Tony Sings Log Book

6/18/03

Setup the initial page and worked to try to get the site working live on the Internet. Restored Springhill Properties which had stopped working.

6/19/03

Called Ray Pittman and found out he needed to do some further tweeking on the site. We came up live and well and I added this log book to the site.
Off line I got nervous because the mic stand fell last night and the mic stopped working. I tried other mics and none worked so I concluded the problem was the cable. Low and behold with a little solder it is working better than ever. All is ready for tomorrow and Oobahs.

6/20/03

Today I added the first music. This was a recording on the fly of a segment of the song Come On In that will play automatically with the startup of the website. The file is large enough that there is a little delay before start. I am going to put it on line and test is with several machines to be certain that I can work with the wma format.

6/21/03

Placed a copy of the information that was on the computer farm site onto the Tony Sings Site. Separated the booking and links page from the home page. Matched the screen color with the music page from The Computer Farm. Imported the picture for Back of the Equipment Case.

6/22/03

Added connection so the Computer Farm would link to this site when the music page is chosen.

7/1/03

A frustrating struggle trying to get a javascript to let me play either the mp3 or wma versions of the excepts from the song "Come On In" without bringing up an external player. I have not figured it out yet but the automatic playing of music has been disconnected and you can click on your choice. MP3 file is pretty large, too.

7/25/03

Added dates for the religious music program at oobahs and party in August.

7.30/03

Added dates for September Oobahs and U.U.S.E. program. Removed the thursday religious music date as I can't be there.

5/12/09

Started redoing this site with it in mind to begin getting out and performing. The time has come because there is room in the world for music about the times. I am not certain where this is going but I am being drawn into music again and I like it. It started with playing with some people that I work with and then trying out new equipment and adding more and more new equipment. Progressed to moving my old sequences from floppy disks back into the computer and re-editing them a little at a time and then visiting with Newel and Denise in Portland Oregon and then going to rehearsals and gigs and recording sessions with Newel and finally coming back to Vermont to discover all the music that is going on around me. When I listen to how it feels to play it is feeling really good. I have to keep that in mind as I find more places. What I am actually doing is revising this web site, setting up some music for demos, looking at and reveiwing music places around my area, and playing.

5/23/09 Recording Generations

Not performing but doing some recording for a demo for Generations Rock and Roll Band. They did two shows Saturday one was part of the Memorial Day celebration for the Town of Williamstown, VT where Generations did a two hour outdoor concert. A good part of the time there was spent working out the bugs and get some old equipment functioning again. The second show was a fund raiser in the evening at Christ Church in Montpelier. The evening was fun and I even got to get up and sing a song with the band as part of the process. I have done some rough mixes from the recordings that were made and we will have a mixdown session to prepare a sampling demo from the recordings. I used a 4 track recorder for these sessions and was frustrated because more tracks would have really helped.

7/16/09 Did Record long set at Elixir

Thursday Envening performance at Elixir was a long one. I played a single set that started at 8:00pm and ended at 10:45pm. I was not planning to do this but it just happened. I started out frustrated because I wasn't getting the sound I wanted from the guitar. I was slow but simetime after 9:30 I got the sound I wanted. Well I was so pleased I just wanted to hear what songs would song like with the guitar sounding the way I wanted. Well I just went on trying and enjoying songs and next thing the night was over.

2/26/10 Added New Equipment and approach

This is really stuff that I have been working on for the past 3 or 4 months. I saw a woman playing at Goddard College using a device called a looper. It allows you to play and record your music and then kick a pedal at the end of a verse so the whole verse is recorded. Once you kick the pedal to end the loop the looper immediately starts playing back what you have recorded and you can play along with it. You can add another part to the loop a number of times and build a fairly complex peice of music adding one part at a time. I have used to looper to record many of the sequences that I created and then I have added a rhythm guitar part over the sequence which allows me to play more lead and add other accoustic instruments. I also can do some other more sophisticated things which frees me to try new things and makes the songs flexible in length and styling. Having fun!!!

3/2/2010 Started work on revising the website.

I have started working on the revising of this page. First of all it needs to be more current and so I am working with setting up a faster and easier way to keep it updated. I have added a couple of new pictures. I want to add current music but I have to get a good recording before I can do that. I have the means but just need to setup the time and opportunity to do live recording.

3/9/2010 Added Promo Page to Website

Added a promo page to the website with some photos and a write so I can direct club owners and managers there as a way to get promo materials to use when I am playing. This is a tremendous time saver. I am going to use it as a repository as I get new materials. It also gave me the idea of creating an archive of actual information that is produced about shows that I am doing.

9/6/2010 Corinth Historical Society Opens Museum with music and refreshments for the community

Participated by putting together lyrics for a series of labor songs ranging from John Henry to the Union Maid to Dark as a Dungeon. Passed out copies of the lyrics to people in the audience. Had an enthusistic group of people who came and spent several hours talking about the times and reviewing some of the history of the town. Teddy met some relatives who live here who have studied the family history and offered her some new insites about where she came from.

9/20/2010 - Lighting using LED lights

Ordered an LED light box to use for performing and getting enough light to photo the show. I would like to get some video as well as stills and just collect more history of what we are doing. The single light produces a range of colors and can be set to change colors in rhythm with the music. I'll maybe try that later in an evening when people want to dance. I have ordered but not yet received a controler that will let me modify the light from a control panel that I can setup. Because the light contains red, green and blue color almost any color can be created by combining these colors.

10/7/2010 - Added and Tried Six Days On the Road

Playing at the open mic at the Greenhouse I tried out my version of 6 days on the road. It was the first public performance and people liked it. But I noticed that almost everyone knew the song and sang along. Well I did a little research. The song was written by Carl Mongomery and Earl Green and made into a #2 country hit by Dave Dudley. It also reach 13 on the easy listening chart and 32 on the top 100. It was covered and made the country charts by three other performers. In 1974 by Johnny Rivers, in 198 by Steve Earle and in 1997 by Sawyer Brown. It was also recorded by 13 other artists.

10/14/2010 - Taping the Big Show for Citizens TV in Hampton, CT

This was a real retrospective. I played with Bobo Lavorgna in Connecticut as a Duo working at a place called Earl's Pub in Groton as well as participating in the band known as More Bulk. Bobo is an extraordinary bass player who plays a full stand up bass. He and another musical partner, Tommy Cosmo, do a monthly TV show called the Big Show and feature people from the New Haven music scene on their show. A special treat for me was being able to do a couple of songs for the show with Bobo. He also shared a tape he had saved from a show we did together many years ago. It was great to remember some of the things I used to do as well as to be reminded of some good songs that I could still include today. Thanks Bobo