The Tour Bus Music Show - Episode# 44 – Interview and Music With American Swindle

Welcome everyone to Episode# 44 pf the Tour Bus Music Show. I’m T. Michael Fairchild and I’ll be your host. It’s been a bit since our last show and it’s been time well spent. One of our biggest changes is that our former network, Audios Maximus, is now Thrive Media Network and you can find this show as well as many other great podcasts at our new website: ithrivehere.com. We’ve got a lot of great shows coming up this season with some extremely talented groups and artists. We’ll also be posting some video content of our summer adventures on our network site as well as on our main site at www.thetourbusmusicshow.com. Well first and foremost this show is about great music and today’s show is no exception. Today we are featuring American Swindle which is on powerful rock trio from the great state of Texas. I’ll be talking with lead vocalist and guitarist for the group, Joey Kilcommons, Mike Guidry laying down he bottom end on bass and Don Rosecrans on drums and vocals. I have to say that even though we experienced a few technical issues with our communications provider that night, the interview was a lot of fun talking to a group of guys that are as talented as they are down to earth. I had a great time interviewing them and am looking forward to seeing this group live as soon as the opportunity is available. Our interview ran just over 30 minutes and we’ll also feature four songs from their EP which is available along with a lot of other information about the band at: www.americanswindleband.com.

The songs we will be featuring in this episode are:

·        Goodbye Angel

·        Drifter

·        Where Did We Go Wrong

·        X’s For Eyes

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Florida in winter..no, no, no. Winter Florida, No that’s not it either. It’s Winter something or another and I know it has to do with Florida…Ahh, that’s it Project Winter which soon would come to be known as Project Future..

On our last episode of the WhimsiMagical Mousecast we left off with Walt Disney making the decision that Central Florida would become the home of his newest dream. But before the first children smiled, before the first ride was run, before the first of what would be millions of yards of dirt could be moved, before the 52 months of what would become in 1970 the largest private construction project in the United States and, of course before the very first Mickey Mouse Hat could be sold in the Magic Kingdom the land had to be acquired in a top secret manner befitting the CIA. Why all the secrecy, you may ask? Well, had anyone found out that it was Walt Disney and the Disney Company that was interested in buying land for what was to become, Walt Disney World the land prices would have skyrocketed so high, we would be trudging through swamps and watching cattle graze on the same land we now enjoy as “The Happiest Place on Earth”. There were secret trips researching the best place to build the City Of Tomorrow and The Magic Kingdom. Land deals taking place with multiple owners and companies such as Latin-American Development and Management Corporation, Reedy Creek Ranch, Inc., Bay Lake Properties, Ayefour Corporation and Tomahawk Properties, Inc. buying up massive quantities of land the acquisition of underground mineral rights, land successions, and many other legal challenges that had to be conquered to construct something, and believe me it wasn’t too long before the public and the local news organization were asking what?

In a situation that surely had Disney executives pacing the floor reporters were complicating things by speculating on who was behind the acquisitions of the options and what would ultimately come of them. To quell the rumors, at least temporarily, Paul Helliwell, a Miami Lawyer who was instrumental in ultimately helping the Disney Company in acquiring the land, was sent to speak with Billy Dial, an Orlando Banker and businessman on the growing potential of information being leaked. Dial, in turn, suggested that he speak with Martin Anderson, who was then publisher of the Orlando Sentinel. Fortunately for Disney, Mr. Anderson made a critical decision to meet with and tell his reporters and editors not to publish the true identity of the owners of the “dummy” corporations that had been acquiring all of the lad options even if the discovered it. This was the break Disney needed to finish several major purchases before the news came out.

Amazingly, by June of 1965 the Disney company, through it’s various “front or dummy” corporations had acquired the actual title or options to purchase twenty-seven thousand acres of land, that’s roughly forty-three square miles of land for a little more than five million dollars, in other words for an average of under two-hundred dollars per acre. Incredible!

Although some other parcels of land were purchased after the news was released that it was indeed the Disney Company that was purchasing the land, they as expected had to pay premium prices for the remaining land.

No with all of the cloak and dagger secrecy and manipulation of circumstances that were involved in actually obtaining the land, you would think that the hard part was over. But as everyone involved on the inside of the Disney Company knew since the beginning of this project, this was just the beginning of lots of planning, legislation to be created and adopted, hard work, millions of dollars in investment, sleepless nights and unforeseen challenges such as the loss of their visionary leader that had brought everyone to this point.

Yes, this was just the beginning and even though many of them had gone through the similar challenge of the creation of Disneyland, this was something new, something fresh and something that would come to change the future of what a theme park was considered to be…More than a destination, more than an experience, and more than just a resort.

Walt and Roy Disney and the other visionaries that followed them and worked with them had turned the Amusement Park industry on it’s ear in past years and set a standard that many other companies were still racing to catch up with and now just 10 years later they were at it again. This time creating something that the world had never seen. The future, here in the present, attractions that would astound generations of the young and young at heart. Creating a world where one could fully immerse themselves in a world of magic where anything was possible, where you could forget the cares of the outside world for at least a time, a  world that has never stopped growing, expanding, enchanting us with what imagination, ingenuity, and innovation can accomplish. 

In the summer of 1965, the world was wide open for Disney and as they looked forward towards the coming years in anticipation of the fruition of Walt’s dream, magic was indeed in the air and despite the challenges that everyone knew would come, Walt’s words reflected the mood of those who would come to create the most magical place on earth…It’s Kinda Fun To Do The Impossible!

 

 

Now with that we whish ourselves forward it time to the Modern Day World as we talk about what’s currently going on at Walt Disney World:

We’ve felt the cold of winter in January and February, experienced spring in all of it’s blooming splendor, and a spectacular summer. We have now arrived here in August with the last days of summer winding down. Children are returning to school and we are trying to squeeze in as many beach weekends as we can before the cooler winds of autumn and changing color of the leaves sweep in to our lives and bring us ever closer to the holiday season. But…Santa Claus isn’t coming to town quite yet and Jack Skellington is just starting to get ready for his yearly run…. That’s right October, and for that matter Halloween is right around the corner. It has always also been my favorite time of the year to visit Walt Disney World.

Now visiting the world while children are back in school can be a challenge, but if you are fortunate enough for your children to have a fall break in October (as we are here in Louisiana) and you can time it just right with the weekend previous to it, you can squeeze in a 4 to 5 day trip to the house of the mouse with your children missing very little or no school at all. Granted in takes planning, patience and persistence but it can also be a very rewarding time to visit in terms of lower attendance and crowds the earlier in the month that you can go. As far as it being “off season” well as any true Disney fan knows these days, there is no “off season”. There are just times that you may be able to navigate the parks with lower attendance that in the summer months or directly around holidays. That being said, October is still my favorite time to visit as it is a bit cooler in October and it still seems that things are not as “rushed” and move, at albeit, a little slower pace. It seems like you can take the time to enjoy a nice stroll, savor the view or just take in the atmosphere and environment in what I still consider a magical place. We also cannot forget for us foodies and kids at heart that it is also the time of year that you can enjoy my personal favorite the International Food and Wine Festival which is now in it’s 18th year with it’s Eat To The Beat Concert Series and Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween party during the same vacation. First things first, while I love the chance to sample cuisine and wines from around the world, I always relish the chance to not only watch my children enjoy Walt Disney World, but to only if for a time, be a kid again myself and what a better place to do it than to dress up in costume along with my family and enjoy the tricks and the treat of Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party.

