Last night my eclectic music duo, Molly and Sonny Boy performed at Morgan Creek Vineyards.
It was perfect weather.
When the sun finally set, there was a clear sky and a beautiful moon.
The food they provided after our gig was from an outdoor pizza oven.
All in all, it was a special time thanks to our generous George, Paula, Adam, Griffin, Dee and all the employees at Morgan Creek Vineyards!
https://www.morgancreekvineyards.com/
Tonight my music duo is going to perform here.
https://www.morgancreekvineyards.com/
We haven’t done this venue before.
They really want jazz music, but our repertoire is a mixture of jazz and blues and other kinds of songs including originals.
Hopefully we will be entertaining to the diners on jazz night!
Yesterday I went online to CD Baby regarding getting hooked up for payments from digital downloads.
I’m so glad we got that sorted because I found that our music was being hawked on so many different platforms throughout the Internet.
https://music.apple.com/us/artist/molly-and-sonny-boy/259940366
Anyways, we are very excited about performing together at Morgan Creek Vineyards this evening.
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Here is a sample of our music.
The peacock has a unique call.
As a child growing up in the inner city there was a zoo nearby at Riverdale Park in Toronto, Canada.
Today they have a working farm there.
Peacock feathers were such treasures when we were kids.
Occasionally we would find one on the ground and bring it home.
It was always fun to see and hear the peacocks.
I planted yellow squash, beets, cherry tomatoes and flowers in raised garden beds to keep the weeds down.
Hubby uses straw-bales as mulch as well, to keep weeds down to a minimum.
This year he is using plastic bottles to create mini-greehouses to keep the rabbits out!
Right now green onions are on the table everyday in most every dish I cook.
Springtime is full of happy hours spent outside, even if it means repairing the outdoor spigot with plumbing thread tape and new washers.
Plants need fresh water too!
I am a vegetarian who eats eggs.
There are people who do not understand what it means to be a vegetarian.
They think you eat seafood and chicken.
My husband and I do not eat anything with a face or with a mother.
It’s OK to be a vegetarian at home, but it’s hard if you want to eat out.
I have encountered many people who want to give me lots of meat. Have some steak. Have some chicken. Have some pork. Have some turkey.
But I’m a vegetarian I say.
OK here’s some bread and some carrots
That’s why we eat at home a lot!
I am a radio dj
I am working today at the radio station 🚉
You can hear my show here
I’ve been in radio since 1993. It’s a job match made in heaven.
I have the gift of gab and my degree is in music!
I got up at 6 o’clock this morning.
I planned my day the night before.
I did my gratitude journal and my daily mindset.
I took a shower after breakfast. Now I should focus on the housework.
I have a meeting at noon at work.
It is a new month.
There is a lot to do.
But the wind is calm. That means it’s time now to play some outdoor table tennis for some morning exercise!
I like outdoors.
That is my social media. I cleaned the bird bath and I filled the bird feeder last night.
Gather ye rose buds while ye may, and carpe diem!
Such windy weather inspired us to get out the kites!
I would like to post something daily for the next 16 weeks to develop a writer’s discipline. Last weekend my husband and I attended open mic night at Smiley’s Tavern.
Smiley’s Tavern has a storied history. It is not the most glamorous bar on the planet.
A terrible upstairs fire that threatened it’s existence a decade ago, only seemed to temper it. To my surprise, the owners just fixed it up and put it back in working order.
I spent a lot of hours at Smileys with my husband in our courting days. It is where we used to sit and smoke cigarettes and drink beer before such things became verboten.
It’s a very informal tavern. Folks play cards in the other room, and there is a full bar with an assortment of spirits and soft drinks to imbibe.
However, we just go for open mic night. The people that belong to NUMOSS, or New Ulm Musicians Open mic society are a talented bunch and a fun group of grown-ups with an eclectic taste in music. Some of the music is original, but most of what you hear are cover songs.
That’s okay, people like the tried and true.
So now I’m using this WordPress to update my music life. Part of being me, is being a radio broadcaster, a singer-songwriter and a music teacher.
I do have a music teaching studio call Zents Music Studio, but my life is really a studio of sorts. I’m learning everyday.
Although I’m looking forward to a bright musical future, I also want to discuss great singing technique, guitar and piano which I teach. But also there’s the lessons of living.
As a writer and songwriter there are stories everywhere you go, from the smiling old woman who curls her hair too tightly that you see at the grocery store, to the way you feel about the young guy who likes to use the electric wheelchair/shopping cart around the store even though he’s healthy.
There’s also the matter of psychology that comes along with being a performer. You can’t deny that people compare you as a singer-songwriter, the way you sing, the way you play, and the songs you write. Also, there’s no denying the CD’s which you record, and produce are always being judged.
There’s so many topics to write about here on my new WordPress domain at Zentsmusicstudio.com
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