VillageFest 2015
Thanks to everybody who made it out to VillageFest this year. It has taken a bit of time to collect photos from our attendees and performers, but here is what we’ve got. We really couldn’t have gotten a better day …
Category: Ramblings of a Guitar Teacher
Funk Superjam!
Seth and Kevin layin' down tha funk!
Seth and I had a little time to kill, so we caught up with a couple esteemed colleagues. Perennial cool cats Kevin and Kelly teach drum, bass, piano, and guitar lessons in Decatur, GA. (oooh, yeah. . . alliteration) They …
A very busy year!
I think the headline says it all. Here it is the middle of the summer, and I’ve only just had a bit of time to sit down and share some of the stuff we got up to this year. This …
Better late than never!
A great shot of the crowd watching New Era perform.
Taken by: Russell Gottschalk
I should have put this up a while ago. . . hence the title above. That said, Saturday, October 18th was a great day! Along with teaching lessons, we try to find and create opportunities for our students to get …
Musical Language
I caught this podcast a few weeks back on NPR. If you never listen to Radiolab, it airs every Sunday night at 8:00 on Atlanta’s WABE 90.1 FM. Radiolab is a brilliantly produced show that runs the gamut of subjects, …
Why I wish music were not so ubiquitous.
Like most children banished to the yard on a hot southern day, my brother and I would get into any and everything we could find around my grandfather’s house in Newberry, SC. Some days it was just too hot for …
Lemonade Days 2014
Untimely as it may be, I figured I would throw something up here about the music at the Lemonade Days Festival this year. Either by fate, fortune, or foolishness (or some concoction of the three), I found myself managing the …
Cleaning out the email box.
So along with finding those 3 month old bills I never paid, I also came across a YouTube link tonight. I had watched this at one point and forgot that it was still in my mailbox! Anyway, for your listening …
Open Mic Night at Créma Café
I guess it has been a minute since I hopped on here with anything to say! This could be a good or a bad thing, depending entirely on whether my ramblings lean in the direction of Ghandi or Kanye West. …
The Zombies at the Variety Playhouse
Figured I would throw out an interesting (at least by my assessment) story. As many of my friends, family, students, pets, foes, etc. are aware, I am a VERY big fan of The Zombies. If you are not immediately familiar …