Last night was our turn on the (locally) heralded stage of the Monterey General Store (http://www.montereystore.com/). There was a small audience, but a nice mix of friends and strangers. It’s a homey store in the old style, filled with little locally made surprises from wine to llama wool — and it’s an absolutely wonderful place [...]
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Building an Audience
Posted in Music, Performing, tagged building an audience, Dewey Hall, Monterey General Store on September 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
When It All Comes Together
Posted in Creative Communities, Music, Performing, Teaching, tagged Add new tag, Crissey Farm, open mike on September 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Sometimes, something happens that sort of pulls it all together, and lets you see where what you’re doing makes sense. It’s been an incredibly busy week. David and I got back from Nashville on Sunday night, and went right to work teaching on Monday morning. Then I started on some article writing while he drove up to Pittsfield to pick up [...]
Getting Gigs
Posted in Creative Communities, Music, Performing, tagged getting gigs on September 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A few years back, David and I had just set up shop as music teachers and the new kids on the local gigging block. We had recently moved into the community, and were trying to make inroads: We did some advertising, we introduced ourselves at the local music shops (and spent money, too), we sent letters of introduction to [...]
Everybody’s Famous in a Small Town
Posted in Creative Communities, Music, Performing, tagged Me and Julio on September 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today, David and I got to play for an audience that included three cows and a goat. Sheffield, Massachusetts is one of the towns that borders on ours, and today was its annual town festival. We were one of a number of local groups asked to play for an hour, so we carted the electric piano and guitar over, dashed [...]
Lessons from My Neighbor: An Evening with Karen Allen
Posted in Film, Musing on Creativity, Performing, tagged acting, films, Indiana Jones, Karen Allen, Monterey General Store on August 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Actress Karen Allen lives two towns away from me, and in a rural area where everyone knows everyone, that makes her practically a next door neighbor. I used to teach her son piano. Last night, Karen was on the schedule to speak at one of our community venues: The Monterey General Store, located in teeny Monterey, Massachusetts, which [...]
Assisting at a Concert
Posted in Creative Communities, Performing, tagged audiences, Performing on August 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I was in Parma, Italy earlier in the year, on a tour led by an erudite Englishwoman. In explaining the itinerary, she announced that arrangements had been made for our group to assist at a rehearsal at Parma’s Opera House. I tried to image just what kind of assistance we’d be offering at the storied concert hall, [...]
Joy of Music
Posted in Performing, tagged improvising on August 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Open mikes are interesting because they can bring out the sheer joy of playing. Last night, we knew most of the people at the venue. One was our friend Marilyn. (Hi Marilyn!). David and I first met her when she came to a guitar mini-camp he ran at our house. Since then, she’s become a student of [...]
My First Rant
Posted in Creative Communities, Performing, tagged open mikes on August 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Well, it won’t be the last. We just came back from the open mike. It was really fun: A fair number of people were there, and as always with open mikes, some were really good, some were really sincere, and some were – well, let’s just say they were ”interesting.” What struck me is how much everyone seemed to enjoy themselves. There’s a [...]
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