Now it does require special tickets to attend this event and they are limited so you need to get them as soon as possible to ensure that they do not sell out on a night (or two) that you wish to attend. Now if you haven’t been to these special nights in years past you may question why you would want to pay for an additional ticket for each of your party to attend. Well much like Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party in late November and December, it gives you a chance to see the Magic Kingdom in a totally different light…literally!

Each night of the party the Magic Kingdom is lit up in a delightfully “ghoulish” way and decorated to match the festivities. As I said earlier not only should you dress up but one of little pleasures of the night is seeing all of the great costumes that other guests are wearing. Disney does offer trick or treat candy stations around the Magic Kingdom for the little ones but this does take a bit of time to do when taking in to account for the line waiting times. So you may want to consider bring some candy with you for the younger ones and if you have older children or traveling without kids, you can spend the time enjoying the rides, activities, shows and parades going on throughout the evening.

Time for a couple of tips –

·        On the night or nights that you will be attending MNSSHP, even though the party doesn’t officially start until 7:00PM you can arrive as early as 4:00PM to catch a couple of rides or enjoy something to eat until the festivities begin.

·        Bear in mind that the closer to Halloween night that the party starts seeing larger and larger crowds. If you can visit in the earlier part of October you will be able to take advantage of the lower attewndance levels to be able to see and do more while at the party. Typically  week nights/school nights are even slower nights (typically in my experience, Tuesdays are best in terms of lighter crowds) and on some of these nights you can just about walk onto some of your favorite rides (although at this time of year the Haunted Mansion does see normal to higher levels of riders so keep this in mind). 

There’s more fun than you can shake a pumpkin at going on during the evening everywhere you turn including a stage show featuring your favorite Disney villains in front of what becomes a ghoulish version of Cinderella Castle and here’s another tip…want to meet some of the villains, hang out for a bit after the show as they spread out into the crowd to mix & mingle and spread some mischievous fun. 

You can also enjoy Mickey’s “Boo-To-You” Halloween Parade but be careful not to lose your head as the Grandmaster of the parade is none other than the Headless Horseman. The parade is great fun and features all sorts of Disney characters in their own Halloween costumes… and of course, the grim grinning ghosts from the Haunted Mansion along with others will be stirring up lots of ghostly delights.

But if you want to attend the party, be sure to get your tickets in advance as your favorite night could sell out, especially the closer to Halloween that you visit.

For more information on Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party Ticket prices, schedules and activities check out our show notes page for this episode for the links or you can call Walt Disney World direct at 407-939-5277

We mentioned earlier that the Magic Kingdom would be decorated for the occasion, and it is over the top as all of Main Street and the rest of the Magic Kingdom takes on a Halloween makeover with special lighting, decorations and lots of little surprises around every turn.

What better way to end a special night than with a special fireworks show set to remixes of the Disney Villian’s theme songs. The Happy HalloWishes finale will have you remembering this happy nightmare for a long time to come.

Back at EPCOT as I mentioned earlier The International Food and Wine Festival always makes this my favorite time of the year to visit Walt Disney World. Don’t get me wrong, I love sampling the various international food booths scattered across World Showcase and the wine samplings are always enjoyable as long as I keep a watchful eye on just how many I sample. But there are lots of seminars & demonstrations and other things to do, see, smell and taste. Some of these are free while others may require an additional fee and/or reservations to attend.

Now this can be an expensive and time consuming proposition if you are determined to try everything while you are here. But for most of us who don’t have an unlimited budget, I have found that with a little advance planning you can research and decide what is a “must do” and what you can do without. Also you can use the envelope system to allot so much money per day to experience the great cuisine and activities that EPCOT has to offer during this time.

Now one of the great free things to do at night at EPCOT during this time is the Eat To The Beat Concert Series. Enjoy a bite to eat and a drink while watching some of the great music acts from the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s performing live at the America Gardens Theater right across from the American Adventure in World Showcase. For 2013 there are some great acts lined up and to give a quick run down of the acts that will be performing:

STARSHIP starring Mickey Thomas

Will be performing from September 27 to September 29, 2013 

The Go-Go’s*

From September 30 to October 1, 2013

Air Supply

From October 2 to October 4, 2013

Sister Hazel

From October 5 to October 6, 2013 

Sugar Ray

From October 7 to October 9, 2013 

Edwin McCain*

From October 10 to October 11, 2013 

The Manhattan Transfer*

From October 12 to October 13, 2013 

Wilson Phillips*

From October 14 to October 15, 2013

The Pointer Sisters

From October 16 to October 17, 2013 

Night Ranger

From October 18 to October 20, 2013 

Boyz II Men

From October 21 to October 23, 2013

Survivor

From October 24 to October 25, 2013 

38 Special

From October 26 to October 27, 2013

Smash Mouth

From October 28 to October 30, 2013 

Spin Doctors*

From October 31 to November 1, 2013 

Christopher Cross*

From November 2 to November 3, 2013 

Hanson

From November 4 to November 5, 2013 

Dennis DeYoung (original member of STYX)

From November 6 to November 8, 2013

 

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

From November 9 to November 11, 2013

 

Want to brush up on your culinary arts or become the wine afficiando in your group of friends? Well you’re in luck. The EPCOT International Food and Wine Festival also offers a variety of seminars and demonstrations that can take your skills to the next level. You can aquire the skill to prepare an amazing dish to ravish your friends eyes as well as their taste buds, spend some time learning about cheese from some of the foremost cheese merchants around the world and learn to mix one of a kind cocktails like a master mixologist for someone you really want to impress.

 

For some simply knowing what wine goes well with fish is enough, but if you really want to know about wine you can enroll in one of three courses offered over the course of the festival and be taught a little more about the art and skill that goes into great wine making by one of three expert instructors. But make no mistake, this is for those who are serious about wine. Discover the art of the grape.


Of all the things that there are to do at the Food and Wine Festival, what attracts me and many others to EPCOT at this time of the year is the food. Food of all types from all over the globe. With over 25 unique market places you can choose from ethnic and domestic dishes to satiate just about any palate and to quench any thirst you develop, there a variety of liquid refreshments in the way of native wine and/or beers at each marketplace available for adults over the age of 21; and of course drinks for the younger ones as well. Just be sure as we said earlier to budget accordingly as refresments and foods from the marketplaces do come at an additional cost and are not included with your addmission to EPCOT.

You know, visiting several countries in a day and sampling food and drink from multiple cultures can be tiring but save enough energy to finish out your day with the Illuminations: Reflections of Earth fireworks and multimedia display. Just be sure to get a good viewing spot early as all the best ones fill up fast. 

I hope you've enjoyed this episode of the WhimsiMagical Mousecast be sure to catch our next show where we will continue with part 3 of our 4 part series on EPCOT from what is was to be to what it is today. You can always listen to this podcast as well as our other shows at our website at ithrivehere.com and at thewhimsimagicalmousecast.com. If you like this show please consider subscribing so you don't miss a single episode and we also ask that you give us a positive rating on iTunes. Thank you for joining us on The WhimsiMagical Mousecast and never forget that the real magic happens when you pursue your dreams...Godspeed.

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It has been referred to as the “Home of American Music”, “America’s Musical Showpark” and promised “Great Shows, Great Rides and Great Times”. The park originally opened  with 120 acres of rides and attractions. It opened on June 30, 1972 and remained open until December 31, 1997. At the parks peak in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s the park enjoyed the attendance over 2 million guests annually. Welcome to Opryland USA.

