QUOTE OF THE MONTH “ Maybe if you did just one thing, eventually you’d say to yourself, ‘I’ve got to take a vacation and get away from this.’ I never feel burnt out. To me, I’m on perpetual vacation. I’m very fortunate.” Tony Bennett, on keeping work fun Yes, we’ve been having fun and working hard to host the best in the music biz for 40 long years! And to celebrate, we’re going to have a big Wing Ding Hootenanny this summer, to celebrate our longevity in the biz, though we

OK, we need to talk about Santa.    “He knows when you are sleeping, and knows when you’re awake...” which is lyrical proof that Santa is a stalker, plus, a philanderer: “I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus”. Plus his BMI is way too high: “ Santa got stuck up the chimney”. Not to mention a terrible driver, having run granny over with a Reindeer. And to top it off, according to The Kinks he got mugged by a bunch of little oiks who demanded,  “Father Christmas, give us your money”.

QUOTE OF THE MONTH “I love - you know, I'm a big fan of Prince and Curtis Mayfield and Smoky Robinson. It's something to be said about a man who can be very masculine but still display that sensitive side, and that falsetto does it perfectly.” D’ Angelo .  Terribly sad news about the death of D’Angelo, but the multi-talented singer and composer said a lot of smart stuff about seemingly ignored aspects of music, such as falsetto. Who does not like a great falsetto? In modern

QUOTE OF THE MONTH “When people ask you to play on something, and they may be fans who’ve heard me on something, you go in and do...

QUOTE OF THE MONTH “ The key to using songs for CPR is choosing one with a tempo within the recommended range to support the best...

QUOTE OF THE MONTH “ Music can move, inspire, connect, heal, be a source of joy, an art form, a signpost to a different world and also...

QUOTES OF THE MONTH “On with the dance! Let joy be unconfined; No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet to chase the glowing...

QUOTE OF THE MONTH “These were musicians who had made a conscious decision to dedicate their lives to an art form and lifestyle that...

QUOTE OF THE MONTH “ Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions. When it ceases to be dangerous, you don’t want it.”   Duke Ellington...

QUOTE OF THE MONTH “When you lose yourself in activity such as practice, the side effect is joy and when you become joyful in what you...

QUOTE OF THE MONTH “A gut-string classical Spanish guitar, a sweet, lovely little lady. The smell of it. Even now, to open a guitar...

QUOTE OF THE MONTH “ The human mind is a wonderful thing. It starts working before you’re even born and doesn’t stop again until you sit...

QUOTE OF THE MONTH “Just remember that William Blake wasn’t even published in his lifetime. You gotta keep creating.”- Kris Kristofferson...

QUOTE OF THE MONTH “A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that...

“There is a sound that comes from gospel music that doesn’t come from anything else. It is the sound of peace. It is the sound of ‘I’m...

QUOTE OF THE MONTH “I like Wagner’s music better than any other music. It is so loud that one can talk the whole time without people...

We are delighted to be hosting Janette Mason’s Art of Arranging course for the third year in a row, although the course will be running...

QUOTE OF THE MONTH “It’s all about the groove, and the groove is another word for the Grail. People search for it everywhere, and when...

PSYCHIATRIST QUOTE OF THE MONTH “At this point, let me affirm as emphatically and categorically as I may, that I do not consider the...

LAKE TURNER AND WEM about their EP: Shelter on A Hill Q1:  I am interested in the collaborative process when it’s not cut and dry, like...