Whoa Blog time

Hello, this is my new Blog... My name is Gregory Agid, a New Orleans based clarinet player. I'll be graduating this May from Loyola University New Orleans with my BM in music business. The content on this blog will be primarily music based, however it might get personal if it must. 

I'll start with a little bit about myself. I am 22 years old, play clarinet....try to play tenor and soprano sax, one day its gonna happen. I lived in Hawaii until I was 12 years old and moved to New Orleans in 1999.  I was introduced to Jazz in 2000 when I attended the Louis Armstrong Jazz camp (www.louisarmstrongjazzcamp.com). I was fortunate enough to be able to study with clarinet master, Alvin Batiste for seven years. Most of my musical knowledge and inspiration stems off of the lessons I leaned from him. He was truly a master and had a huge impact on my life both musically and personally. I began studying "classical" music in 2006 at Loyola University where I am pursuing a music business degree. At School, Jazz in not my primary focus however all of my musical lesson directly relate to Jazz. 

Currently, I teach at the louis armstrong jazz camp, NOCCA summer sessions, and twice teach jazz combos at Benjamin Franklin High school.