Opryland USA, which was usually referred to as Opryland was born due to the popularity of its namesake The Grand Ole’ Opry and the move of the Opry from its long time location at the Ryman Auditorium to its current location at the Grand Ole Opry House. But before we tell the story of the park, we’ll tell the story of The Grand Ole Opry itself…

Stepping back it in time we go back to the Roarin’ 20’s, 1925 to be exact. The Grand Ole Opry started out as the WSM Barn Dance. What was WSM you may ask? WSM was an AM radio station owned by the National Life & Accident Insurance Company. The radio studio was housed on the fifth floor of their building in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. In October of 1925 the station began a program featuring “Dr. Humphrey Bate and his string quartet of old-time musicians”. A couple of weeks after the program aired WSM hired what would become their long-time program director and announcer George D. “Judge” Hay. Hay wasted no time, after coming on board he quickly recruited the seasoned 77 year old fiddler Uncle Jimmy Thompson and then on November 28, 1925 and re-launched the WSM Barn Dance, and although the phrase would not actually be mentioned on air for another 2 years, that date is credited for being the official birth date of The Grand Ole Opry.

During the 1930’s the popularity of the program led to many artists, who would later become country music legends, performing on the Opry as well as the length of the Saturday night show being extended to 4 hours. Being broadcast at that time at 50,000 watts, the show became a staple in homes in 30 states eventually becoming a national show when it was picked up by NBC Radio in 1939. All the time this was happening, the live audience of the show grew quickly leading the show to being moved from its original studio to larger and larger venues to accommodate the audience size. Eventually the audience grew to such a size that measures were taken to control attendance by charging a 25 cent admission charge. That, having little effect to dissuade attendance, led to the show being moved to the Ryman Auditorium. It was during the Ryman years that music legends such as Hank Williams (who was eventually banned in 1952 due to his alcohol problems), Patsy Cline, Roy Acuff, The Carter Family, Bill Monroe, Ernest Tubb, Kitty Wells, Minnie Pearl and many others came to be frequent performers on the Grand Ole Opry Stage.

The Opry’s growing attendance numbers due to its popularity along with deterioration issues with the Ryman Auditorium led to the decision to find a new home for the show. It was decided by WSM, Inc., the operator of the Opry that it would be relocated nine miles east of downtown Nashville, on a tract of land that was owned by a sausage manufacturer (Rudy’s Farm) in the Pennington Bend area of Nashville, it was also decided to build a theme park and hotel/convention center with the new Grand Ole Opry House becoming the crown jewel of the grand entertainment complex. Ironically, the theme park would open on June 30, 1972 prior to the Grand Ole Opry House debuting there on March 16, 1974.

The park would receive its original name from WSM disk jockey, Grant Turner’s early morning show, Opryland USA, with its own name honoring the stars of the Grand Ole Opry.

Although the Grand Ole Opry had always dedicated itself to mostly featuring traditional, conservative Country Music (with only a couple of exceptions); Opryland USA’s overall theme was more of a generalized blend of American Music consisting of bluegrass, gospel, jazz, pop and rock and roll with the theme carrying through not only to the rides but the shows as well. As a matter of fact the Rock N’ Roller Coaster was a opening day attraction.

WSM’s bet paid off in a big way as the entire complex proved extremely popular and spurred its first expansion in 1975. In a move that would fit right in with culture of the park the “State Fair” area was created featuring carnival games, the Wabash Cannonball roller coaster, the Tennessee Waltz swing ride and the Country Bumpkin Bumper Cars. As would become the norm because of the parks limited size, the park would have to remove an attraction in order to add a new one. In this case it was the park’s buffalo exhibit that would disappear in favor of the new attractions. But the Wabash Cannonball roller coaster would prove to be one of the favorite rides at the park until it’s closure 22 years later.

In a setback for the park for its 1975 season, not too long before the park was set to open the Cumberland River experienced a large flood that inundated most of the park with some areas submerged by up to 16 feet of water. Fortunately, the park was able to recover from the flood quickly with the opening day being delayed only for one month, but on a sadder note several of the animals from the petting zoo did not survive the ordeal.

Attendance continued to grow throughout the 1970’s and into the 1980’s partly due to the parks location and its ability to draw guests throughout Tennessee and several surrounding states being that there were no other comparable parks within a reasonable driving distance. Most other parks such as St. Louis’s Six Flags over Mid-America, Charlotte’s Carowinds, Atlanta’s Six Flags over Georgia and the northern King’s Island in Cincinnati were a 4 to 6 hour or more drive making them impractical for a day trip.

As park attendance grew and attractions grew, it ushered in the need for a hotel in order to keep guests onsite for more than a day. In 1977 the Opryland Hotel, a large resort hotel, was built next to the park. Then in 1979 the Roy Acuff Theater next door to the Grand Ole Opry House in the plaza area and was the primary venue for the theme parks premier musical events and productions. In a shrewd business move the theater was actually built outside the park’s perimeter and while because of this you did not need theme park tickets to attend events, productions held there usually did require separate tickets from park admission and in most cases drew day guest’s from the parks to the events as well as the general public, thereby increasing the park’s revenue.

In 1982, things changed for the Opryland complex in an abet, “Grand” way. The parent company of WSM, Inc., (National Life and Accident Insurance Company, later NLT Corporation) was absorbed by American General from Texas. Unlike it’s predecessor, who had benefitted from the advertising value and name recognition of owning and supporting the Grand Ole Opry, American General had no experience with or running an entertainment business and furthermore had no interest in running a theme park nor the broadcast business.

It almost immediately set about the task of finding a buyer for all of NLT’s former entertainment assets and approached some of the larger entertainment and hospitality corporations such as MCA, Anheuser-Busch and the Marriott Corporations about the possibility of selling them all as a “package” deal. While some potential buyers were interested in individual parts like the theme park, the hotel, or the Grand Ole Opry itself; no one company was interested in buying them all at once. After a time, American General began considering that the only way they would be able to divest themselves of these properties would be to split them up into different entities.

As fate would have it, just about that time Gaylord Broadcasting Company of Oklahoma City stepped in and bought nearly all of them lock, stock and barrel. The Opryland Complex, the WSM radios stations and it would have bought the WSM-TV station as well had they had not been at their limit of television stations that they were allowed to own by the government. After the purchase was complete, the name was changed to Gaylord Entertainments Company. In fact, Ed Gaylord, who was then heading the media empire was instrumental in Opryland’s acquisition. Mr. Gaylord, as it turned out was a huge fan of the Opry and spearheaded the effort to purchase it and keep it intact.

As an added bonus, the acquisition also included then fledgling WSM cable network, TNN (The Nashville Network) and its production division Opryland Productions. TNN has since gone on to become a television network dedicated entirely to Country Music. For a number of years TNN’s offices and production facilities continued to be located on-site in Opryland as well as one of its shows, Nashville Now (then later Music City Tonight) was filmed in the Gaslight Theater within the park itself and the park was often used as a backdrop for numerous concerts and performances of popular country music stars.

With Gaylord now owning and backing the park and the enthusiastic leader of the parent company as a fan, the future looked bright for Opryland USA…and for a while at least it would be, but the clouds were beginning to gather.

With the purchase of the park now behind them, 1982 would bring more expansion to the park but with growth would come more growing pains due to the limitations of space. Future expansion from this point would mean that for every new addition to the park, something would have to go.

In 1984, a third roller coaster arrived in the New Orleans area of the park. It was named “ The Screamin’ Delta Demon”. A second, yet more subtle park gate was also added adjacent to the parking lot as well for the 1984 season.

