LAUNCH Music Conference 2010
This last weekend was the LAUNCH Music Conference. I had a great time meeting people involved with music and talking about music, and playing music! By the end of the weekend I was super sick of anything music. It’s the effect I like to call the “Festival Burnout”. That period during a festival (usually the end of it) when your favorite band ever is playing on the main stage but you’re too tired to walk the 15 minutes there so you stay in your tent and drink warm Mountain Dew. Sound familiar? Haha!
I had the opportunity to meet my new friend Joy Ike and her sister Peace! Joy is a singer/songwriter from Pittsburgh, PA and Peace plays percussion for her. They both stayed at Amber and I’s house this last weekend. The weekend started out with a bang (quite literally) as Joy showed up at 1 AM and ran into my glass door headfirst! (Don’t worry, I’m pretty sure she’s ok.) 
Here’s a video Joy posted that I guest starred in!
I showcased Thursday night at Annie Bailey’s and Friday night at Fig Central in the heart of Lancaster city. The Annie Bailey’s showcase was well attended but it was tough to engage with the audience. Plus, I didn’t grow up with a TV so when there was one right above the bar, right where I was facing, I couldn’t tear my eyes from it the entire show! Haha! (“Sounds like a personal problem to me.”)
The Fig Central showcase was a whole lot of fun! I really enjoy performing with my friends the Beggar Folk and Joy Ike! Having fellow musicians on the bill that you enjoy working with can definitely change the entire show for the better. We had about 20+ people show up but they were a very attentive crowd! I’ve heard before that the greatest thing a musician can ask for is an audience that listens and I truly experienced that at the Fig show! Thanks y’all!
Mentioning The Beggar Folk…I’m opening for them tonight at Folklore Coffee in Elizabethtown, PA! Folklore is one of my favorite local venues and I really hope you can make it out to tonight’s show! I go on at 7 PM and will perform for 45 minutes – 1 hour after which The Beggar Folk will bring everyone to tears with their intricately spun acoustic guitar and strings songs! Be there or be square, Yo!
I leave you with a new favorite quote of mine from the 30th President of the United States of America, President Calvin Coolidge:
“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan “press on” has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race”
- President Calvin Coolidge