Alan Meerow
Despite a schedule from hell, and a bad case of food poisoning, Spirit of Harmony founder and president Todd Rundgren found time to sit down with Music In A Word editor Alan Meerow at the Tyrolean Getaway in Stowe, Vermont for a wide-ranging interview. Here is part one of what will ultimately be three posts for our blog.
AM: In his 2007 book, "Musicophilia," t...
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Standing On The Shoulders
Fred Mollin
88+ Ways Music Can Change Your Life, published by Keep Music Alive, is a compilation of over 150 inspirational stories & quotes from musicians, music educators and music lovers from all over the world. Included are a number of stories from Grammy winning and Platinum selling artists & composers. The authors have given Music In A Word permission to post co...
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The Path of a Professional Musician
Gary Alexander
88+ Ways Music Can Change Your Life, published by Keep Music Alive, is a compilation of over 150 inspirational stories & quotes from musicians, music educators and music lovers from all over the world. Included are a number of stories from Grammy winning and Platinum selling artists & composers. The authors have given Music In A Word permission to post...
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Guitarist Kyle Chapman wishes for ‘A thriving music scene in every community’
Sara Stromseth-Troy
Note: We first met Kyle Chapman in the feature story about 6-year-old guitarist and Beatles fan King Tobias. Kyle is King’s guitar teacher. In this piece, Kyle talks about his band, Fir Drive, and the recently released debut album, ‘The Block EP’, along with his dreams of seeing a thriving music scene in every community in the United States.
LOS BANOS, CALI...
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Música do Coração, Part 3. Feminina
Alan Meerow
[PLEASE NOTE: Some of the music tracks in this post contain a link that will open a new window in YouTube]
In this final installment of Música do Coração, we turn to some of the great female voices of Musica Popular Brasiliera (MPB).
First up, a woman whose tragically short career was contemporaneous with the birth of MPB, Elis Regina. With her roots in bo...
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King Tobias: Living His Musical Dream Part 2
Sara Stromseth-Troy
In the first installment of this article we met guitar prodigy and ultimate Beatles fan King Tobias and his family, and learned how Todd Rundgren facilitated King meeting one of his idols. In Part 2, King's dreams come true.
KING MEETS RINGO STARR
Richard Kerris describes the meeting between King and Ringo Starr:
“As soon as Ringo met King, he s...
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King Tobias: Living His Musical Dream Part 1
Sara Stromseth-Troy
A 6-year-old San Jose, California boy and avid Beatles fan, King Tobias, is living the musical dream of his young life.
The precocious guitar player, who, in less than one year of lessons, has already mastered numerous songs by the Fab Four, got to meet two of his musical heroes (or, in King’s word, ‘brothers’): Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney.
Ki...
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Joel Crouse: Constant Music and Change
Cliff Yankovich
Joel Crouse and I go waaay back - like back to the mid-1970s in high school when we saw Todd/Utopia, Genesis, Lou Reed, David Bowie and other great concerts for $7.50 to $15 per ticket. (We even got to see Genesis perform the Lamb Lies Down on Broadway right before Peter Gabriel went off on his own.) On the days when I got to drive the family beater to scho...
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