Tin Can Fish Band plays "St James Infirmary"

2013 National Society of Washington Family Descedents at Rosewell Part 2...

Contra Dance Sat Nov 23rd "In Wildness" Performs

Yardbirds Bird Feeders, Baths, Feed, and many other items. (playlist)

Here's three videos I did for Yardbirds at Gayton Crossing in the West End of Richmond, check out the cool things they have there.  Yardbirds Bird Feeders, Baths, Feed, and many other items. (playlist)

Yardbirds General Tour- Bluebird Houses and Squirrel Proof Feeders

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Party For Paul Magill and Song In An Hour Nov 9th 4-8 PM

We've got some great music coming Saturday, Nov 9th at the Camel from 4 to 8 PM with Song in an Hour project, Tin Can Fish Band (featuring Steve Fisher, Doug Austin, Jack Taggart, and Keith McPhee), Norman Norman, Pam McCarthy, Wendy Pace, and the Neatles. The Camel is located at 1621 W. Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23220. It's one of the best venues in town to hear local music (thecamel.org 804-353-4901). A $3 donation is suggested. For those interested in our Song In An Hour project, we will be playing the first four songs that were created in the past year by teams of local musicians. To create each song, we had a tunesmith write the basics of a song in an hour or so using prepared lyrics, and then over time, perfect it with a singer. They will end up on our 2014 CD release of twelve new originals, featuring twelve different singers. We'll be running over the tunes a few times before Tin Can Fish Band takes the stage at 5 PM. The video cameras will be rolling, and international photography legend James Fortune will be shooting portraits of all the musicians on the show for the CD. You can meet the guy who was there shooting during the recording of the first Doors album, plus he was at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco when Led Zeppelin broke attendance records, and worked on various Paul McCartney shoots in Los Angeles. For more info, go to jamesfortunephotography.com The suggested donation is $3, and all funds go to help Paul Magill, who recently fractured his pelvis, cracked some ribs and bruised internal left side organs. Let's help those who give so much back to the community, Paul has filmed and posted over 1,000 videos with Rockitz on Facebook and YouTube, and many bands owe gigs & new fans from his volunteer efforts. Drop in and say hi. For more info, contact Brooke Saunders at 804-236-6869 or email brookesaunders@gmail.com

Song In An Hour CD Release Party

For Immediate Release

July 14, 2013

Song In An Hour CD Release Party

       On Nov. 9 from 4 to 8 PM at the Camel (1621 W. Broad St) in Richmond, VA, a local music compilation will be released called “Song In An Hour." The twelve new original tunes will be performed by several dozen top local musicians, and the creator Brooke Saunders explains.

       “I had been getting questions over the years about a fourth local music compilation, and I was interested, but only if we could do something different this time. Instead of getting finished tracks, I created a process to write brand new songs and record them mostly live. It will also be more rock and roll, compared to the acoustic Floating Folk Festival CDs.”

        The songs were written in the first half of the 2013, and instead of one person writing it all, each song was created by a team of three; a singer, tunesmith, and lyricist.

Lyrics are selected in advance, the tunesmith arrives and sees the words for the first time, and creates a new song in thirty to forty minutes. He or she is then joined by the singer, and they finish a demo of the song, to be perfected by the September recording date. In other cases, the lyricist, singer and the tunesmith collaborate on the song.

        All twelve songs will be recorded live in one day, with additional editing and accompaniment added in the weeks following. A limited run CD will be issued Nov 9th, with the tracks available online. The songs will generally be performed in the same order, in the manner of a concept album or musical. Shows are videotaped, with highlights to be posted later.

       Some of the people involved include Paul Magill Smith, Harry Gore, Wendy Pace, Tina Haney, Rolfe Trimble, Aric Mueller, Roger Koller, Jamil, Matt Manion, Pam McCarthy, Michael James, Margaret Fleischman, Manko Eponymous, Wiley Long, Greg Weatherford, Eileen Edmonds, Jessica Salamonsky, Norman Nortledorf, Steve Utt, Andrew Trongone, Steve Fisher, Chuck Kerwath, Elana O'Neill, Matt Manion, Tabb Justis, Chris Branch, Mark Szafranski, Paolo Franco, Cesca Waterfield, Greg Harrup, and Isaac Friend.

      For more information, contact Brooke Saunders at 804-277-9184 or email brookesaunders@gmail.com