January 19, 2025 – 9:45 AMDiary of a Snowbound Visionary, Volume II: The Cold Strikes Back Dear readers of frostbitten chronicles, The week since Snow-pocalypse 2025: January Edition has been one of reflection and stubborn snow. Despite temperatures attempting a feeble rebellion midweek (a balmy 50 degrees on Thursday, practically tropical), stubborn patches of icy defiance clung to shaded corners, … Read more
My last gig with the Symphony of The Mountains was a doosie! We were quite busy! Three outdoor Concerts, in three days, in three states! Although it required quite a bit of driving, it was still pretty fun. The concert was long and made more difficult by the fact that each outdoor venue was majorly different. It was worth … Read more
A year or so ago, I was playing a recording session and the engineer hired a Quintet of us to record an extra piece. At the time, he said it was for a singer’s new album. This past summer, I was playing a session with the same recording engineer and he gave me and my comrades each a copy of … Read more
Here’s a little incentive for all you Symphony and Beer lovers out there. I’ll be there but, that’s because I’ll be in the Orchestra. But, if I weren’t playing, I would definitely make the trip! I mean, what’s better than Brahms, Beer and Brats? … Right, bacon. But these are really pretty good also! 🙂 For Immediate Release March … Read more
The Symphony of the Mountains is kicking off their 2010 – 2011 Season on August 28th, 2010 @ 8:00pm. The concert will be held in the Toy F. Reid Employee Center – Eastman – Kingsport, TN. Dress up as your favorite movie character and win a great prize! Here is the current press release for the opening concert… Symphony of … Read more
Just a note to all you music lovers in the Knoxville area. The Knoxville Wind Symphony will be holding a concert this Sunday, March 7, at 4:00 at the Historic Tennessee Theatre. Here’s the News announcement from the KWS website: Wind Symphony and Youth Wind Ensemble will Blow You Away! Batten Down the Hatches: March will begin with quite a … Read more
Hi. As they say on twitter, I’m “the guy” with a Zune. Well, one of them anyway. Microsoft has recently officially announced the release of a new Zune this Fall. The Zune HD! Some of Features of the new Zune include: a Touch Screen with multi-touch navigation. This is a 3.3-inch screen and has a vivid 16:9 OLED display (480×272 … Read more