A friend of mine sent me a video link that brought back a series of thoughts about frequencies, music, and how the universe works. The idea is that everything in the universe down to the quantum level vibrates at certain frequencies that interact with each other. These interactions are very similar to the way musical frequencies interact with each other. When we hear a series of musical frequencies they make up the notes and chords that result in music, and by extension the interaction of the frequencies in the universe also make a kind of music also even though it’s not audible in most cases. In the spirit of this idea, everything interacts in a way that can be harmonious or disharmonious - in tune or out of tune. By thinking about this down to the tiniest level we can explore thoughts about how we get along with each other, how we comprehend our world, and how we seek the things each day that bring us pleasure and pain. All are a result of the interactions within us and without us and how we perceive them at all levels. Pretty heady stuff, and I only lightly touch on what I understand here. You can see the full video she sent me here - https://youtu.be/AfzjjcXIf9Y. What do you think?
What have I been up to?
Last week was a little easier on me than the previous week. Thursday was a wonderful group of folks at the Yellow Pine. Friday was a beautiful opening reception at the Blue Heron Gallery. Saturday was a fun party for a dear friend. Sunday was the first show for the Blue Sky scouts after they rafted. What a blast!
What's up this week?
Today and Wednesday I do shows for the Blue Sky scouts after their rafting trips. I won’t say much more about these other than it’s great to see folks heading to Philmont and share some memories and great songs.
Thursday is the barbecue at the Yellow Pine 6:30-8:30, and it just keeps getting better. The food is wonderful this year as always, and there have been some good friends and new friends already this year. Make reservations by Tuesday if you’d like to come so they know how much food to make - 719-742-3528.
Saturday 11-1 I’m playing in the park on Ryus in La Veta for Space Art in the Park. I really love playing in this park for the great folks of La Veta, and this should be a really fun time. Later that evening I’m headed to play with the La Veta band at good friends’ retirement party in Avondale.
Sunday I’m back with the La Veta band for Jelly Jam at Sammie’s in La Veta again. I think we’ll be playing 7-10, but we could flex either side of that since it’s the crazy 4th of July weekend. We’ll have a special guest form Nashville sitting in with us, so this will be extra special.
Whew! I’m going to be ready for a day off on the 4th. How about you? Come on out for some music if you’re in the area where I’m playing, and have a great Independence Day!
Best always,
Tom
Details this week:
Who: Tom Munch
What: playing & singing at the Barbeque
Where: Yellow Pine Guest Ranch, Cuchara. 719-742-3528
When: Thursday, June 30, 6:30-8:30 pm
Who: Tom Munch
What: playing and singing for Space Art in the Park
Where: Ryus Ave as you enter on the right - just cross the tracks in La Veta
When: Saturday, July 2, 11-1 pm
Who: Tom Munch playing with Jason White, George Galvan, Cass Cruz, Trudy Price, and Dennis Mills
What: Jelly Jam - playing music to dance to and enjoy
Where: Sammie's in La Veta - just northeast of the tracks on the highway into town
When: Friday, July 3, 7-10?
Monday, June 27, 2016
Monday, June 20, 2016
Sensations
I'm reminded at just how wonderful life is today by sensations I'm feeling. First, I found some new fingerpicks that simulate fingernails better than any I have tried before, and so I have stripped off the coatings on my right-hand nails and am trying these new picks all week. This gives my fingers a feeling I haven't felt in more than 20 years with flexibility in my fingertips and a lightness that is hard to describe. I was using my left hand where I didn't have the nail coatings for a lot of tasks that I couldn't perform with thick nails on my right hand. It's a small thing, but it's huge in my experience. We'll see if the picks make the grade. Second, I was walking this morning in very thin-soled "barefoot" shoes, and I was struck at how often I felt sticks and grass under my feet that I'm usually unaware of. It was like being a kid walking barefoot in grass or sand for the first time. It was a great sensation, and one I savored. I tend to be more aware of sensations than a lot of folks in my experience. It's a little joy I can treat myself to on an ordinary day. How about you? Hugh Prather wrote about sensation in books I must have read more than 30 years ago. I'm glad to remember today.
What have I been up to?