As the 1980’s pressed on, the park would face an issue that it never really had to deal with before…competition. As I had mentioned earlier the park had faired well during the 1970’s and early 1980’s because, while other attractions did exist in Tennessee and it’s surrounding states, there we’re no direct competitors that equal to Opryland USA using te same model. But that was about to change with the opening of kentucky Kingdom in Louisville, Kentucky and the former Silver Dollar City in Pigeon Forge, Tenessee rebranded and improved to become Dollywood, a partnership between the Herschend Brothers and singer, songwriter and actress Dolly Parton. Now with two other parks within driving distance and both competing for Opryland’s guest’s the park stepped up it’s game by committing to making annual changes to retain it’s local and out-of-town guests and adding major attractions such as the General Jackson Showboat (which still continues to operate to this day near Opry Mills), they also added new roller coasters and water rides until the end of the decade with the opening of the “Chaos” roller coaster. 

In 1992 the Chevy-Geo Celebrity Theater opened and for two seasons the performances here were included with the regular park admission. Then in 1994 and 1995 the park began up-charging guests for the concerts held in the theater. Then in a short-lived attempt to capitalize on the success and revenue of the Chevy-Geo Celebrity Theater, Opryland added two more venues; Theater By The Lake and The Roy Acuff Theater each, receiving renovations and expansions, and added them to the concert series and billing it as Nashville On Stage. However, it turned out to be “too much of a good thing by creating more supply than there was demand for the live entertainment” and due to the lackluster sales the multi-venue concert series was moved back to the Chevy-Geo Celebrity Theater serving as the single concert venue inside the park.

Many other things were promoted to bring visitors to the park such as the taping of several weeks of the popular Mark Goodson Game Show “Family Feud” featuring some of the biggest stars in country music at the time including, just to name a couple, the Mandrell’s and the Statler Brothers. Also in reference to TNN’s coverage of NASCAR and Opryland’s designation with NASCAR the annual “TNN Salute to Motorsports” would take place one weekend a year at the park starting in the early 1990’s and continuing until the parks final closing.

Large events were held in the late years of the park, for example the Grizzly River Rampage was used as a course for the NationsBank Whitewater Championships, which (in 1995 alone) served as a qualifier for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. After the events were completed, the course was drained and a temporary Halloween attraction—"Quarantine", tied into the storyline of the neighboring indoor roller coaster "Chaos"—was constructed in its bed and would run during the halloween season from1995 through 1997.

In 1995, in what would come to be the final large attraction would open at the park, The Hangman roller coaster was opened. Also starting in 1994, Gaylord began investing heavily in the rejuvenation of the downtown Nashville entertainment district. The company renovated an old and dilapidated Second Avenue building into what became the Wildhorse Saloon and was also behind the major rennovation and reopening of the Ryman Auditorium. With the investment made in the downtown entertainment district they began to offer a water taxi service between the downtown district and the theme park and solidified the connection between the two areas by renaming the theme park as Opryland Theme Park and using the existing name of Opryland USA as the figurehead name for all of Gaylord Entertainment’s Nashville properties.

Now with all of the investment going into the area and a new coaster for the park you would think that would signal good things for the future of the park but short-sighted planning and baseless decisions would soon signal the beginning of the end for Opryland theme park. For a moment, we’re going to step back in time to 1993. At the time the theme park had grown to 200 acres in size. Let’s put that in perspective. For those of us who are familiar with Disney’s theme parks let’s compare Opryland Theme Park’s 200 acres  to Walt Disney’s Magic Kindom Park coming in at approxamately 142 acres or Disney’s Hollywood Studios Theme Park at 154 acres. Granted EPCOT is over 100 acres larger at 300 acres but I think you get the picture. Opryland at the time was not a small theme park by any means and still needed room to grow. However, that was not to be. A project that would put the final nails in the preverbial coffin for the theme park was to be called “The Delta” and it would be started in 1993 and would open in 1996. The project was huge, in fact it was the largest construction project up to that point in Nashville’s history. It would add a massive new atrium, 1,000+ guest rooms and a new convention center to the Opryland hotel. It  would also come to occupy almost every single square foot of land that would have allowed the theme park to grow and evolve.

Coming back to late 1995, the Gaylord company management at the time had turned a scutinizing eye towards the theme park, and perhaps a bit of predjudice. Nashville’s climate while pleasant throughout the majority of the year, prrevented the park from operating during the winter except for a short run during the Christmas season. The park was also only able to open on weekends during the spring and fall. But the park was open daily during the summer season. According to reports, it was shown that attendance to the parks did somewhat plateau throughout the 1990’s. However, the actual number of visitors to the park made the park profitable, but obviously not profitqable enough for the executives running the company at the time. In 1997 Gaylord management decided that a move back towards it’s core hospitality business was in it’s best interest and in keeping with this directive, it was decided that the Opryland Theme Park property would no longer make a return on investment equal to what was desired for it’s properties and was unlike to do so in the future. Which in light of the consuption of property from the construction of The Delta, seemed to be a self –fufilling prophesy. Either way, one thing was clear, Opryland Theme Park’s journey was coming to an end.

In 1996, a third park gate was finally added near the "Chaos" roller coaster, which allowed pedestrian traffic between Opryland Hotel and Opryland Themepark for the first time in the parks history. Previously, hotel guests wishing to visit the amusement park would have to take a shuttle running back and forth between the hotel and the entrance of the park.

At the end of 1997 the "Christmas in the Park" season was promoted as "one last chance" for the residents of Nashville to see Opryland Theme Park, but guest arrived to find that only a very small portion of the park was open for the season, many of the larger attractions were already being dismantled. Then abruptly on December 31, 1997 the gates were locked and Opryland USA began to fade from reality into history.

As it so often happens in the wake of closing an amusement park, efforts were made to sell off the larger rides and attractions to other parks to recoup as much revenue as possible from the dying park and in some cases they succeeded in others, deals went bad leaving some dismantled rides to either sit in outdoor storage and deteriorate or being sold off for scrap… an end not befitting the memories, laughter and fun times that they had generated for so many years before.

The park site was cleared and paved over and relegated to serving as the parking lot for Opry Mills and the Grand Ole Opry House while construction of the mall took place on the site of the Theme Park’s parking lot.

Opry Mills opened in May of 2000. But for a time some vestiges of the park remained, as a few still do today for those who know where to look. A long, short concrete levee wall that once separated the State Fair, The New Orleans and the Riverside areas is still visible and from the McGavock Street entrance you can still see the remains of the embankment which once supported the rails for Opryland’s railroad.

The administration building that was located however briefly outside the gates of the park was moved near the Cumberland landing docks and serves as offices for the General Jackson and the Music City Queen riverboats.

Quite a bit of the Opry plaza area remains intact and for that matter open for business. The Roy Acuff Theater, The Grand Ole Opry Museum, and of course The Grand Ole Opry House herself have remained in regular use before, during, and after the demolition of the park. It should be noted as well that the Grand Ole Opry show also returns yearly for a limited seasonal run at it’s original home at the Ryman Auditorium.  The buildings that once housed Roy Acuff’s and Minnie Pearls Museum became administrative offices for WSM radio and as for the Gaslight Theater it is still the only building that is still standing from inside the gates of the them park and has been used for Gaylord’s annual ICE! exhibit for a time, as a rental facility for television production, and for various other events.

Though all of the rides had long since gone, the man-made channel for Grizzly River Rampage remained as a visible reminder of the park for fourteen years until Gaylord, in clearing the area for a new events center razed the course…and with that the last recognizable feature of Opryland Theme Park was gone.

