I marched baritone with Star of Indiana Drum and Bugle Corps in 1990. This was an experience unlike anything I have done before or since. It was a brotherhood (and sisterhood) on levels I haven’t enjoyed since.
The corps has since left the field and morphed into Brass Theatre, Blast!, CyberJam, Mix, Star United, and various [...]
The fam and I went to the Richmond Folk Festival yesterday. Lots of fun. Lots of good music. We heard an amazing gospel group, Larry Bland and the Volunteer Choir, and an awesome band Irish girls, Líadan. We saw some Diol Drumming, listened to folk band The Country Store, some African American Fife & Drum, a Laotian [...]
I am sitting at this moment in the new John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville watching Rod Stewart rock the house. I’m texting in on my Palm Treo.
I normally think live concerts pale in comparison to quality recording, and are generally just loud. Not tonight.
Rod is a consummate musician and performer. He’s so real – [...]
OK, I’m so far gone past the foreign words schtick that I’m just giving in. The second tune translates strictly as The Heart of the Village, but it really should convey the feel of the working-class barrio as it comes alive at night with heat, sweat, seduction, and forbidden dance.
Needless to say, once again most [...]
Bonnie’s friend… sort of.
I was hoping someone would take a more impressionistic view of the tune and pop out an answer. Bonnie’s (unnamed) friend, who said Leprechaun, got me thinking. The name was very good, but I couldn’t bring myself to choose an Irish title for this piece.
Soooo… I did my homework and found a [...]
Hi everyone.
I wrote another tune, and I cannot think of a good name for it (I’m bad at naming music). The tune is going to be the first tune my marching band plays this fall. Rhythmically, it is loosely based on Uruguayan tribal rhythms, but I doubt many will catch this. It’s essentially a modern-sounding [...]
Wow, where did January go? There won’t be another one until 2007! Cherish the days while you still have them!
Here are a couple of fun photos of me and my gang in London.
Here’s The Gordo with his folks in the New Year’s Day Parade in London, England. We performed Lil Liza Jane — half the [...]
First of all, ‘underpaid’ is a bit unfair. Teacher pay isn’t particularly bad. You’re just never going to get rich teaching, and we all knew it when we got into it.
I enjoy reading National Review Online and catch Jay Nordlinger’s Impromptus when he posts. Impromptus consists of numerous little snippets of worthy information and opinion [...]
OK, my last few posts have been a bit heavy. So, while my niece, Danielle, is posting Cat Porn, I suppose I should also try for a little lighter fare. Yes, I do have a softer side – I am a professional musician, after all. There are three things on the menu today, and if you [...]
Well, it would appear that my niece, Danielle, does not find my largesse of humor to be significantly unique. It seems all her other blogger boyfriends (probably far younger and more attractive than her ancient 37 year old uncle) had the same bright idea to post about hippos and noodles. IT’S FUNNY, I TELL YOU!!!
It’s [...]