Thursday, January 26, 2012

Our thanks to Wilhelm McKay & Look ahead to Christiana Gerstner

Hi Folks,

   If you were with us for the Wilhelm McKay CD Release Party at ROM you know what an incredible show we had both with our fabulous features in from Asheville N.C., as well as each and everyone of our fabulous Open Mike performers were OUTSTANDING!!! 
Thank you all for such a great start to ROM-2012!!!


Next up on our ROM-2012 feature list is: Chris Gerstner,(www.christiangerstner.com) on 2-13-12. Chris is a wonderful singer-songwriter and also runs a very special and unique Venue called the Fireside Coffeehouse. THis venue specializes in Duo's and Trio's, a great idea!! Please see her website link on the right of this page. I had the pleasure of being there this past Sunday and got to see and hear dear friends Ellen Schmidt & Jake Kensinger AKA "Two for the Show". It was a great show all around. Come and be with us for Chris's Feature!!

Upcoming Real soon, New to ROM will be this coming Monday, 1-30-12, We will be having our ROM- UNPLUGGED "Ceilidh" AKA song circle, dance and all around Fun within the ART's!!! This will be all NEW to ROM and a work in progress!!! I will need support, suggestions all around in how to change better improve or any constructive idea's will be more than welcome. The basics are for the Ceilidh we will begin at 7PM. There will be No feature, No sign up. There will be light refreshments and beverages, there will be NO COST! There will be the donation to the church basket (if able), to thank the Church for allowing us to just keep doing more!!! WE will sit in a circle and each person will get a chance to perform a song, spoken word or anything else we are always so pleased with.

I would like to impress & request our spoken word artisans to come out as there are several organizations within Greater Roslindale with hope to actually offer a home for spoken word/poetry. ROM totally welcomes this idea as we always have been open & welcoming to spoken word and have several spoken word features upcoming ROM-2012.

A reminder to all interested, it has taken me since 5-21-10, The Java Jo's Reunion  Event to put together what has turned out to be what I feel is an incredible 3 CD set of the Java Jo's Reunion.  The 3 CD set is now available. The cost, to help me cover recording costs is: $25.00. Steve Friedman of Melville Park Studio in Hyde Park did all the several versions of this CD until this version which I feel is totally awesome & encapsulates the feelings of that special night, in the sense of all that performed, all that attended, the many that help put that entire event together. My thanks to the 2 very special people that was the reason for this night. First on this list is the most Dear and wondereful Host of Java Jo's to whom the night and this CD is dedicated: Ana Eder Mulhane. The 2nd very special person this night was the focus for was a special part of the life blood of then Java Jo's and NOW of Roslindale Open Mike, Our Wonderful Host and my Dear friend Mike Delaney with his very personalized insight to his life with Java Jo's with his "Hey Java Jo's" CD Release Party. Mike was backed by his most incredible group called New England Weather!!! (www.neweather.com). If you have NOT seen them as a group, don't miss their next gig!! If you do not have their CD, See me after class!! It is amazing!!!


I must also thank Steve Friedman, (Melville Park Studio), Andrea Kulish,(www.andreakulishdesign.com) for her expertise and reason for the incredible CD Cover design and to King Yee for the most important to things I never would have had a clue how to do with regard to putting together  my first CD.... OY, MY last too!!! You can see much of what King Yee does for Many of you on You Tube if you jot in his You Tube Name which is slaptree!!!!


I do want to thank all of you that do take the time to jot to both Mike & myself any thoughts you have had in your experiences at ROM. I would like to request. ON our ROM website: (www.roslindaleopenmike.org), we have a Guest book section.  I'd like to request, so we can share your comments with others that do look at our website to please submit your comments there or just allow us to use your words on the guest-book

Thanks to all for all your Love, Support and Caring within this entire Community of the Art's. Thanks for keeping Local Live Music Alive and Well within the confines of our beautiful New England and My thoughts to and for every tomorrow as everyday we wake up is a great day!!!! Hope to see you all Monday for our ROM Ceildh.    All my Love, Neal :)))

Saturday, January 21, 2012

Greetings to one and all!!!!

To all my dear friends of ROM,


    I do say so sorry for the infrequencies of my self titled infrequent Blogs. Hope you are all doing well and had a wonderful Holiday Season. I cannot beleive  we are already into ROM -2012 and that ROM -2011 and all around just seemed to fly by!!!!


WE had a FABULOUS ROM ANNIVERSARY SHOW on our first show for 2012. Our incredible feature was a first ever, ALL PERCUSSION FEATURE  called The Ken Porter Percusiion Experience lead by our very own ROM house percusssion and all around everything else guy, Ken Porter. My thanks to Ken and  the fantastic percusssion group he put together of, Rob Norberg, Chris Grant, Tom Symancyk, Mike Delaney, (Ken invited entire audience participation), FUN!!
 I must say there was one woman on stage and I wish to thank her but I do not know her name. If anyone does, please let me know!!!! Ken even allowed me to try out my own new Djembe, as well as a multicolored slinky-like devise and a Paper bag. I must tell you, I have had several emails telling me I play a mean paper bag!!! My thanks to one and all for that and for Ken to show me the way to different means of percussion!!!


Please come to ROM this Monday, we have a wonderful surprise coming all the way back from Asheville N.C. with Chris Wilhelm and his musical partner Liam McKay. It will be the Official CD Releasae party for the new Chris Wilhelm CD called, "Just Asking". For those of you that  may not know Chris he was the very first person to know of me thinking ofmy idea of ROM and was our fearture in the same slot (2nd of the year) in 2009.


A MUST SEE SHOW FOR TOMORROW


 I do want to remind you of a very wonderful show tomorrow which will be held at Chris Gerstner's Fireside Coffeehouse in Norwood. I just added her website among the links for any info you may wish. It will be an incredible show as the features are, The incomprable, Ellen Schmidt & her musical partner of 21 years Jake Kensinger more commonly know as "Two For The Show". The idea behind this venue is it is all duo's and trio's if you would like to sign up with Chris for TOMORROW please contact Chris at: firesidecoffeehouse@gmail.com


Also speaking of Ellen Schmidt, on Monday our very our ROMulin Branson Bofat will be doing the Mini Feature at Ellen's wonderful venue called Emerson Umbrella. Please see all of Ellen's many Venues on her link as well. I will say Branson, we will all miss you but we ALL understand we can only be at one place at a time. I know you will rock the house at the Umbrella.


I am going to leave it there for now. WE have an incredible year ahead of us for 2012. In the area's we we have the 5th Monday's of the month called "Ceilidh" it is something new I am planning to try. It will be at ROM but we will have NO Feature and will be,as Mike told me that word means "Song Circle in Gaelic. Eric Clapton might call it, "ROM Unplugged". WE will have some refreshments and there will be no charge as always. it is just something I would like to try at the request of several folks and I do want to attempt to invite you all to join us. I would also like to  as my dear friend, Tony Toledo and Cheryl Perreault might say, lets try and ge the many to come with spoken word in in hand and "Speak out" and "Wake up and Smell the Poetry" I am looking for any help and direction with this new idea so it will be, a work in progress. To our many spoken word/poets, artisits, I will hope you will come with script in hand and we can do a great mixture of acoustic music with spoken word at our new ROM Ceilidh. The first one will be on 1-30-12, C ya all Monday at ROM,


Always, Neal :)))