things about music, I haven't written anything for six months! I became a student again at Lehman College here are some of my writings from school!

• 91 Emails that I wrote from June 2009 to Jan.2010, State of my music!

• 92 A personal review of the NY Flute Club Fair March 2010

• 94 No funding what to do? Ideas for protest for civil rights for musicians, The Life of Lena Horne

• 96 Comments and Review of Wynton Marsalis Swing Symphony No. 3

• 97 A Review of Robert Dick's Master Class, Flutist! NYC 10/10/2010

• 98 The New York Flute Club presented Irish Flute Music with Christopher Layer, playing a Bamboo F Fute and a 1840 Wood flute

• 99 Facebook notes from 2010 on many topics from music to yoga to reviews of flute events.

• 100 Facebook notes part two 2010 http://www.facebook.com/gwatersusa/

• 101 Dave Chamberlain's Debut concert in New York City, The Band of Bones, 8 trombones 3 in rhythm section. A history of modern trombone jazz./

• 102 I went to a debut of a commission by the NY Phil, for a 9/11 memorial concert, 10 years by John Corigliano 1938, he called it One Fine Morning, I could not figure out what it had to do with 9/11, and the poems were just from a different time and place, at Every Fisher Hall Lincoln Center./
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    103 Fabiola Kim and the Senior Concert Orchestra of New York. Brahms Op. 77 Review, comments picture and short video/

  • 104 Gala Opera Concert in New York City with North Texas Music Opera Singers

  105 Protest against popular music and creating a higher level of music for our culture. Music schools are completely indifference to this problem and protest these statements. They create wonderful musicians but no place for half of them or more to work.

  



• Introduction to Jazz 20 minute demonstration/written introduction with performance

  
  
  

  • Night Club Bar Experience: A hopeless cause in trying to be a professional.

  • 98 The New York Flute Club presented Irish Flute Music with Christopher Layer, playing a Bamboo F FuteONT COLOR="#ff0000">The Government here is trying to change this but it is so difficult.

  
  
  

  • What did I do to deserve this is my question? Because I came to China. If you are going to come to China you must be extremely careful in dealing with the local businessmen.

  
  
  

  • One should deal with the booking agencies who work in China (to be protected). I do not recommend coming here on your own unless you can survive for two years getting to know China. From a business viewpoint my time in China was a waste of time.

    • There is a new book out by Mao Zedong Teaches Us About Personnel Matters. The book stressed morality and trust in dealings with others, qualities often cited as sorely lacking in the modern Chinese business world, said Li Bo, Of the Central Party History Publishing House.  Even the government is upset with what I am talking about.

    Other information that might be helpful to you in your meditations about life

  
  
  

  • Just a reflection into how I am living maybe it can give you insight into how you are living. Personal how too for the individual

  • Letters from China To Bernie: Toronto, New York and My Life My Life in China 2003-04

   

  • Objective: This newsletter came out of my experiences dealing in a new culture and a new history. The purpose of the newsletter is to provoke serious thought about musical art.  What is it? Where should it be going? In addition, what is going on in China? I write about my personal experiences and my thoughts about them. Also it helps me focus on what I am trying to do here in China and what my goals should be.

  
  
  

  • http://greghenrywaters.com/yoga A refuge from life and its problems.

  • My life and new experiences in Acapulco, another developing country.

  • Listen to my Music and my Creations.

  
  
  

  My Personal Opinion about Music

  "I believe that music was sent to us from a divine source and that all real music is a glorification of God and not the glorification of Man. So much of our society has destroyed the true meaning of music. Music is not sex, popular dance, or other choices of man, but is the spirit of God and only of God. These are my personal opinions and I know that these ideas have very little meaning and support in our society.

  
  
  

  However, I believe that instrumental music as composed by Bach in his Brandenburg Concertos is the closes example of this idea. This is why pure instrumental music is so close to The Spirit of Nature and The Spirit of Life or "The Nameless God" as founded in all true religions.
  
  
  

  May a few individuals stand for the pure art of music so that its voice will ring out for its affirmation.

  
  
  

  I have tried my best to meet this challenge. But I only see how much I have failed in our modern age of computers and CD's from the entertainment industry and established concert halls."

  Reviews from my LP's in the 80's

  • "Reedman Waters is a virtuoso multi-instrumentalist and gifted composer

  • whose music deserves to be heard more widely."

  • The Observation Post, Frederic Seaman, New York City

  
  
  

  • "Waters was unknown to this reviewer, but his fine album, Mission,
    made me really sit up and take notice. Greg is a musician of uncommon
    ability."

  • Bronx News, Highlights in Jazz, Jack Kleinsinger

  • "Waters Mission Album stands among such artists as Mary Lou William's,
    George Russell, Phil Woods, Beaver Harris, Jimmy Guiffre and others
    in this class."

  • Bullets, Detroit Sun

  
  
  

  • "Greg Waters, Milwaukee native, who records in the East and Canada.
    An exceptionally gifted musician composer."
    Monitor Herald, Wax Works, Omaha