Wrapping up a week in Los Angeles for work, I'm reminded of how much I have left to do when I get home, how much I have to take care of, and how far behind on this blog I am. In all fairness, it has been super busy, but not keeping up with commitments is … Continue reading LA Woman . . Is gonna have to do..
On the opening night for Twenty One Pilots Bandito Tour. I'm staying in AirBNB just outside of the gulch areas of downtown Nashville, listening to the lawn mower do its job on the huge field outside my window. The shower is going and I'm looking for the motivation to get out of bed and start … Continue reading Nashville Music City
Look at that , almost three weeks since the last post. Sorry folks, been crazy crazy busy interrupted by significant upsets to my sanity. Maybe a cause and effect going here? We are on our way to the Tristan Miller Music Festival, put on by the parents of Tristan Miller, a 17!year old student at … Continue reading On the way to the gig…
So, there's been a lot of stuff going on the past few months and it's stuff that I don't have any direct personal experience with. So a lot of it has been made up on the fly using best judgment. For instance, booking a show at a decent sized venue with a well known name … Continue reading How To Overcome The Unknown
Another banner week in the annals of holding down a few different jobs... So much good stuff going on for a band I'm managing. TV Interview with local news station - found here. Sold out first headline show - found here. Made contacts with a potential large partner that loves what the band is doing … Continue reading What a week …
What you are looking at it in this picture was my view this past Friday night. The gym is the same gym President Trump was in less than one week previous as mentioned in this previous post. These kids, freshmen to seniors, have just spent one week at band camp about an hour away from … Continue reading Friday Night Lights!!
I'm at home on a workday because I just didn't get enough sleep last night, feel a cold or something catching up to me ... It's been a busy few days on top of all that. Monday . . .back from festival in Pennsylvania - Tuesday ... Coordinating a bunch of last minutes details for … Continue reading Well, that caught up with me …
So the travel day caught up with me yesterday. By the time it had all been shut down, it didn’t leave much time to catch a few zzz’s. Still had some other commitments and didn’t get to bed until around 11pm and a whole other full time job mixed in there. Ah well... Still … Continue reading Not Enough Sleep!!! Oh well, oh well.
The day mostly ended seeing two Goodyear blimps cruising over the skies of Akron. The other passengers in my car joked that they must be racing each other. I thought it reminded me of watching the submarine races from the TV show "Happy Days". There, I've dated myself. We immediately started looking for couples … Continue reading Well, that was a good day…
"I'll find out in a few hours if I'm part of the greeting committee", read the text from a friend of mine. This friend is also a director of a summer festival where I am the music director. He's also involved in public service. So the backstory is that President Trump is coming to … Continue reading Hello Mr. President … Pleased to meet you(?), Hope you guess my name…
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