While many people have called for the park to be rebuilt, it was not to be. The time of Opryland Park had pasted. For it is now, like so many other parks ever to remain destined to operate only in the memory of those who can’t forget the fun they had in Opryland, USA.

Thank you for joining us for this episode of Echoes Of Laughter. You can listen to this show as well as all of our other shows by visiting us at our website at: ithrivehere.com and of course at echoesoflaughter.com. Please remember that if you like our shows we ask that you subscribe to them and give us a positive rating on iTunes, after all that is how other people are able to find our shows as well.

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On this episode my co-host is my husband T.Mic! He’s heard throughout our other shows and this is his third time joining me on My Symphony Of Life. Let’s welcome him to the show! We’re going to discuss an article that we read on Positive family relationships linked to healthy marriages at http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/29041. This article caught our attention and on this episode we talk about our past, relationships with our parents and see how our past experience has prepared us for our relationship and our marriage. It’s a wonderful article that I do encourage you to read it. Based on my experience in the past, it is truly in my own symphony of life that we do at times carry what we’ve learned from our parent’s relationships to the current relationship. With that being said, relationships always have room for improvement to not only better ourselves as individuals but most importantly better our relationships. T.Mic and I will also continue this topic on the next show. T.Mic and I discuss our home remodeling that we have going on. We’re going to share what we’re doing to our house and please forgive us for the past pictures (floral wallpaper with floral carpet)…lol! =) We’re not only remodeling our house, we’re remodeling our lives both personal and in business. We thank you for being part of our journey.  We’d like to hear your response to the article and you can email us at feedback@audiosmaximus.com.

Please join me in welcoming our featured guest Shannon Cunningham LeBlanc . She’s a Photographer, Travel Consultant http://www.paradisevacationescapes.com, Leader and successful female Entrepreneur. Let’s welcome her to the show! I’m so excited that I had the opportunity to sit and chat with Shannon at my studio! Shannon came on the show to share with all of us about the Woman’s Global Network and the chapter she started here in Baton Rouge, LA. It’s such an exciting time for all of us and I do hope that you continue your growth both in your personal life and in your business (if you have one). 

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I’m Ana the host of My Symphony Of Life…. Welcome back! We’ve got a lot to catch up since our last post. First I’d like to start by saying Thank you from the bottom of my heart for taking the time to download, listen to our shows as well as voting for this show on iTunes. You are the reason why we do this! You are an integral part of our community and network. T.Mic and I were both sick for 3 weeks. We’re both doing a lot better! With the cold/congestion that we both had our voices were not up to par and the cold/congestion that had made us very tired so we rested ate light food and we’re both doing great!

You see during this time we’ve been sick we’ve come to the realization for this particular show from the new season six and the break down of the different topics each week that certain topics bring more interest to you than other topics.

We’d like to know if you’d like to hear more about crafting or diy projects. Know that based on the breakdown of the craft shows you do love this topic more than another topic. You see in my own symphony of life from when my nephews were at the age of two years old I’d come down to Louisiana to visit them during the summer. We’d do all types of craft projects, we’d sing songs, and go to the park. Throughout crafting my own symphony of life throughout my pre teen, teen, adulthood I’ve always incorporated crafts in my life whether it would be with my nephews, my bible study class in which I’d share a craft project with the bible study, crafting with kids I’ve babysat with to my own unique style of crafting techniques that I’ve learned along the way.

It’s in crafting my own symphony of life that crafting has brought me joy, it has brought me closer to my family members, friends, it has brought me closer to kids to teach at their levels and it has brought me great joy to continue to teach and reach people at this level. So, with that being said crafting and DIY projects will be every other week. I feel I reach people on different levels and bring out their inner creativity in perhaps they didn’t know it was there all this time and perhaps they did know it was there and need that extra creative tug. That is why I am here! That is why I am here to revamp my symphony of life. That is why I am able to reach all of you. It’s a new creative vision, it’s a new creative noble purpose to live it will passion in all that I do…… most importantly for you to live it with passion for you to be the conductor you were meant to be in your creative life.

I will also continue featuring guests such Entrepreneurs, Author’s, Life Coaches, Blogger’s, and Podcaster’s as well as empowering topics for your life in order for you as a person to grow. My featured guests that I have do share their own symphony of life on both personal and business levels that is great for you to grow as well on both personal and business levels (for those who do have businesses). I’m learning along with you by talking to them and having that interaction with them. This is why I’m able to reach you. It’s a new aspiration in life to better your self with knowledge, empowering yourself to better yourself as a person and business owner. It’s a mission to provide enrichment and education so that you can be the person you can be. Make the conscious effort starting today to be present for life’s moments. Making a decision that I’m going to make that step, I’m going to make a active choice to be who I know I can be. You are talented, its time to showcase them and it’s time for you to live this moment we have now with at true noble purpose today. If you’re unsure of your purpose, it’s my goal to help you with that based on our enrichment, empowering and education topics.

Now to our featured guest! My featured guest is Renae Christine of Rich Mom Business! She’s the founder and author of www.richmombusiness.com. She has a wonderful vlog at youtube.com/renaechristine. She’s worked out a formula to create successful business and share’s her passion while helping others. Join me in welcoming Renae Christine to My Symphony Of Life! 

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Florida…A great place to visit, but an even better place to ROCK! Florida is known almost everywhere as a world class tourist destination for its attractions, resorts, its bone chilling roller coasters and even a little park that has a mouse in its house. But the thing that this state has produced year after year is some of the best rock bands on the planet. Recently on the Tour Bus Music Show, we have featured several groups from Florida such as Badwolf and Familiar Sin and today’s show is no exception, hailing from Deerfield Beach Florida our featured group is Oblivious Signal.


Made up of four powerful musicians; Christina Feliciano, Nick Orisino, Greg Andrews and Jason Talley have together created a musical Juggernaut that is ripping through the rock music scene as a force to be reckoned with. In today’s episode we’ll dig in to an in depth interview with Christina, Jason and Nick as well as feature four songs from their catalog.


Push Me Away

Inflicted Shame

What Drowns Out The Screams

The Nameless

 

In the bands time together their have garnered a reputation for a group that takes no prisoners. Their performances are an electrifying experience of heavy riffs combined with powerfully delivered, edgy lyrics performed with enough energy to power whatever city they happen to be in for the night.

 

The group has performed notable shows alongside other great bands such as Ecotren (Jump Suit Aparatus’s drummer's side project), The Material, Circle II Circle and has even placed them alongside members of the veteran hard rock group Testament.

 

Their follow-up album to their 2010 release, Into The Night is projected to be released in May 2013 and will feature their single Push me Away which is, of course, featured on this episode of the show.  Be sure to keep an eye out for the group on tour in summer 2013 and be sure to catch the album as soon as it is released. 

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Hello I’m Ana the host of My Symphony Of Life. Welcome back to another show! I’d like to take the time to thank you for listening to my symphony of life and allowing me to be part of your journey. This show is all about me helping people like you conduct your own personal growth by providing enrichment, empowering and educational topics in which you can grow in order for you to create your hearts desire and live with passion inside out. All of our topics do just that! Do you have a topic, that you would like to hear more of, would you like me to share more of your favorite hobbies, do you know someone that I should talk to on this show?  If you have a topic, show idea or a guest I should talk to, please provide the feedback by emailing me at feedback@audiosmaximus.com. I do look forward to reading your comments as well as responding to them as well. !

