Musician's Tea Beginning to Brew

Greetings My Friend,

I am a songwriter, harpist, and guitarist. I love to play music and jam with other musicians. I decided

to create a post based on my curiosity and passion for music and interest in musicians. I have several musical friends and acquaintances and I will be bringing them to you, through pictures and a brief synthesis of my interviews and conversations, sometimes over a cup of tea, often in their homes, mostly right here in the Hudson Valley between Woodstock and New Paltz. We will explore these musicians' creative processes, their instruments, inspirations, aspirations (or lack of) as well as brief biographies in their musical lives. I will display photographs of the musicians and their instruments, sometimes while playing, hopefully in a natural relaxed state.

Photograph by Christine Fromm

This subject is fascinating to me, be the musicians pro, on the verge, semi-pro, or hobbyists. Because my interest in music is far reaching and expands beyond one or two types of music, I will be featuring musicians who play music from many different genres. Some of the musicians I have in the line up are: career musician Clip from the international touring band Parliment Funkadelic, Steve Bernstein from the Hudson Valley's own Bernstein Bard Trio, newly signed rock guitarist/songwriter Joe Elmo, and life long sometimes pro musicians Jimmy Giampa (congas), Virgil Fowler (guitar) and Wave (hand drum player and maker). I will bring in my avant guard composed father-in-law, Dary John Mizelle as well. I plan to bring you some female musicians too, like virtuoso cellist and friend
Ling Kwan and an international singer-songwriter (and former bandmate of mine) tba. Maybe my mother-in-law, pro classical bassist Diana Gannet will make an appearance as well.

I hope to present these performance artists in a casual, down-to-earth way, with simple photographs

photograph by Christine Fromm

that hopefully capture some of the beauty and depth of the experience of making music, without the bright lights and stage dimension. Come on in and have a cup of tea as we explore the multi-faceted world of musicians. Please feel free to join in the conversation by leaving comments. I love comments and hope to hear from you soon.

Kind regards,
Veronica