the idea: one song, five people, one guitar the ideator: Walk off the Earth This has only just made it to my attention, sent along from my sister and her friend in Japan thanks to their knowledge of my love for the Piano Guys.
the idea: find your piano’s artist and send them your music the ideator: Tammy Emerson Yesterday at lunch time I got an absolutely fabulous email. It was from Tammy Emerson, a local musician, and this is what she said: “I had the honor of being the first to play your beautiful creation at Dewey Sq …
the idea: write and record a song for his wife of 75 years, who passed away last month the ideator: Fred Stobaugh and Jacob Colgan (from Green Shoe Studio) A truly endearing video is making it’s way around the web, so I thought I’d take a moment to pat tribute to the ideas of these two …
the idea: rewrite “Part of Your World” with a feminist swing the ideator: Tex Pats I was never a Disney princess girl. I grew up on the Lion King, the Artisocats, and the Fox and the Hound. However, I can still appreciate what the two women from Tex Pats are doing by turning Ariel’s song “Part …
the idea: sing Total Eclipse of the Heart in the style of 18 different divas the ideator Christina Bianco It’s a Monday and we all need a good laugh, so here’s one: spot-on impersonations of 18 different divas singing Total Eclipse of the Heart. I may have missed the 80’s, but even I know this …
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the idea: get a bunch of people out to a farm for music, veggies, and art the ideator: Avi Salloway Through a series of fortunate events I was asked by Avi’s girlfriend, Laura, to come be manage the arts tent this past Sunday at the Moonshine Music Series. This small series of festivals takes place on …
the idea: play the Presto movement (titled Summer) of Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons” on electric guitar the ideator: Tina S and Patrick Rondat, her guitar teacher I recently decided that there are two types of singer-songwriters: those who love to sing so they learn guitar, and those who love to play guitar so they learn to …
the idea: invite musicians up on stage in order to look at what it takes to put on a good performance the ideator: Vance Gilbert Every couple of years Vance Gilbert does a performance skills critique workshop at the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival. I’ve seen it happen a few times, always with the notion that …
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the idea: start a folk festival out in Hillsdale New York the ideator: Anne and Howard Saunders My first time at Falcon Ridge was in 1994. Or at least that’s what my father tells me, at the time I was just under a year old. Apart from two years of summer camp, I have gone every …