Last week surely kicked my patootie! I played Tuesday through Saturday nights as well as days, and I was exhausted by Sunday when I got the chance to catch up a bit.
Tuesday was great fun playing at the park in Florence. I had a good crowd on a beautiful evening. Thursday was the first night of the summer at the Yellow Pine, and I love the new owners, Lee and Joy, and what they've done with the place. Playing there always feels like home. Friday was a blast playing at the Jelly Jam with the La Veta band folks. We had a huge crowd. Saturday night was glorious celebrating Karen and Erics' marriage with the McGregors and friends. Congratulations, you two!
What am I up to this week?
Thursday is the Yellow Pine barbeque, and I'm really looking forward to it. I can't believe how much I've missed the place. The food is better than ever, and I think you'll love the improvements. Call 719-742-3528 for reservations.
Friday I'm playing the opening celebration for Blue Heron Gallery at 125 E. Main in Florence, CO. This looks like a very nice place. You may have seen the post I shared about this on Facebook.
Saturday I'm playing a private party for a good friend's graduation in Cañon City that I'm really looking forward to!
Sunday I start my season playing for the Scouts on their way to Philmont Scout Ranch after they raft at the Royal Gorge. This is a great chance to inspire and encourage, and I'm grateful for the opportunity to do so.
That's it for this week. There's a ton going on this summer, and I hope I run into you somewhere down the road.
Best always,
Tom
Details this week:
Who: Tom Munch
What: playing & singing at the Barbeque
Where: Yellow Pine Guest Ranch, Cuchara. 719-742-3528
When: Thursday, June 23, 6:30-8:30 pm
Who: Tom Munch
What: playing for the gallery opening
Where: Blue Heron Gallery at 125 E. Main, Florence, CO
When: Friday, June 24, 7-9 pm
What have I been up to?
Last week surely kicked my patootie! I played Tuesday through Saturday nights as well as days, and I was exhausted by Sunday when I got the chance to catch up a bit.
Tuesday was great fun playing at the park in Florence. I had a good crowd on a beautiful evening. Thursday was the first night of the summer at the Yellow Pine, and I love the new owners, Lee and Joy, and what they've done with the place. Playing there always feels like home. Friday was a blast playing at the Jelly Jam with the La Veta band folks. We had a huge crowd. Saturday night was glorious celebrating Karen and Erics' marriage with the McGregors and friends. Congratulations, you two!
What am I up to this week?
Thursday is the Yellow Pine barbeque, and I'm really looking forward to it. I can't believe how much I've missed the place. The food is better than ever, and I think you'll love the improvements. Call 719-742-3528 for reservations.
Friday I'm playing the opening celebration for Blue Heron Gallery at 125 E. Main in Florence, CO. This looks like a very nice place. You may have seen the post I shared about this on Facebook.
Saturday I'm playing a private party for a good friend's graduation in Cañon City that I'm really looking forward to!
Sunday I start my season playing for the Scouts on their way to Philmont Scout Ranch after they raft at the Royal Gorge. This is a great chance to inspire and encourage, and I'm grateful for the opportunity to do so.
That's it for this week. There's a ton going on this summer, and I hope I run into you somewhere down the road.
Best always,
Tom
Details this week:
Who: Tom Munch
What: playing & singing at the Barbeque
Where: Yellow Pine Guest Ranch, Cuchara. 719-742-3528
When: Thursday, June 23, 6:30-8:30 pm
Who: Tom Munch
What: playing for the gallery opening
Where: Blue Heron Gallery at 125 E. Main, Florence, CO
When: Friday, June 24, 7-9 pm
Monday, June 13, 2016
Humanity
I'm thinking today in the wake of pain over the weekend of what it means to be human and what the big picture is. I always draw back when I get too involved in my own world so I can see what the high-altitude view of the world is. In the end we all share this existence on a big blue ball in this universe. All of our struggles and individual ideas - how we express ourselves in this world - are an experiment in living and learning. Figuring out our individualism is part of the experiment. I think that diving so deeply into the experiment that we forget our connectedness is when we hurt ourselves and each other - at least that’s what makes sense to me today.
What have I been up to?
