Feeling guilty about not volunteering enough at my son’s elementary school this year, I signed up to chaperone their St. Patrick’s Day party, a.k.a. “Irish Disco”. Of course, my young daughter wanted to come along. I never thought I’d be taking my kids to their first dance at the ages of four and nine!
I hardly […]

“Live music.” That common saying may contain some truth, but these days the word “live” is having less and less to do with music. For many people, a dj is their form of live music. Despite what dj’s would like to have you believe, musicians make excellent entertainment. In the first place, people enjoy human […]

Most of Beethovens masterpieces were composed while he was deaf. He had inside him music that would not be stilled by lifes circumstances. His music triumphed over suffering.
The last movement of the Ninth Symphony is choral music Beethoven set to Friedrich von Schillers poem Ode to Joy. Beethoven believed this poem celebrated the brotherhood of […]

Nashville, Tennessee - Indie Music Week has announced that Tracy Gershon, Senior Director of A & R and Artist Development, Sony Nashville, will be participating as an Indie Music Week panelist. IMW, taking place in Nashville March 11-12, will feature three industry panels of Major and Independent A&R, promoters, label executives, producers, managers and […]