Stephen Bennett in Concert- Jeb McIntyre [ 1/7/2006 - 14:38 ] # Presented at the First United Methodist Church
22331 Woodward Avenue
Ferndale, MI 48220
Concert at 7:30, doors open at 6:30
Tickets $15, seniors and children $10
Start the new year off with one of the very best!
Stephen Bennett is one of the finest guitarists playing today, and a favorite of the MFGS. His music is evocative, melodic, subtle and complex. His Beatles covers are amongst the best ever done, while his origional compositions are equally extraodinary. His technique is flawless, and his stage presence is delightful. He's one of those rare artists who's equally appealing to both the sophisticated fingerstyle guitar player and their grandmothers.
Whether playing his great-grandfather's harp guitar, his 1930 National Steel or a standard 6-string, Stephen Bennett is a guitarist to hear. His playing has won awards and critical praise. In live performance and on record, his diverse musical influences and interests are joined with a three decade long love affair with the sound of guitar strings.
Stephen's recently released CD contains some of the very best fingerstyle arrangements of Beatles songs ever recorded. Rumor has it another is on the way. Highly recommended.
For guitar players, Stephen's workshops are amongst the very best we've ever hosted. He is simply a brilliant teacher. Moreover, he teaches creativity as much or more than technique. Everyone who attended his last workshop bumped their playing more than a notch! His workshops are suitable for all levels of players.
Space for the workshop is limited, and advanced paid reservations are required. Contact Jeb McIntyre at 248 705.1390 (leave message) or jeb@fingerstyle.org for reservations.
Michigan Fingerstyle Guitar Society
255 E. Brown St. Suite 101
Birmingham, MI. 48009
248-646-4030 Office
248-646-4598 Fax
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|  | | Pino Forastiere in Concert- Jeb McIntyre [ 11/13/2005 - 09:18 ] #
Pino Forastiere House Concert - Saturday November 19, 2005
In Rochester Hills at The Barn (private residence of Jeb and Betsy McIntyre)
Advanced Tickets Strongly Recommended!
2791 Walton Blvd
Rochester Hills, Mi
248 705 1390 Phone
 Doors at 6:30pm Showtime is 7:30pm
Cost: $10 per person (No MFGS Discounts)
When you hear him play, you will hear the influence of Michael Hedges, but Pino is no Michael Hedges wanna be. He’s a unique performer who’s advancing the meaning of fingerstyle ever bit as much as Hedges did. Simply put, Pino is at the leading edge of fingerstylests who incorporate the most advanced techniques of this so called “heavy mental” approach to playing. You might say that while Pino was influenced by Hedges, he has clearly picked up where Michael left off.
MFGS is honored and very pleased to sponsor Pino for an intimate house concert at the Barn. A friend once told of seeing Barbara Streisand in a small club in New York. He couldn’t understand how she could not be famous since she was so talented. Shortly thereafter she rose to fame as the broader public realized her talent. We feel that we are getting a rare opportunity to see this international talent before the rest of the world catches on. We believe he is destined to become one of the greats! We hope you will join us.
Directions:The Barn is on the South side of Walton Blvd., just East of Adams. If you know where Meadowbrook Music Theatre is, just go East (toward downtown Rochester) about a half a mile. It’s next to the Church. Pull all the way to the back for the parking lot, or park on any available grass. Alternatively park in the church parking lot if you can’t find a space. Advanced tickets are strongly recommended! We only have space for about 50 people, and when we're full, we're full.
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| | | Hard to argue with Yogi Berra - He's brilliant!- Jeb McIntyre [ 6/29/2005 - 13:11 ] # 
Article Courtesy AllAboutJazz.com | |
Yogi Berra Explains Jazz
By AAJ Staff
Interviewer: What do you expect is in store for the future of jazz trumpet?
Yogi: I'm thinkin' there'll be a group of guys who've never met talkin' about it all the time...
Interviewer: Can you explain jazz?