Song of Pueblo was very nice last Friday in Walsenburg. We had a small but appreciative crowd on a beautiful evening. The stories flowed.
What am I up to this week?
This is the first very busy summer week.
Tuesday. First of all, I told you the wrong date for the show at Pioneer Park in Florence. It will be Tuesday evening starting at 6:00 with an old-fashioned potluck with sandwiches, bring-your-own side dish, a lawn chair, a smile, and your friends (from the fun poster). I should start playing around 7:00. It sounds like a great time to me. It's sponsored by the Cowboy Church at Crossroads in Florence. You might remember I played a Christmas show for them last year. They are great folks, and this should be fun.
Thursday night at 6:30 I start the barbeque at the Yellow Pine in Cuchara. This is my 15th season at the Yellow Pine (with taking off last year), and I'm looking forward to the grand folks in the big barn on a starry night. This is such a fun gig. If you haven’t been, it’s a great Texas-Style barbeque with all the fixin’s, my music, and marshmallow roasting and s’mores at the campfire. It’s $25 for adults and $10 for kids 10 and under. Call 719-742-3528 for reservations. They sell out quickly.
Friday 7-10 I’m playing with the group from La Veta (that we put together for the music festival and then decided to play elsewhere) at Sammie’s in La Veta. Last time out we had a great time, and I expect this time to be the same. We call it the “Jelly Jam” for no jelly, just jam(ming). It’s free and a lot of fun.
Saturday I have a private wedding party in La Veta for some very good friends.
That’s it for this week. I hope I make it through. I love to play though, and I wouldn’t be caught doing anything else.
Best always,
Tom
Details:
Who: Tom Munch
What: playing for the pot luck and concert in the park
Where: Pioneer Park in Florence, CO
When: Tuesday, June 14, 6:00 potluck with music to follow after 7:00
Who: Tom Munch
What: playing & singing at the Barbeque
Where: Yellow Pine Guest Ranch, Cuchara. 719-742-3528
When: Thursday, June 15, 6:30-8:30 pm
Who: Tom Munch playing with Jason White, George Galvan, Cass Cruz, Trudy Price, and Dennis Mills
What: Jelly Jam - playing music to dance to and enjoy
Where: Sammie's in La Veta - just northeast of the tracks on the highway into town
When: Friday, June 16, 7-10
What have I been up to?
Song of Pueblo was very nice last Friday in Walsenburg. We had a small but appreciative crowd on a beautiful evening. The stories flowed.
What am I up to this week?
This is the first very busy summer week.
Tuesday. First of all, I told you the wrong date for the show at Pioneer Park in Florence. It will be Tuesday evening starting at 6:00 with an old-fashioned potluck with sandwiches, bring-your-own side dish, a lawn chair, a smile, and your friends (from the fun poster). I should start playing around 7:00. It sounds like a great time to me. It's sponsored by the Cowboy Church at Crossroads in Florence. You might remember I played a Christmas show for them last year. They are great folks, and this should be fun.
Thursday night at 6:30 I start the barbeque at the Yellow Pine in Cuchara. This is my 15th season at the Yellow Pine (with taking off last year), and I'm looking forward to the grand folks in the big barn on a starry night. This is such a fun gig. If you haven’t been, it’s a great Texas-Style barbeque with all the fixin’s, my music, and marshmallow roasting and s’mores at the campfire. It’s $25 for adults and $10 for kids 10 and under. Call 719-742-3528 for reservations. They sell out quickly.
Friday 7-10 I’m playing with the group from La Veta (that we put together for the music festival and then decided to play elsewhere) at Sammie’s in La Veta. Last time out we had a great time, and I expect this time to be the same. We call it the “Jelly Jam” for no jelly, just jam(ming). It’s free and a lot of fun.
Saturday I have a private wedding party in La Veta for some very good friends.
That’s it for this week. I hope I make it through. I love to play though, and I wouldn’t be caught doing anything else.
