My Yankee Homecoming performances went very well. I had a lot of fun and hope to do it again next year. Anyway, here are the long awaited lyrics to my first original song, "In the Skies For Days ( Read more... )

My Yankee Homecoming performances are next week! Come see me play. I'm very excited.

Sierra's in Guadelope right now. I'm anxiously awaiting her return. I've also spent 2 days in a row hanging around the Waterfront Park String Band, which I can't help doing. They may be two men in their fifties, but they're my idols. I learn great songs from them. Start with one guy on guitar and add another on fiddle, mandolin and dobro and you ( Read more... )

Well, I'm FINALLY finished with high school. I am really looking forward to this summer. We've just decided on a family trip to Montreal which will be awesome. I'm also giving a couple of concerts for Yankee Homecoming. Gonna be a blast! Come see me perform. August 1st and 3rd at 2:00 PM on the Market Square stage.

Well, "Once Upon a Mattress" has ended its run. That was my last musical, as I am graduating this year. On another note, I wrote my first song!!!! OK, I can't take full credit for it. The lyrics were written by my good friend Justin Turner, though we wrote the music together. All this was done in his hotel room in Weehawken, New Jersey. The song is ( Read more... )

Man, it's been a while since I last posted. Currently, I've had endless pit orchestra rehearsals for our school musical "Once Upon a Mattress". I worked fairly hard to find us a drummer. The guy who I wanted to do it found out he wouldn't have time and none of the others band drummers were available either. However, I remembered one young man who I ( Read more... )

Nothing to say today, but here's another song I've been learning. It's to the tune of Charlie on the MTA and it's kind of a sequel to the first song. It tells what's been going on since Charlie boarded the MTA and was never able to get off because he didn't have enough for the fare. Check it out ( Read more... )

Not much happened today. I'm starting to get serious with my mandolin and it's fun to play. I'm really looking foward to when the warm weather returns so I can start playing downtown again. I did that a lot last summer. It's a great way to make money; I've made as much as 15 dollars doing it. That's all for today.

So, it's been a few days since I've posted. I guess I won't always be able to post regularly, but I will when I can. I'm learning this beautiful song called "Angel Band" which will become one of my standards when I memorize all the lyrics. Check it out for yourself ( Read more... )

Not much happened today. Went to school, came home and took it easy. Dad went out to play poker with his buddies so Mom made hamburgers for dinner. Not a bad day, but it could have been better.