FAR-West Spotlights: Community A series of virtually hosted events celebrating the rich cultural musical diversity of FAR-West. Monday, June 7th, 7-9 PM PDT Direct Link: https://youtu.be/2zH3kGwEm2E FAR-West Community: Yosemite Songwriting Retreat Hosted by Gail Dreifus and Adam Burns Featuring Karla Hutton, Dan Gross, Vera Bridges, David Hansen, Adam Burns, Gail Dreifus Just Added: Joe Craven (not performing) to talk […]
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Lockdown Lemonade #31 by Susie Glaze
The Silver Lining By Susie Glaze Nobody would have wanted to bring on a global pandemic so that we would develop innovations in almost everything we do, connecting dots where, we were jolted to realize, a lot of the dots had disappeared. We had to find new ways of doing things. And find them we […]
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Lockdown Lemonade #30 by Bill Goodell
Planes, trains, automobiles and… MUSIC! I made career decisions long before I was equipped to gauge the meaning of them. I had nearly infinite interests during childhood, with parents both amazingly supportive, yet rarely directive… Today, a clear result is that when a stranger asks what I do for a living, my fast and flip […]
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Busier Than Ever… In January 2020, I had a wonderful new place to present my house concert series and went all out getting blue mugs and serving dishes from thrift stores, making a couple of different sized Two Blue Roses banners, blue Christmas lights, and more …. I presented two shows there; my last in-person […]
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FAR-West Teaches with Mike Mullins – Thursday, May 6th at 2 pm PDT
FAR-West Teaches with Mike Mullins “Demystifying the Mandolin for Guitar Players (or anyone who is mandolin-curious)” Thursday, May 6th at 2 pm PDT View at https://youtu.be/OLpfqaqJqk0 Many of us have been doing our adventuring and exploring new horizons these days from the comfort of our homes. Maybe you have thought about learning a new […]
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When Life Gives you Lemons, Check to See if you can Upgrade to a Box of Chocolates! In 1651, English philosopher Thomas Hobbes wrote a masterpiece of political philosophy, Leviathan, in which he opined that the natural life of man was: “[S]olitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.” It is interesting to consider the similarities between life in England […]
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Choosing Joy with the Help of Music, Wildlife, and Cakes during the Pandemic Before the pandemic hit, I was having a great year in 2020. I wrote a song for the first time. In January, I passed my Aikido brown belt test. Then, in March, everything shut down and it seemed like my whole life […]
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Lockdown Lemonade #14 by Bonnie Beckman
You Musicians Saved Me I am not a musician. But you musicians have saved me during this pandemic. I’m a fan of music and especially enjoyed going to listening venues to hear live performances. Every weekend I’d typically have 1, 2 or 3 events to choose from within traveling distance. Facing the difficult choices. And […]
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