Beyond Top 40
Just in case you haven’t realized by now, “Un-Block The Music” is written by a New Yorker. As the Coronavirus spreads and our governor has told all businesses to close and workers to stay home, I decided I should write up all of the interviews I have been lucky enough to have had in the... Continue Reading →
“Un-Block The Music” continues to have the amazing experience of talking to those behind the scenes; artists that pull a musical together. I continue to find the road to New York’s stage is, by no means, a predictable one, but certainly a gripping one. Today’s new musicals are not the musicals your grandmother loved, but... Continue Reading →
Frank Sinatra once sang… “Love’s More Wonderful The Second Time Around.” That’s true for theater too. The original premiere of Chicago on Broadway in 1975 ran for a year and a half…certainly a respectable run for the John Kander, Fred Ebb & Bob Fosse musical. However, the revival, which opening in 1996 is still running... Continue Reading →
If you go to the theater on a regular basis as “Un-Block The Music” does, chances are you have seen Farah Alvin. In the last year, I saw her in two productions, and now I am excited to see her cabaret performance this weekend, November 17 at The Green Room 42 in New York City:... Continue Reading →
“If you want peace, you won’t get it with violence.” That’s direct quote from John Lennon. What does that have to do with Un-Block The Music? Everything. Music has been and will always be a snapshot of society and a catalyst towards change. John Lennon spent a good part of his life writing about and... Continue Reading →
Do you feel like work is the main priority in your life? Do you continually cancel plans with your friends? Why should something fun, like meeting your friends, for brunch seem like just an added calendar commitment? “Un-Block The Music,” pondered these questions, examined my own life and scenarios, all while having an Irish Coffee... Continue Reading →
Photo credit: Richard Termine How can you have more fun in a theater than you can watching and participating in a Halloween show created by Marty Robinson with music created by Paul Rudolph, both of Sesame Street Fame? Well…you can’t. After writing Part 1about the Off-Broadway show All Hallow’s Eve, “Un-Block The Music” promised to... Continue Reading →
While “Un-Block The Music’s” goal is to get everyone to listen to all kinds of music at least once, you may or may not know or remember that my roots are in Pro-Audio. Having worked for publications such as Billboard and ProSound News, I traveled around to studios (when there were big ones!!!) and I... Continue Reading →
Photo by: Jeremy Daniel What has been and continues to be exciting about writing a blog is watching it develop. “Un-Block The Music’s” original vision has taken a very different shape. With my background in pro-audio, I thought most of my stories would be a bit more technical. However, instead of writing about equipment,... Continue Reading →