Yogi: I can't, but I will. 90% of all jazz is half improvisation. The other half is the part people play while others are playing something they never played with anyone who played that part. So if you play the wrong part, its right. If you play the right part, it might be right if you play it wrong enough. But if you play it too right, it's wrong.
Interviewer: I don't understand.
Yogi: Anyone who understands jazz knows that you can't understand it. It's too complicated. That's whats so simple about it.
Interviewer: Do you understand it?
Yogi: No. That's why I can explain it. If I understood it, I wouldnt know anything about it.
Interviewer: Are there any great jazz players alive today?
Yogi: No. All the great jazz players alive today are dead. Except for the ones that are still alive. But so many of them are dead, that the ones that are still alive are dying to be like the ones that are dead. Some would kill for it.
Interviewer: What is syncopation?
Yogi: That's when the note that you should hear now happens either before or after you hear it. In jazz, you don't hear notes when they happen because that would be some other type of music. Other types of music can be jazz, but only if they're the same as something different from those other kinds.
Interviewer: Now I really don't understand.
Yogi: I haven't taught you enough for you to not understand jazz that well.
Reprinted with permission. Copyright (c) 2005 AllAboutJazz.com and AAJ Staff .
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| | | Community Building- Jeb McIntyre [ 2/8/2005 - 08:32 ] #
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| | | What the Bleep do we Know?- Bill Swenson [ 11/23/2004 - 12:26 ] #
Every now and then a film maker charts a course into little traveled territory and brings to the audience something fresh, stimulating and intelligent. This is the story of the new art film "What the Bleep do we know?". The marketing campaign for this movie has been strictly word of mouth as people who have seen the movie need to discuss it with their friends, so they encourage their friends to see it. It also got a big lift in attendance after the Wall Street Journal reviewer raved about the movie.
Why do people who see need to discuss it with their friends? Because this film maker has delved into the domain of mankind's most fundamental questions: "why are we here?", "how does reality work?", and "what is God?" The film brilliantly interweaves the nuances of quantum mechanics through story telling, interviews with scientists and philosophers all while we watch an unfolding story of a young woman's troubled life finding happiness again.
The use of animation to explain the bio-chemistry of our thoughts interacting with our emotions to form and re-form neural networks in our brain is certainly beyond anything I have seen before! There is something new for everyone to take away from this movie. For example, go here to find out how thoughts and feelings are captured in different shapes of water crystals...then ponder on how our bodies are composed of 80% water...how are our own thoughts and feeling affecting us physically!?
So, I guess I will join their marketing campaign by urging you all to see the movie before it leaves our area. It is at the Royal Oar Art Theater until Thanksgiving. We need to discuss this film!
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| | | Jon Stewart Takes on CrossFire- Jeb McIntyre [ 10/18/2004 - 08:48 ] # Regardless you political leanings, you want to take a look at this from CNN. Stewart goes right to the heart of the deficiencies in political reporting.
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| The Michigan Fingerstyle Guitar Society Presents Laurence Juber- Jeb McIntyre [ 10/3/2004 - 23:28 ] #
The Michigan Fingerstyle Guitar Society Presents
Laurence Juber in Concert
Oct 9th, 2004 @ 8PM
Where
First United Methodist Church
22331 Woodward Avenue (just south of 9 Mile Rd)
Ferndale, MI
When
Saturday October 9th, 2004
Doors open at 7pm
Show starts at 8pm
Cost
$15 at the door; $10 for seniors/students/members; or online at www.Fingerstyle.org
Sponsored by:
The Michigan Fingerstyle Guitar Society
A non-profit organization
180 High Oak Rd. Suite 100
Bloomfield Hills, Mi. 48304
248 646 4030 Phone
www.Fingerstyle.org
About Laurence Juber
Laurence Juber has been playing guitar for close to 40 years, and was the lead guitarist in Paul McCartney's band, Wings, winning a "Best Rock Instrumental" Grammy for the song, "Rockestra". However, Laurence, best known to his fans as "LJ", has since established himself as an artist in his own right, and has recently extended his catalog to TEN acoustic guitar instrumental cd's, all featuring his unique fingerstyle technique and extensive use of alternate tunings. A favorite amongst fans is his CD, "LJ Plays the Beatles", featuring Laurence's arrangements of Beatle songs.
