October 28, 2008 – 12:40 pm
I’m at the Beehive Coffeehouse, one block from City Theatre, obsessing about a potential cut in Act One. This convenient and friendly little eatery has become my default Pittsburgh “office” (since they have wireless internet access and the theatre doesn’t); the only downside is the staggering number of cranberry muffins I’ve polished off here while [...]
October 20, 2008 – 1:11 pm
I’m sitting in the darkened theater, marveling at the glory of the finished set and how glowingly beautiful it looks under the lights. (Our director Tracy has started to call it “the floating jewel box.”) We are into tech, which means very long days - today is 11:30 AM to 11:30 PM - and our [...]
October 14, 2008 – 1:20 pm
Brendan and Val joined KDKA’s “Pittsburgh Today Live” to talk about the show and sing “It Happens In A Moment.”
To see the video, click here.
October 14, 2008 – 12:46 pm
We’ve settled into the vibrant South Side of Pittsburgh, where we are living and working all month until our opening night on October 29. We’re right in the heart of this extremely lively neighborhood; from the lovely new City Theatre loft apartments where we and our actors are staying, we can hear Steelers fans cheering [...]
September 30, 2008 – 6:32 pm
There’s something to be said for the old way of making records: rehearse a lot, bring everybody into the studio, and get it all down on tape as quickly as possible. That’s how the Beatles’ first album was recorded - something like 12 songs live to 2-track tape in a single day, starting with Paul’s [...]
September 14, 2008 – 2:21 pm
(Ancient History: anecdotes from pre-GrooveLily days, in no particular chronological order.)
In the early ’90s, I was living in the Washington, DC area, and I played with an up-and-coming band called Big Black Nun. It was my first experience in an original rock band; I had played music all my life, but mostly in classical orchestras, [...]
September 3, 2008 – 8:43 pm
Brendan and Val will be among the songwriters pioneering a new concert series, “Sagebrush Valentine,” on Wednesday, September 10, at the Zipper Theatre in NYC.
From the Sagebrush Valentine Myspace page: “What began as a game played religiously in living rooms by Nathan, Chris, and Maddy has become a gift they want to give to you. [...]
August 27, 2008 – 8:16 am
This blog entry may bore some of you to tears. If you don’t have any interest in a discussion of song form, I suggest you visit some other part of the site, or go out and play in the sunshine.
For the rest of you — this came out of the comments that were posted last [...]