Posts Tagged ‘Music’

In addition to some valuable learning about my songwriting and how to participate more effectively in songwriting contests, my SpinTunes experience led me to some general thoughts on how songwriting contests are — and could be — run.
SpinTown and the others most directly involved in running SpinTunes explicitly made an effort to design the contest [...]

My participation in the SpinTunes songwriting contest has come to an end. It was a valuable experience. I learned a lot and had many thoughts and insights along the way, and I met a bunch of great people, my fellow competitors in particular, a group with a lot of songwriting talent and an earnestly friendly [...]

At long last, finally, Potluck Creative Arts has a proper home on the web!
http://potluckcreativearts.com

Along with the site comes a number of new and unique music, arts and creativity services offered by Mark S. Meritt. Many involve opportunities for you to participate, collaborate and learn, some from anywhere in the world. Several are based on the [...]

Here’s me playing the song Xanadu on the piano, and starting with the second verse I start messing with the musical style a bunch.
According to the website for the Broadway musical, Xanadu means “to express oneself through the arts with abandon.” Well, this is how I Xanadu!
In the spirit of expressing oneself, if you like [...]

As I’ve begun to have a go at making a living as a musician and artist, I’ve thought at times about how difficult it seems for people who try this. So many struggling artists, starving artists, nobodies trying to become somebody, so little opportunity to make it into much more than a hobby, such [...]

The Jazz Singer - 25th Anniversary Edition
Written by Stephen H. Foreman and Herbert Baker; Based on the play by Samson Raphaelson; Based on the short story The Day of Atonement by Samson Raphaelson; Directed by Richard Fleischer

RED HOOK, New York, October 25, 2006 — Beginning November 9, Thursday is Singalong Night at the Red Hook Inn. Mark S. Meritt will perform songs on the keyboard, taking requests from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. every Thursday in the inn’s tap room. The weekly event promises to be a great way for a [...]

Thursday is Ladies Night at the Red Hook Inn, and Mark S. Meritt will be performing songs to listen, sing and dance to. Stop by between 7-10 p.m., 7460 South Broadway in the Village of Red Hook.
For more information on Mark S. Meritt and his artistic offerings, visit the Potluck Creative Arts website at http://potluckcreativearts.com.

Lisa Glick
Vocalist
Accompanied by Mark Meritt
Appearing This Summer
July 22 — 8:00 p.m.
Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center Poughkeepsie, NY — 845.486.4571
August 17 — 8:00 p.m.
The Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck Rhinebeck, NY — 845.876.3080
Join us for an evening of Jazz Standards, Broadway Favorites, some sizzle, some soul, and some surprises!

View the YouTube Video of Selections from the Performance
The [...]

Potluck Creative Arts is the name under which Mark S. Meritt does business to promote his artistic services and products. It began in July 2005 as Potluck Arts, a website within the Potluck domain, promoting Mark’s arts performances and educational efforts, including concerts, singalongs and music lessons. On September 5, 2006, Mark registered [...]