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Zack Lipton Chamber Trio plays pretty art songs from 8pm-11pm

with Michael Valeanu on guitar and Dylan Shamat on Bass.

Brickyard Bistro
16 Division St.
New Rochelle, NY

Zack Lipton - Tenor Saxophone, Composer
Lucas Pino - Tenor Sax
Samora Pinderhughes - Piano
Dylan Shamat - Bass
Jimmy MacBride

Shot at the Moldy Fig Jazz Club on 178 Stanton St. on 10/04/2011

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In the summer of 1985, Michael Jordan realized that his time had come. But it couldn't last forever. To cement his legacy, beyond his years as a basketball player, he slam dunked 4 basketballs, 1 in Minnesota, 1 in New York, 1 in Paris, and 1 Houston. Over the ensuing 3 years, each of those basketballs hatched, revealing a member of Ojama.

Zack Lipton Band hosts the late night set and jam session at the Moldy Fig @ Midnight!

Zack Lipton Band hosts the late night set and jam session at the Moldy Fig @ Midnight!

Zack Lipton Electric band @ the Luca Lounge

A morning or two ago, I woke awoke to find an email from YouTube. Despite my anemic viewership, my channel had been selected for monetization. “Congratulations” read the subject line. Inside: “You can now earn money from your YouTube videos!” Clearly The YouTube team can spot quality!

Some quick back of the envelope arithmetic revealed the sort of dough I could expect to be rolling in. At about $1 CPM (cost per 1000 impressions) My account could have made $20 to date! That could pay for all my coffee for an entire week.

My account, at this point accrues about 100 views per day. If I only redouble my efforts, focusing on video, I could quickly be achieving 10x that! That’s a dollar a day – nearly 1/30th the cost of my health insurance.

But wait a minute here. I’ve been posting videos with the idea of promoting my band and getting our music out there. If only I pivoted, focusing on viral content, I could leap exponentially! The total jazz views of even a towering luminary like John Coltrane can’t keep pace with the deluge of eyeballs attracted by one Dramatic Chipmunk.

Yes, yes - this is all taking shape magnificently. A few well-edited fart videos, some novelty songs played on funny instruments – after all my most viewed video to date is a 2 minute rendition of “Happy Birthday” played in the hot jazz style while wearing a black hoodie and sunglasses at 3am in the conference room of a French hotel. Pretty soon I’ll be rolling in it.

To be candid for a moment, YouTube’s generosity in extending partnership to an account that clearly meets none of the benchmarks laid out anywhere for what generally warrants partnership is notable and appreciated. And I’d like to imagine that it is part of an effort to encourage the creation of original content and to build YouTube as a home for far more than clips of people falling and farting.

But if only now I had that one viral fart video…

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New York City, NY
Running the late set / jam at the Moldy Fig Jazz Club from 12-330. Come play!

Zack Lipton - Sax
Michael Valeanu - Guitar
Dylan Shamat - Bass
Jimmy MacBride - Drums

Running the late set / jam at the Moldy Fig Jazz Club from 12-330. Come play!

Zack Lipton - Sax
Michael Valeanu - Guitar
Daniel Stein - Bass
Dustin Kaufman - Drums

Hey Everyone -

Sorry about last weeks cancellation - had to go to the hospital and get infused with a few more weeks of mojo. Back now!

This week's experiment - Electric Band

Zack Lipton - Saxophones, F/X Pedals
Michael Valeanu - Guitar
Dan Stein - Bass
Dustin Kaufman - Drums

Playing - Ma Groovy Jamz

Hey Everyone -

An quick notice - our weekly Thursday gig which was once, confusingly occurring t 830 and 11 is now simply a weekly 11pm gig - one longish set. This makes it easier for folks who want to come see us and for musicians who have to play restaurant gigs earlier in the day etc. So - henceforth - Zack Lipton experiment, Thursdays @ 11.

This week's experiment - Electric Band

Zack Lipton - Saxophones, F/X Pedals
Dylan Shamat - Bass
Jimmy MacBride - Drums

Playing - Ma Groovy Jamz

Zack Lipton Band Live at the Moldy Fig Jazz Club featuring Lucas Pino and Neal Smith.

Zack Lipton - Tenor Saxophone, Composer
Lucas Pino - Tenor Saxophone
Rafal Sarnecki - Guitar
Dylan Shamat - Bass
Neal Smith - Drums