Writer. Dog enthusiast. Velociraptor masquerading as a human female.
My mind is pleasantly numb. Not quite on overload, but getting there. The past two days, I've been attending the International Bluegrass Music Association's (IBMA) World of Bluegrass Business Conference in Raleigh, NC. I've sat through seminars on crowd source funding, crafting a good music video, and publicizing your band. I've been to an awards... Continue Reading →
Yesterday was hot. The kind of hot where I was starting to wonder if maybe I was actually part troll (I'm talking Terry Pratchett trolls with Silica brains who actually get dumber the hotter it gets and turn into geniuses when it's really cold). I felt like someone had opened up the top of my... Continue Reading →
Labor Day Weekend 2014. Miners Creek Band entered the Thomas Point Beach Bluegrass Special Band Competition. We didn't win, but we did connect up with some of the other bands who competed. On August 22nd, we played on WERU community radio (To listen to that show click here). Before we went on air we sent out an email... Continue Reading →
Yesterday, Mom was sick. We also had a gig playing the Bean Hole Supper at the Camden Rockport Historical Society. As the afternoon progressed and Dad and I realized that there was no way Mom was going to be able to do the gig we started to panic. How were we supposed to play a... Continue Reading →
Yesterday Miners Creek, along with Manny's and State of Maine Cheese Co., organized an event called Local Flavor Fare. The goal was to have local artists, vendors, farmers, and musicians come together in a celebration of local industry and creativity. We had very little budget and very little idea of how things would turn out.... Continue Reading →
In a little over three hours I'm going to be in Rockland setting up for a 5:30 show on the North Stage at the Rockland Lobster Festival. This is a big show for us. Not only are we getting paid, but we're getting paid to perform at one of the biggest events in the region.... Continue Reading →
Part of the reason that I haven't been blogging much is that when I'm not working or writing or playing music I'm outside of internet service. For instance July 15th through July 19th I was at Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival in Oak Hill, New York. Grey Fox is like the Woodstock of Bluegrass. You drive... Continue Reading →
Yesterday, I did something very silly. I traded by black electric bass for a nearly identical bass in purple. I love my new purple bass. I'm having a very difficult time focusing on doing anything resembling actual work because I just want to mess around on my brand new purple bass, whom I've decided to... Continue Reading →
Well not quite a wrap. David, our sound engineer still has to do his thing, but we got everything recorded that we wanted to record over the course of seven hours split between two days. There may be one or two songs that we'll record again, but for the most part we're all very happy... Continue Reading →
Yesterday, was our first day of recording. I mentioned that I had a sore throat. It vanished completely with the aid of massive quantities of tea and adrenalin. The recording process itself, went over fairly smoothly. We did an average of two takes for each song. (Some we did three takes for, some we got through... Continue Reading →
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