Nov. 2011 E-Zine

ANDREW McKNIGHT E-ZINE
Another busy month of shows punctuated with some fun new programs and workshops I've been working on. This month's essay reflects on a curious intersection of thoughts about Steve Jobs, Thomas Edison and Doc Watson. And whether you've waited patiently, or less than so, we finally have a free download from the live recording for you - right here, right now. We're planning another vidcast in time for the Christmas holidays, most likely Tues. Dec. 13th, but watch the website for details. Oh yeah, the new website will be ready as soon as we stop doing all this other stuff and put the finishing touches on it. Whew! Hope you enjoy it, and as always, we'd love to hear from you here or on Facebook.

Concert details, latest news, much more at http://andrewmcknight.net
1. Upcoming Shows
2. New Workshops and Programs
3. Free Download - "Safe Home", from One Virginia Night
In My Ears: Chance McCoy "Rocky Road to Dublin"
Essay: "Jobs, Careers and Legacies"

Help a little or a lot by sharing a song or CD from the website via email or Facebook, hosting a house concert or something in between: http://andrewmcknight.net/help
Thanks most of all for reading this!
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1. UPCOMING SHOWS More details and links at website.
FR 11/4 * WNJR.org - AcousticSongs Live, 1pm
Hour-long performance and interview on 91.7FM, from the campus of Washington & Jefferson College (PA)

FR 11/4 * MORGANTOWN WV - Concert at UU Fellowship, 7:30pm
429 Warrick St. [ZIP 26505]

SA 11/5 * AVELLA PA - Weatherbury Farm B&B, 7:30pm
House concert at a working farm, 45 min. southwest of Pittsburgh; 1061 Sugar Run Road [ZIP 15312]

SU 11/6 * PITTSBURGH PA - "What Moves Us to Move?" Special Music Service, 10:30am
All are welcome. At Alleghany U.U. Church, 406 West North Ave. [ZIP 15212]

SU 11/6 * McMURRAY PA - "Performance Lab" Workshop, 1:30pm
"Connecting One to One: from "First Sight" to the Longterm Fan Relationship"; at David's Music House, 1011 Waterdam Plaza Drive (Peters Township) [ZIP 15317]

SU 11/6 * PITTSBURGH PA - Concert at Alleghany UU Church, 6pm
406 West North Ave. [ZIP 15212]

FR-SU 11/11-13 * NERFA CONFERENCE - Hudson Valley Resort (Kerhonkson NY)
Andrew will be showcasing and serving on a panel on audience building, more info & complete schedule at the website

SU 11/13 * HAMDEN CT - Outer Space, 7pm
At 295 Treadwell St. [ZIP 06514]

SA 11/19 * BLUEFIELD VA - "From Seeds to Songs" Workshop, 1pm
With Beyond Borders. At Bluefield College [ZIP 24605]

SA 11/19 * BLUEFIELD VA - Bluefield College, 7pm (with Beyond Borders)
Harman Chapel, 3000 College Drive [ZIP 24605]

ON THE HORIZON
SA 12/3 * PURCELLVILLE VA - Guitar Workshop, "The First Steps to Flying Fingers", 2pm at Shamrock Music Shoppe
SA 12/3 * PURCELLVILLE VA - Concert at 29 Vines, 7:30pm
SU 12/11 * RALEIGH NC - "The Inward Winter Dares to Bloom" Special Music Service, UU PEACE Fellowship
FR 12/16 * STRASBURG VA - Cristina's Cafe, 8pm

Do you see an open date when Andrew is within a reasonable drive of your area? We're always happy for help hosting a show, little or large - please email us with ideas, and check out the new suite of programs and workshops for libraries and schooles (see below). We keep the full confirmed tour calendar up to date on the website.

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2. NEW WORKSHOPS & PROGRAMS
Music is a wonderful medium for many things - learning, communicating, connecting, and of course directly interacting. Andrew has developed several new thematic programs and workshops on a variety of topics, suitable for schools, libraries, corporate and non-profit events, keynote presentations, and Sunday music services.

You'll see some of these activities on the tour itinerary above - in addition to a couple upcoming Special Music Services in Unitarian churches, there's a Performance Lab workshop near Pittsburgh to help inexperienced performers take command of the stage, a Panel discussion at the NERFA conference in New York on building venue audiences in the era of social media, and a workshop here near home to help intermediate guitar players learn to flatpick melodies to fiddle tunes.

So we now have a lot of options for folks who'd like to help us bring Andrew's music to your community. We can also design a day or up to a week of a variety of activities combining time in schools, and working with musicians, writers and local arts businesses as well as doing a concert. We'd love to see what might be possible in your neighborhood, so come take a look at http://andrewmcknight.net/programs

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3. FREE DOWNLOAD OF "SAFE HOME"
At long last, the One Virginia Night live CD and DVD from Andrew McKnight & Beyond Borders nears completion. The audio is finished, and the video in the final stages. And because you let us send you the E-Zine, you get the first finished teaser from the CD before anyone else. Download it here (use the email address you get this E-Zine at to avoid duplication):

http://andrewmcknight.bandcamp.com/track/safe-home-live-cd-preview

Always a crowd favorite at solo shows, "Safe Home" has also been a staple of the band's repertoire. Stephanie and Lisa add lovely and haunting harmonies, and Lisa's drums give the track a wonderful energy and a more roots-rock groove.

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"IN MY EARS"
My friend Chance McCoy has been touring the US and UK over the past year with his duo Old Sledge, but he's getting ready to embark on a new solo phase of his career, combining his fine and fancy oldtime fiddle playing along with some of his own compositions on fiddle, banjo and guitar. You may remember Chance's fine contributions as 1/4th of my Something Worth Standing For recording ensemble. Here is a video of Chance leading a quartet, onstage in London for the BBC along with Alison Williams on banjo, Danny Knicely on guitar (check out what he does at about 1:40 of this video :) and Aimee Curl on bass. hope you enjoy this version of  "Rocky Road to Dublin";
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O93CZ5crAVU

And for friends here near home in northern Virginia, Chance makes his solo concert debut at the Shenandoah Coffeehouse Series in Leesburg Sat. Nov. 12th.

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ANDREW'S ESSAY: "Jobs, Careers and Legacies"
Thoughts on genius, talent and history written the day after Apple founder Steve Jobs passed away.

"It is interesting and inspiring seeing the wave of posts, remembrances and editorials this morning about Steve Jobs. I am reading them on a device that was spawned from his imagination, connected to the world by a network that he had envisioned, and loaded with hundreds of tools that I use so routinely that I can't imagine how I would manage without them.

The most frequent comparison being made of course is with an American genius of a hundred years ago, Thomas Edison. I can't even condense Edison's legacy into a sentence or paragraph. . ."

[Read the rest at http://andrewmcknight.net/?q=node/924]

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