I’m helping the Lyric‘s production of Ain’t Misbehavin‘ for a few days. I can’t do the show for several reasons, not the least of which is that I’m not a large black man 
. Their show pianist isn’t available this week and BB is out of town, so I’m starting the first few music rehearsals this week.
Fun show, great cast, and really great music — gonna be a hot one! Definitely get your tix early for this one!
www.atlantalyric theatre.com
One of my favorite shows, my first real professional pit gig (at Fabulous Fox in Atlanta) with a touring Broadway company, and a helluva lot of fun to play.
A local high school is doing it — I played their Hairspray last summer for fun and would do this one again but the schedule doesn’t fit with my new work schedule. I’m trying to find someone who can come in and play keys for them; they need a pro with some skillz. Doesn’t seem like money is much of an object, so if interested or know anyone who might be, please let me know ASAP.
Schedule is below, and they’re very flexible and understanding:
January 19th – 3:30-6:30 JCHS room #291
January 26 & 27 – 4-7pm both days in the auditorium
January 29th – Dress R from 2-6pm (call at 1:30)
January 30-February 1 – Dress Rhsl from 5pm to ~9pm
February 2 – 3 Performance : AIDA call at 6:15 / Show at 7-10pm
February 4th Performance : AIDA Matinee at 2pm / Show at 8pm.
UPDATE: I found a cool little java patch and now IE renders my site correctly — huzzah!
Yeah, the two don’t play nice together. My page looks really weird in IE but it’s all there; the layout is completely hosed yet everything functions.
For now I’m not worrying too much about it — apparently this is an issue that everyone is having.
My page will remain in HTML5 because there is some audio and video embedding I want to use in lieu of Flash. It is best viewed in Firefox or pretty much any browser not called IE.
I discovered that my flash website isn’t viewable on about half of the world’s mobile devices, so I decided to go back to html.
The first attempt is up — still getting the details into the various pages but there is basic info, contact form, and links to other places. Photos, videos, bio, resume, and of course STUFF TO LISTEN TO are all still in progress. It’s very basic and not terribly cool at the moment, but it’s clean and functional. Also, it is apparently a great tradition among keyboardists to have crappy websites anyway…..
www.bj-brown.com
Eventually I’ll split out the index file so users can choose Flash or HTML; for now it’s just the basic version.
My niece asked me at Christmas to play this really cool piano piece she and my nephew found on YouTube.
We found the arrangement and I sightread it for her there. Now I’ve gotten back to my workshop and recorded it.
I LOVE this tune! Don’t really care much for the album version because I’m ancient, but I think this little arrangement is going into my repertoire book.
Feel free to download and keep. Here it is; hope you enjoy!
http://www.bj-brown.com/Coldplay Paradise.html
So I missed a whole year this time. That happens when you get too busy and don’t pay enough attention to the details. Also day job stuff took off and I got a promotion at year end plus saved 2 more shows and that takes a lot of time.
Part of the new year is a promise to myself to focus more on my own music. I love playing and helping out with the Lyric shows and other groups/friends, but this year I am dedicating myself to putting my own stuff forward first. There WILL be more frequent updates in terms of info as well as new music
Thanks for continuing to be a part of my musical wanderings; there will be some payoff soon, I promise.