I took an unexpected side trip down memory lane in April/May 2016. We were visiting Utah for my oldest son’s college graduation and wedding. Taking my youngest boys to visit with some musician friends (Branden / Rancid and Quinn / The Used) for lunch was a nice reunion. But it got so much better. Punk Rock …
The 2016 Uplift Music Festival has teamed up with the ConVal school district and South Meadow School to be the beneficiaries of this years Uplift charity concert! We will be raising money for the school music program to buy much needed instruments and equipment for the kids. Everyone involved with Uplift knows the importance of …
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All through my youth and into adulthood I’ve met many people who were once dedicated to their passions. These are hardworking individuals who, for some reason or another, have relegated their talents to mere hobbies or past-times. Or worse, they’ve let them go and think of them only as childish dreams. More often than not, …
I am the host of Thunderous Thursdays, a weekly improvisational music jam, streaming live from New Hampshire every Thursday night. It’s mostly off-the-cuff and completely live and raw. Sometimes you’ll catch our band practicing before the jams and a lot of the time there is dead air while musicians take breaks. Conversations get pretty entertaining …
One of the few tunes we’re working on. Mistakes and all 😉
I picked up the guitar at age 11 and began a long journey spanning many genres and decades. Influenced early on by Blues, Rock and Roll, Heavy Rock, Progressive Rock, and Metal. Expanded influences into Jazz, Funk, Pop, Industrial, Punk, Ska, Reggae, and now Acoustic Fingerstyle. Free embed music player from ReverbNation.com
This will be my 4th year supporting the Uplift Music Festival, our local Monadnock area fundraising concert, through web, social media, financial, and sometimes live sound support. But this year I’m actually performing! The Tara Greenblatt Band will be opening up the festival this year at noon! If you’re in the area and want to …
Every week for the past 4 years, I’ve been hosting a music jam session in my basement. Musicians of all persuasions, genres, and abilities from the Monadnock region come to play. Sometimes it’s a symphonic groove and other times it’s a cacophonous mess. Most of the time it’s fun for everyone involved. Non-musicians are always …