Best always,
Tom
Details:
Who: Tom Munch
What: playing for the pot luck and concert in the park
Where: Pioneer Park in Florence, CO
When: Tuesday, June 14, 6:00 potluck with music to follow after 7:00
Who: Tom Munch
What: playing & singing at the Barbeque
Where: Yellow Pine Guest Ranch, Cuchara. 719-742-3528
When: Thursday, June 15, 6:30-8:30 pm
Who: Tom Munch playing with Jason White, George Galvan, Cass Cruz, Trudy Price, and Dennis Mills
What: Jelly Jam - playing music to dance to and enjoy
Where: Sammie's in La Veta - just northeast of the tracks on the highway into town
When: Friday, June 16, 7-10
Monday, June 6, 2016
Ah, Summer!
The season is upon us again that always fills me with energy and awe. Summer has always represented such wonderful things to me - traveling, mountains, swimming, fresh produce, warm evenings, lots of music, and so much more. As I get older it wears me out just thinking of all the things to do in the summer, and yet there is an electricity in my bones as the season gets rolling that will carry me through. When I was young the summer always had endless hours of outdoors playing with friends and literally living in my swim trunks. As I got older it was hiking and mountains and the smell of a campfire and fresh pine. Then in my adulthood it was playing music at all hours and in every location imaginable. In midlife now it’s still playing music a “heckuvalot”, but there is also the quiet reflection of the beauty of a summer morning or the cool of a summer evening. The summer seems to fly by and be gone before I even know it has started. But still there is that energy that helps get me through the long hours of work, the weeding and digging, and the rush of the day. Drink it in, my friends, it’s summer!
What have I been up to?
The gig at the park in La Veta the weekend before last was a blast! It was the perfect start to summer for me, playing for a group of old and new friends on a perfect day in the park. I sang a bunch of Guy Clark songs to honor his memory, as well as a lot of other mountain and western songs and a bundle of my own tunes.
I’ve also been rehearsing with the band from La Veta that I play the Jelly Jam with. We have a gig next week and a couple over Independence Day weekend - more about those as they draw closer.
I’m also done with the big part of my mom’s estate. The sale from the moving of all her stuff will be in Pueblo on Santa Fe Ave this month. There is more info and pictures of some of the stuff here - https://www.estatesales.net/CO/Pueblo/81006/1171410.
What’s up this week?
This Friday I’m performing the Song of Pueblo oratorio at 7:00 with the SoP band in Walsenburg at the Washington Underground Theater. This should be a really fun evening in a really fine venue. If you’re in the area please come! This will be quite a special performance.
That’s it for now. Next week my calendar starts going crazy with summer gigs. Check it out at my website if you’re interested in planning where we might rendezvous over the summer.
Best,
Tom
Details this week:
Who: Tom Munch with Johnny Watson, David Enke, & Alan Polivka
What: playing, singing, & telling the history of Pueblo at the Song of Pueblo oratorio
Where: Washington Underground Theater (the old Washington School) 5th and Russell, Walsenburg
When: Friday, June 10, 7:00 pm
What have I been up to?
The gig at the park in La Veta the weekend before last was a blast! It was the perfect start to summer for me, playing for a group of old and new friends on a perfect day in the park. I sang a bunch of Guy Clark songs to honor his memory, as well as a lot of other mountain and western songs and a bundle of my own tunes.
I’ve also been rehearsing with the band from La Veta that I play the Jelly Jam with. We have a gig next week and a couple over Independence Day weekend - more about those as they draw closer.
I’m also done with the big part of my mom’s estate. The sale from the moving of all her stuff will be in Pueblo on Santa Fe Ave this month. There is more info and pictures of some of the stuff here - https://www.estatesales.net/CO/Pueblo/81006/1171410.
What’s up this week?
This Friday I’m performing the Song of Pueblo oratorio at 7:00 with the SoP band in Walsenburg at the Washington Underground Theater. This should be a really fun evening in a really fine venue. If you’re in the area please come! This will be quite a special performance.
That’s it for now. Next week my calendar starts going crazy with summer gigs. Check it out at my website if you’re interested in planning where we might rendezvous over the summer.
Best,
Tom
Details this week:
Who: Tom Munch with Johnny Watson, David Enke, & Alan Polivka
What: playing, singing, & telling the history of Pueblo at the Song of Pueblo oratorio
Where: Washington Underground Theater (the old Washington School) 5th and Russell, Walsenburg
When: Friday, June 10, 7:00 pm
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