Folk music, especially my local Butte Folk Music Society, www.bfms.freeservers.com. The Strawberry Music Festival,
www.strawberrymusic.com. I host the Crossroads Radio Show on KRBS f.m. on the 2nd Saturday of each month from 2-4 p.m. Pacific Time, www.radiobirdstreet.org. Now Streaming on the web. I also am a volunteer fire fighter for Golden Feather Company 37 in Butte County, and fire look-out, too.
Until recent budget cuts cancelled the service, i drove the bookmobile for the Butte County Library.
Music
My favorite musical instrument to play is the Swedish nyckelharpa. It is a Folk instrument with 16 strings, played with a bow. I am a member of the American Nyckelharpa Association, www.nyckelharpa.org, and the Northern California Spelmanslag. The Mudcat Cafe is a great place
to meet other musicians learn songs and share information. Go to www.mudcat.org to find out more.I'm "Open Mike" there.
Movies
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Television
The motto of the Radio, Television and Film classes at my local Community College is: "Don't just watch television, Make Television" I have been involved in Community Access t.v. and various video projects. I prefer to watch non-
commercial, Public Television, PBS, http://www.pbs.org/, Link t.v., http://www.linktv.org/, Free Speech t.v.
http://www.freespeech.org, or RFD t.v., http://www.rfdtv.com
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Heroes
I am glad that the people who invented the VIXEN R.V. did so.
I have one of these aerodynamic and fuel-efficient vehicles.
See the picture in my albums.
Laurel getting ready for my radio show saturday. 2-4 pacific time http://lnk.ms/0FqWd 2-3 pm father's day songs 3-4 pm swedish songs and tunes for mid summer. tune in! view more
I see we are both now busy in our musical worlds. Come check us out - PHAT Boyz Blue here on MySpace. We are playing the free Chico Community Summer Concert Series in the Downtown Plaza On May 22, 7:00 to 8:30! I have even written a couple of songs we may get a chance to do..
In early October I wrote one of my latest songs called, “Wall Street Bail Out Blues.” Within four days of writing it, a video crew captured me playing it on the street at Seattle’s Pike Place Market and posted their video on YouTube. That video has now reached the attention of a writer for The Wall Street Journal who is writing an article about those who have written songs about our tough economic times. His article will be published this week and I’m excited to read it.
Who knows where this might lead? Call me an optimist but I have a feeling that this could mean that a few more seconds of that elusive fifteen minutes of fame might be coming my way.
It ain’t the cover of the Rolling Stone but it’s not every day that a writer from a major worldwide news outlet seeks me out to talk to me about my songwriting. That’s a huge validation of my efforts at staying true to my vision. I must be doing something right.
HI mom! Spring break is here for me...what a (temporary) relief from the demands of never ending due dates. Maybe we can fly kites or somethig relaxing and fun some time this week? Let me know if yu have free time. I love you!!
