What if they gave a concert and no one came? It’s a running joke/sad truth amongst musicians about the shows where the band outnumbers the audience. I’ve been there. It doesn’t matter if it’s an eighty piece orchestra with fifty people in the audience or a quintet with an audience of three. It feels bad […]
the sound of no hands clapping Read More »
I’ve had the privilege of sharing the stage with many wonderful and famous musicians over the years – from Isaac Stern and Jean Pierre Rampal to Margaret Whiting and Patti Page to Tal Farlow and Charlie Byrd. But on October 5th I got to perform with one of America’s greatest living legends – Pete Seeger.
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This item is old – I believe from 1977. It’s a spoof commercial originally made by Robert Conrad. More info on the original post can be found here. So take a listen – it’s dated but funny.
Twelve Tone Masters Read More »
A little something to cheer you up (but probably only if you’re over 40) Humor – Who’s On Stage?
Just finished recording my tracks for the new CD to benefit the Farm Labor Organizing Committee. Should be out by the end of September – hopefully in time for the Woody Guthrie Tribute at the Birchmere in Alexandria, VA on October 5th. Anyway – this new CD, as did the last one (Baldemar Velasquez and
I’m intrigued by search engines and what people search for on the internet and, in particular, how people arrive at my sites. I recently moved this site to a new server and totally restructured the content and did not put up a lot of the content I had at the old site so in monitoring
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This Video has been around for a while but I just saw it for the first time. Cellist, composer, and all-around very interesting person Ethan Winer put together a one-man band to beat all. So who was here first – Ethan or Apocalyptica? Really – this cello video made me laugh and want to have
“An excess of talent on stage” were the words ringing in my head (or was that my ears ringing?) as I left the concert at Page Auditorium, Duke University last night. Made me want to put together a lecture for my students on the importance of not letting your talents get in the way of
Pat Metheny Trio/Quartet Read More »