On this episode we’re going to share 2 crafts for you. The first one is a frugal craft Jar Craft To De clutter & Organize Kitchen Drawers by Kathy Penney over at Sparkles and a Stove. Her website is www.sparklesandastove.com. She was first featured on episode 29 and I do encourage everyone to go back and listen to that show at www.audiosmaximus.com

Kathy Penney - One of my resolutions this year is to declutter my home and get organized.  The first room I am starting with is my kitchen because we use it every day. When my husband and I bought our house I thought how huge my kitchen was with all the cabinets and drawers (and it was compared to a little one bedroom apartment!) but 7 years and 2 kids later that kitchen seems a lot smaller! The drawers are stuffed  full of little gadgets, utensils, and odds and ends and it made finding what I was looking for seem like a prize in a scavenger hunt. I wanted an inexpensive storage solution to declutter and organize my kitchen drawers and came up with this easy inexpensive jar craft!

(If you need help staying on track with your own resolutions check out this free New Year’s resolution printable.)

To Get Your Craft On You Will Need:

Ball, Mason, or Empty Pasta or Jelly Jars (as many as you need to hold the items from your drawers)

Spray Paint (I used 2 colors for a variety and make sure the paint works on glass.) If you do not want to use spray paint you can use an all surface paint in a can with a brush or a glass paint such as the one by Coloration. All surface paints will adhere to the glass but can scratch so work best on decorative items such as the canisters.

Ribbon (Again I used 2 to coordinate with the colors of the jars.)

Embellishments (can be found at any craft store)

Decals, Stickers, or Paint Pen to put sentiment (Optional)

To Get Your Craft On:

First I spray painted the jars in a bright blue and green to match my kitchen colors. It took about three coats for the jars to no longer be transparent. A reader suggested using a primer so that may reduce the number of coats needed.

Once the jars were dry I measured the jar with the ribbon, cut it, and tied a ribbon around the neck of each jar. I used a green gingham to accent the blue jars and a green print with pinks, blues, and browns on the green jars.

Next I hot glued these blue and green flowers from The Paper Studio to dress them up even more. I put the big flowers on the large jars at the base and the smaller flowers on the side of the small jars.  There are flowers, jewels, or you could even do polka dots using a small sponge. There are infinite possibilities to personalize the jars. 

Finally I used my silhouette to cut out white vinyl letters saying “Choose To Be Happy”. I love the idea that for the most part our happiness is our own choice. I also thought the upbeat saying went well with the bright happy colors. If you want to do a message but don’t have a Silhouette, you can do stick on letters or even a paint pen.

One of the newly organized drawers looked like this. Wow it actually closes now!

And the jar craft that helped declutter and organize the drawers looked like this! The whole project was so easy (paint, tie a ribbon, and glue on some doo dads) and was less than $10. One of the best returns on crafting investment that I’ve had some far! I’m coming for you Declutter Resolution! By Kathy Penney at www.sparklesandastove.com

St.Patrick’s Day is March 17th.  With that being said, I’m going to share Homeade Stained Glass Heart Shaped St. Patrick’s Day Four Leaf Glover

Your going to need the following materials

Scissors

String you can use such as yarn, thread or ribbon will work

Construction paper green is the color your going to use

Wax Paper

Tissue Paper

Glue – I love using Arlene’s glue the best because it dries clear which is absolutely perfect for this craft project.

St.Patrick’s Day is March 17th.  With that being said, I’m going to share Homeade Stained Glass Heart Shaped St. Patrick’s Day Four Leaf Glover

Your going to need the following materials

Scissors

String you can use such as yarn, thread or ribbon will work

Construction paper green is the color your going to use

Wax Paper

Tissue Paper

Glue – I love using Arlene’s glue the best because it dries clear which is absolutely perfect for this craft project.

The first thing that you’re going to do is to cut 4 front hearts and 4 back hearts and their going to have to be the same size.

In order to achieve that you can cut two folded halves of the construction paper and cut and the same time.

Your going to cut large enough so that we can you can also cut in the inner core of the heart see picture below:

Again, you’re going to have to make 4 fronts and 4 back hearts. The purpose of this is to have a nice pretty side as well as a nice pretty back so that it’s not just the wax paper showing on the back.

You can also use a different color for the back to differentiate the front and back.

The second thing you’re going to do is cut a small heart and that small heart is going to go right in the middle of each of the four corners of the larger hearts.

The third thing that you’re going to do is tear up different color tissue paper in different shapes and sizes. However, if your going to be working with smaller kids, you might want to have larger pieces for them to handle. Another option is to have all four heart’s with different color tissue paper… it will make it less messy if working with smaller kids.

The fourth thing that you’re going to do is glue the tissue paper to the wax paper. You’ll be applying them together on the wax paper, do this step several times applying the tissue paper in different directions along with the glue. The more colorful… the better for this stained glass craft.

The fourth thing that you’re going to do is take the front heart and glue it to the shiny side of the wax paper. 

The sixth thing that you’re going to do is cut along the edge the remaining wax paper away from the heart. 

The seventh thing your going to do is take the back heart apply it with glue to the wax paper on the tissue paper side. You’re making it into a sandwich of the two hearts.

The eighth thing you’re going to do is put all four corners of the hearts together by overlapping the corner as well as applying the little heart you cut out directly in the middle by some glue to hold together.

The 9th thing you’re going to do is hole punch the top of a heart and string  the paper.

Now you you’ve completed the St. Patrick’s Day Stained Glass Heart craft.

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Some dishes are best served RAW and there’s nothing closer to raw than rock bands. The power, the message and the music has been delivering that message for a long time. With all of the changes and styles in today’s music, it’s good to see that the message that has always been the backbone of rock music is not lost on a younger generation of musicians. Being outspoken, loud, blunt and unforgiving is in the very essence of what makes up some of the best rock bands of all time and it is what gets the message across. Familiar Sin from the Orlando, Florida area is one of those bands. Not only do they play the music, but they live the life. Founded in 2009 the band has spread their own brand of whisky and women fueled original rock music around the nation.

I had a chance to catch up with them a few weeks back for a candid, if not “revealing”, interview with the band. In our time together they paint a real picture of life on the road as a rock band bringing the party and all the debauchery that comes with it. They also share 4 of their songs with us to serve as the anthem living life on your own terms and to remind us that being a little bad can feel so good.

Welcome Tour Bus Music Show listeners and Leather Ladies around the world, this is T. Mic, your host and this is episode# 42 where again we will be featuring Familiar Sin from Orlando, Florida. Before we get to the interview I just wanted to bring to up to date on what will be going on in the next few weeks here on the Tour Bus. We are currently working on bring you some great interviews this season and we invite you to join in the fun in you are going to be in Louisiana within driving distance of Baton Rouge and Lafayette, LA in mid-March. We be on location at The Varsity Theater in Baton Rouge, LA on March 15th shooting a video interview with Nonpoint that day and will be at their show that night filming and shooting photos at their show with Hinder. So join us at the Varsity Theater that night for a great show, we’d love to meet up with all of our Tour Bus Listeners there! The next day, March 16, we’ll be at The Station in Broussard, LA where we will be attending CrouchStock. This is a concert featuring bands from 10:30am to 10:00PM that will feature both local and national touring and recording artists such as Sevendust, Pop Evil, Trapt, Candlelight Red, CrackJaw, Digital Summer and many more. Then at 10:00 starts an after party in the club that’s not to be missed. Remember to get your tickets early because this event WILL sell out! We’ll be there doing video interviews with several bands including Sevendust and Candlight Red and will be bringing them to you in the coming weeks and of course we would love to meet you there as well!