In a world filled with guitarists who gain success by mastering one style or genre, Laurence Juber is the exception - a jack of all trades and a master of all.
As a solo artist, Juber has enjoyed a three-decade career recording and performing on acoustic, electric, classical and 12-string guitars. He has distilled this wealth of experience into his solo concerts and guitar clinics as well as his original compositions.
Inspired by the explosive British pop scene of the early '60s, Juber first played an acoustic guitar at age 11. He still considers it his most personal form of expression and has chronicled his musical experiences and influences in nine collections of original acoustic guitar compositions. SOLO FLIGHT(1990), NAKED GUITAR (1993), L J (1995), WINTER GUITAR (1997), MOSAIC (1998), ALTERED REALITY (1999), L J PLAYS THE BEATLES (2000), THE COLLECTION (2000), DIFFERENT TIMES (2001), THE GUITARIST (2003). Fusing folk, jazz, pop and classical styles the albums have received rave reviews from such guitar oracles as Acoustic Guitar, Guitar Player, Guitar International and Fingerstyle Guitar.
A native of London, England, Juber entered the music business in his early teens, and quickly established himself as an accomplished and versatile musician. He was a featured soloist for the National Youth Jazz Orchestra, and earned a music degree at London University while also playing guitar in such West End musicals as Jesus Christ Superstar. Juber became an in-demand studio player, contributing to many recordings including The Alan Parsons Project, the seminal dance artist Cerrone, and the soundtrack to the motion picture The Spy Who Loved Me.
In 1978, Juber won an audition to become lead guitarist for Paul McCartney's Wings. He recorded and toured for three years, earning rave notices for his work on the hit singles "Goodnight Tonight" and "Coming Up", and on the album BACK TO THE EGG, winning a Grammy award for Best Rock Instrumental for the track "Rockestra". After McCartney folded Wings in 1981, Juber relocated to the Los Angeles area to raise a family and to concentrate on composing and studio work.
The Michigan Fingerstyle Guitar Society
"Promoting the appreciation of fingerstyle guitar through concerts, workshops and goodwill" 
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| | | Finally - How to get your best ideas heard- Jeb McIntyre [ 9/13/2004 - 09:46 ] # My friend Nick Gaydos from http://Edict.com posted this, and I copied it. A great find for those with serious ideas worthy of a wider audience, and those with interest in great ideas. This is an excellent example of Viral "marketing" - this time around thoughts rather than products. Thanks Nick.
Change This- Nick Gaydos [ 9/10/2004 - 14:24 ] #
Change This is a great place to get your ideas out to the general public.
We have too many good ideas that get discussed here at Edict that don't leave our circle of friends, but deserve to.
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| | | ACLU and the Patriot Act- Jeb McIntyre [ 8/17/2004 - 11:13 ] # Regardless your political leanings, you should be concerned about several provisions of the Patriot act. The American Civil Liberties Union is about to run ads nationally. For a first look, click here.
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| | | JibJab changes everything- Jeb McIntyre [ 7/28/2004 - 10:39 ] # JibJab has produced a parody of the current presidential candidates that has received unparalleled broadcast media attention. Every major national news network showed parts of this clever and witty animation during the prime time news programs, and many local stations repeated it. Given that this production was the work of two brothers using pretty primitive tools, the communications community is likely to finally wake up to the fact that the web has enormous impact on a huge segment of our culture.
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| | | Attention Parents, particularly those with teenagers- Jeb McIntyre [ 3/12/2004 - 10:45 ] #
A recent study reported on the Discovery Health Channel Television and Computer Games: Sleep Saboteurs?
By Andrea Pennington, M.D.
Warns of the effects of television, video games, and computers on children's sleep patterns. I think we are going to turn off all such devices 1/2 hour before bed-time from now on (can you hear the wails?).
Might have implications for media as well (time of day messages are received, that sort of thing).
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