12/15/2025
𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐫𝐭 / 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭-𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝
New music, new painting, same idea.
“𝑀𝑢𝑑 𝑆𝑙𝑖𝑑𝑒” — sound translated into color, rhythm into motion.
Debuts live Tuesday at the Elephant Room.
On Tuesday at the Elephant Room, Double Vision will debut my last new tune of 2025 — “𝐌𝐮𝐝 𝐒𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐞.”
My co-leader and longtime music brother John Mills Music 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 just released a beautiful new record, 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑌𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑅𝑜𝑙𝑙 𝐵𝑦. I play piano on it, and there’s a tune John wrote called “𝐒𝐰𝐚𝐦𝐩 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠” — a deep nod to New Orleans and that unmistakable second-line feel.
John Mills Times Ten has been together for about 𝟏𝟔 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬, and this is our 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦, so that sound runs deep. Hearing that tune pushed me to write my own take on the 𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐲 / 𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐌𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐲 groove — laid back, greasy, and southern to the core.
That tune is “𝐌𝐮𝐝 𝐒𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐞,” and we’ll be debuting it with 𝐃𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 this Tuesday at the 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐑𝐨𝐨𝐦🐘🎶. Same vibe in paint too — my companion piece 𝑀𝑢𝑑 𝑆𝑙𝑖𝑑𝑒 is all wet streets, humidity, and that French Quarter glow after dark.
“Mud Slide” sits right in that laid-back, greasy pocket — the kind of groove you only hear in the South. And the companion painting is my way of capturing that wet street, humid, French Quarter at night vibe.
📍 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐑𝐨𝐨𝐦
🗓 𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐃𝐞𝐜 𝟏𝟔
🕘 𝟗 𝐏𝐌
Come hang. It’s gonna feel good.