We’ve got lots more coming as summer approaches and plenty of great music. So stay tuned to Tour Bus Music Show for more details coming soon!

Now a word from our sponsor and it’s off to the show!

Familiar Sin is:

CJ – Vocals

Chris – Lead Guitar

Caveman – Bass

Josh – Drums

You can find out more about Familiar Sin at: http://www.reverbnation.com/familiarsin and connect with them on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/familiarsin

Familiar Sin’s Bio:

When you think about rock and roll, does “Sin” not come to mind? Well, the Central Florida based four-piece Familiar Sin is always the first to bring both. Summer 2009 is when the Sin began and they haven’t looked back since. “The reason we started Familiar Sin is so we can Use Our Demons and Make Them Work for us”, says the front man CJ Orazi. Fueled by honey flavored whiskey, greasy rock and dirty women, they bring the party with them wherever they go, leaving a tattoo of their testimony. Familiar Sin IS getting down to the business of Jamming and Preaching the 
Gospel of celebrating good old fashioned “Sinning”. This band lives its name and plays from experience. Managed by Mind’s i Entertainment, look for big things in the future from Familiar Sin. And ask yourself, “Am I a Sinner”? See you at the next show.... Familiar Sin. 

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Born To Be Wild… More than a song, more than the theme of a culture, and more than a way of life. It brings visions of life on your own terms, a sense of freedom and adventure. It could also bring to mind the living embodiment of the song in the remarkably talented and lovely Miss Jasmine Cain. Born in the heart of the iron horse territory; Sturgis, South Dakota, her life is the story of how hard work combined with talent can lead to a successful and rewarding music career, all without a record label pulling her strings.  

Jasmine’s raspy, soulful voice and gypsy sprit weaves a spell that can enrapture the mind and entangle the heart as your listen to her singing stories that feel like they come from your own life. Combine that with her killing looks and disarming personality and you understand why after talking to her for five minutes you feel like you’ve known her your whole life. She’s friendly, down to earth and has a quick wit. But when she takes the stage in what is often more than crowds of 1000 to 5000 or more her stage presence burns hotter than the bright lights she performs under.

Welcome everyone to Episode# 41 of The Tour Bus Music Show. I’m your host T. Mic and it was my privilege to interview Jasmine Cain a few weeks back and I have to say it was one of my favorite interviews I have done in the over 40 shows of The Tour Bus Music Show. Normally our interviews can last from 20 to 30 minutes or so when I realized that towards the end of what was more of an interesting and enlightening conversation rather than interview, it astounded me that we had at that point been talking for almost an hour. It was a frank and honest conversation about her life, her experiences, the challenges of maneuvering successfully through the crazy business end of a music career, our mutual love of music, playing bass, singing and motorcycles.

One thing I learned about her in our conversation that behind her warm & charming personality is a brilliant songwriter and musician with a knack for drawing in support, endorsements and recognition of her talents. She is the current JPF Female Artist of the Year and Nashville’s Music City Mayhem two –time Female Rock Vocalist. She also hold a total of 8 JPF awards - the most awards ever to be awarded to any one artist from the JPF Association.

I just wanted to let you know about a few things going on here at the Audios Maximus Network and things happening in the coming weeks here on the Tour Bus Music Show. As we announced last week, we will be re-launching another music show of ours that has been on hiatus for some time. The On Stage Music Show will soon be back on the air with lots of great music and interviews with a number of very talented artists and groups from other music genres such as blues, lighter rock, jazz, acoustic and lots of other styles of music. The Onstage Music show will be back on the virtual air, as it is of the internet in mid-March and will be posted bi-weekly. We’ve got some great talent lined up and ready to bring to the world. You will be able to find out more after March 3rd by visiting us at www.amnpodcast.com/theonstagemusicshow. We will also be re-launching our Nue Muzik on the Double Planet show where for an hour per show, we will feature just the music from artists heard on The Tour Bus Music Show and The Onstage Music Show. Nue Muzik On The Double Planet will go live in Mid-April of this year.

We also have a big surprise for a new music show that we are currently working on that may launch as early as summer 2013. It is something that has had a tremendous popularity in the past and is still in high demand today. There are still lots of details and legality’s to work out before we can announce exactly what it is, but if we are successful in pulling it off, it will be worth the wait, so stay tuned here to The Tour Bus Music Show where we will be telling you more about this in the near future.  So it’s sufficient to say that we have a lot of great music shows coming in the near future and you will be able to subscribe to all of them soon, we’ll be letting you know how and where real soon.

Stay tuned to the end of the show and we’ll tell you about some great contests we will be having starting in March where you can win some cool prizes such as Autographed CD’s  from some of the groups that have been on The Tour Bus Music Show on past episodes.

You can find out more about Jasmine Cain by visiting her website or connecting with her online at:

www.jasminecain.com

www.facebook.com/jasminecainrocks

www. twitter.com/jasminecainrock

 

Jasmine Cain’s Bio 

With so many miles behind and so many miles left to travel, Sturgis, SD, native, Jasmine Cain, has paved a way for female rockers in the motorcycle culture.  Current JPF Female Artist of the Year and Nashville's Music City Mayhem two-time Female Rock Vocalist, she has set the standard and raised the bar. Living her life through her songs and gypsy spirit like a modern day Janis Joplin, she is a ghost on the road sitting next to you as you take your own musical journey. 

 

With three self-released albums ("The Inside" 2004, "Locks & Keys" 2008, "Highway Prophet" 2011) and a newly released music video for her title track single, "Highway Prophet," Jasmine Cain has sold over 20,000 albums, and gained 5,000 views in the first week of her music video alone. She holds 8 JPF awards--the most awards ever to be awarded to any one artist from the JPF Association. Her performances are stadium-quality rock shows to audiences of 1,000-5,000 on average.

 

Jasmine Cain encompasses what a true artist is meant to be, taking the reins as the songwriter, lead vocalist, and bassist for her band of rebel rockers. Her songs are emotional, raw, and timeless. Her voice is a mixture of strong, aggressive, soul-filled attitude, while allowing you to feel a slight vulnerability that takes you on an emotional, super-charged ride. You can hear your own life story in every raspy note. 

 

Her natural ability to capture and hold the attention of her audience has earned her several nationally known tours as the headliner for Easyriders Bike Show & Rodeo Tour for 3 consecutive years, main act for 7 years at the Full Throttle Saloon (which has now become a TruTV series), and the official touring band for Broken Spoke Saloons nationwide.  

 

"Jasmine Cain is an old school rocker in a modern day package! Her band is loaded with great players, great songs, explosive energy and a bass playing, drop dead gorgeous lead singer who writes, records and rocks the mic on award winningsingles and heavy weight albums at every turn. This gal is bursting at the seams of the indie world ready for the biggest stages around!" -Brian Austin Whitney, Founder Just Plain Folks Music Organization (JPF)

 

"Jasmine Cain is THE REAL DEAL! Few new artists come to mind who encompass the essence of rock n roll.  Jasmine 's songs are filled with emotion as well as detail, putting you in the driver's seat as she takes you on a musical ride of imagery and diversity.  With an unrepentant spirit, Jasmine Cain is ready for lift-off. Lucky for us, the lift-off is NOW!-Mac, 97.1 RQQ- Nashville's Rock Station, Music Director/Afternoon Radio Personality 

 

"In the twenty years that I have bee promoting events, the longest lines I have ever seen at a band's merch booth is at Jasmine Cain's booth.  They leave the audience wanting more and that's how I measure the success of a band" says John Green, Promoter for Easyrider Events.  

