I love music! I play at home regularly, and have played a lot with various musical friends over the years. However, although I've played out a few times and have written a lot of songs, I
am definitely not a professional musician: I don't play in a band or play music
for a living.
However, I have entertained the crowds many, many times before, during, and after concerts with Stiltwalking "walk-around" entertainment and/or one of my unique shows at a wide variety of musical events, with numerous past performances in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, and Pennsylvania.
I've opened for Tom Paxton and Tom Chapin at John M. Green Hall in Northampton MA. I've opened for various musicians at "Concerts on the Grass" (18x) in Bellingham MA, "Concerts on the Beach" in Mendon MA, the Full Moon Coffeehouse in Wendell MA, Common Ground Cafe & Performance Space in Bryn Athyn PA, and during concerts by the Lil Cajun Express as well as the Ginger Ninjas bike-powered concert in Northampton MA. I've entertained at numerous music festivals including the Bright Moments Jazz Festival (8x) in Amherst MA, Schleigho's "Ho Down" camp-out music festival (5x) in Wendell MA, the Charlemont Reggae Festival (4x) in Charlemont MA, "The Big Squeeze" bluegrass festival (2x) in Hardwick MA, Hot Food/Hot Jazz Fest (2x) in Northampton MA, Lakeville Arts & Music Festival (3x) in Lakeville MA, Max Creek's "Camp Creek" music camp-out music festival in Mariaville NY, Moon Boot Lovers' "Boot Camp" camp-out music festival in Parksville NY, and the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival in Norfolk CT.
One of the reasons I love entertaining at musical events so much is that music is such a big part of my life. I first started playing piano at age 6 and am self-taught on that instrument. I started trombone lessons in 3rd grade. I picked up guitar at age 13. In college I bought an upright bass — which has always been my favorite instrument. As a young adult, I discovered that I have some sort of innate talent to learn to play pretty much any instrument I pick up and I've been picking up instruments ever since. And some of them, I even play well!
I now have a large, very well-stocked Music Room in my home where I keep the hundreds of instruments I've acquired over the years, including my father's piano (the same one I learned on at age 6), acoustic guitars, upright bass, trombone, trumpet, clarinet, wooden flutes, piccolo, my granddad's mandolin, ukuleles, my father's baritone uke, balalaika (the first instrument I ever bought myself), harmonicas, pan pipes, recorders, slide whistles, ocarinas, accordions (yes, more than one!), gut bucket, a variety of small drums, and an entire wall of cubbyholes containing a large assortment of smaller instruments such as claves, maracas, finger cymbals, toy xylophones, guiro, cow bell, slide whistles, kazoos, tambourines, castanets, samba whistles, nose flutes, den-dens, ratchets, egg shakers, jaw harp, rain sticks, kalimba, thunder tube, pellet drums, rakataks, sand blocks, and oh so much more.
I've also jammed (not performed!) with lots of professional musicians including Charles Neville of the Neville Brothers, Rusted Root, Goki Bi System, Will Brown, Tony Vacca, Tim Moran, Wil Lettman, J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr., Kim Zombik, Gaia Roots, Brian Bender, Ken Laroche of DOAH World MusicEnsemble, Kalpana Devi of the Black Rebels, Karl Ferret, Ron Freshley, Matt Herschler, Mark
Herschler,LynnLovell, Tim Van Egmond, Moonlight & Morningstar, Star Drooker, Celia, John Sprague, Miro Sprague, Adam Rothberg, Peter Jones, Nancy Rockland-Miller, Jay Mankita, Doug Hewitt, John Porcino, Robby Roiter, Matthew Liston, Joshua Crane, Mark Fox, and a whole host of others I can't remember right now.
Entertainment options I've done at musical events include:
for all adults and mixed-ages:
Stiltwalking & the Aerial Delights Show
Stiltwalking Walk-Around
and/or selections from
The Party Game Show
for teens and other active people:
The On-the-Go High-Octane Special
for kids:
The Outdoor Special
and here's one of my own songs:
Hippos in My Garden
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YOU WILL BE 100% SATISFIED AND
YOUR GROUP WILL HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF FUN...
OR IT'S FREE!