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Hello I’m Ana the host of My Symphony Of Life. Welcome back to another show! I’d like to take the time to thank you for listening to my symphony of life and allowing me to be part of your journey. Do you have a topic idea, would you like me to share more of your favorite hobbies, do you know someone that I should talk to on this show?  If you commented or thought of an answer for all three questions, please provide the feedback by emailing me at feedback@audiosmaximus.com. I do look forward to reading your comments as well as responding to them as well. With all of my past guests I’ve formed friendships and with that being said on this show my featured guest is Claire Mitchell of The Girl Means Business. The Girl Means Business was created to inform, inspire and to show that there is a better way to do things. Claire’s www.thegirlsmeanbusiness.com. For all of you who have a business, you’ll l enjoy this show because Claire is going to talk about “Why Your Business Needs A Vision”. I’m also going to talk about Pinterest and your business. Let’s get started creating your own symphony of life.

Pinterest is your business!!!!

For our network visit us at www.Pinterest.com/audiosmaximus and for My Symphony Of Life, visit me at http://www.Pinterest.com/mysymphonyoflife

To me Pinterest is all about the love of photo pinning and what I mean by that is it’s a photo sharing site in which you can create, categorize and collect all that does inspire you. Here's some information about Pinterest:

For your business, It’s important to make that first impression by creating one powerful profile and what I mean by that is you need to add a quality picture of your company, share a little bit about your business, the companies social media sites, and the website as well. Note that you have 200 characters to make a strong first impression. Let’s make every word count!

With Pinterest for your business it’s important to have strong visual “picture” content in order to make Pinterest a power house tool for your marketing endeavors.  Visual learners will love you for it! You maybe on other social media sites, which is great. However, with Pinterest you’ll be able to gain momentum with this wonderful versatile tool by perhaps run competitions, contests or sweepstakes. If you decide to run contest, make sure to define the goals for the contests, etc. Note, perhaps you can co-sponsor contests and cross promote.

You’ll be able to create your own custom service/product board, rearrange, delete, have a group board (where you can invite people/mastermind group) and if you put a picture in the wrong board you can simple edit it and put it in the correct board it’s supposed to be in.

Add a pin. I say Pin, Pin, Pin, by curating your pictures and organizing them in the boards that you’ve created.  Create content by always pinning! However, it’s important to pin strategically! As well as follow people strategically! With that being said, you can search key terms and follow those who do share the same interests. 

Freeze Frame! You can upload a pin a picture you’ve taken from the sales meeting and in turn you can share the pictures taken from the sales meeting on the board that you’ve created. You can also create a private board in which you can invite people to. When describing your post in order to get the most views you need to put hashtags in your post. This will allow users to search for keywords within the Pinterest community. For example #audiosmaximus, #podcast, #blog, and #crafts. If you have products or services that your looking to promote, you need to put the $. What that does is when your in the description and you notate $1.00 or the amount of the product or service it will categorize the item under gifts. When you have pictures you can put a watermark in which will define that it’s your picture and also put your website or business name on it as well.

It’s also a place where you can meet like minded individuals who share in the same interests that you do. It’s a place for great learning because if there’s a tutorial on social media tips, you can click on the picture and it will take you to a website in which you can go in depth of learning more on that particular topic. Comment on certain pins in order for more people to follow you. Also, if there’s a pin that you like you can like the pin and repin. You can also see who’s following another person and follow those followers.

It’s quite important that in order to use this great versatile tool you need to find out what your customers like, value and what they’d like to see more of. 

I’m going to share what I have on my Pinterest account and share how we have the Audios Maximus Network account setup. On our Audios Maximus account we’ve created boards based around the show names. All of the content for that particular podcast will be uploaded/added to the boards that I created.

For My Symphony Of Life I’ve created the first two rows dedicated to our business and then other boards that I value such as creative writing, poetry, art, beauty, shoe closet look in, Dress you up which is a group board in which I invite people to pin to.

Thank you for joining me for another episode of My Symphony Of Life

Until next time, be the conductor you were meant to be.

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Welcome to episode# 40 of The Tour Bus Music Show. What a ride it has been so far. We’ve had many interesting interviews from lots of great bands and artists both famous and those working towards fame and fortune. We’ve also shared hours of music from those bands, debuted new music on the show and have been able to get backstage access to events and shows that have been both memorable and exciting experiences that we will treasure throughout our lives…and through it all we’ve been able to share it all with you, our listeners.  As we have said on many occasions, without you - our loyal listeners, there would be no us! Furthermore, without all of the talented, hardworking musical acts that have shared their time, lives, and music with us…The Tour Bus Music Show would have never rolled out of the parking lot! That being said, I would like to offer my and the Audios Maximus Team’s most profound thanks and appreciation to each member of our listener nation!

On this week’s show we will be featuring Dilana who currently lives in Los Angeles, CA. Dilana originally hails from Johannesburg, South Africa. However she has also lived and performed from several cities including New Orleans, LA and Houston, TX just to name a couple.  Fans of the “Rockstar” series that was hosted on the CBS network during the mid-2000’s may recognize Dilana as one of the contestants on season 2 Rockstar Supernova. Some may argue that she truly should have and when considering votes did win the competition. However, when all was said and done she was recognized as runner-up on the show.

Dilana has been recognized as an award winning actress and singer having received awards for her lead role in Angel Camouflaged at the Action On Film International Film Festival (Best Actress) and for her soundtrack contributions, 9 songs, which earned her and award for Best Music at the American International Film Festival.

Dilana has performed with rock legends Tommy Lee and Mick Mars (Motley Crue), Dave Navarro (Jane’s Addiction, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Panic Channel), Gilby Clark (Guns N’ Roses). And has opened for Aerosmith, Beth Hart, The Doobie Bros., Lynyrd Skynyrd and many more famous artists and groups.

Dilana has a history of helping others and has worked with the Lili Claire Foundation,  the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation and she has served and has received an award from the Mayor  of the City Of Los Angeles for her roles as a spokesperson  for Safe Passage - a foundation for domestic violence. She has helped raise funds for hurricane relief for the victims of Hurricane Rita (2005) and Ike (2008) that struck the Louisiana-Texas Coast.

Known for her powerful voice, presence and talent she performed around the United States and the world on solo tours of her own. She has released several singles as well as her 2000 Album Wonderfool, her 2009 album InsideOut and is projected to release her newest album in Summer 2013.

You can find out more about Dilana on her website at www.dilanarocks.com and connect with her on Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dilana/112394238772047?fref=ts and on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/Dilanarox

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I'm Ana the host of My Symphony Of Life and welcome back! I’d like to take the time to thank you for listening to My Symphony Of Life. You are the reason why we do this! You are an integral part of our community and network. If there is a topic you’d like to hear more about or if you know someone who’d be perfect for me to talk to, please email me at feedback@audiosmaximus.com. If you missed episode 30, I encourage everyone to go back and listen to that show! Our last featured guest was Mary Kay Hoal. She’s very passionate in providing privacy and safety for children. She’s the founder and president of YourSphere Media Inc., publishers of the kids’ social network Yoursphere.com. Mary Kay is also the online safety expert who has created such an environment for children. It is the first of its kind online social network for children that focuses on fun, interaction, creativity and safety. I also encourage everyone to connect with her at all her social media sites to stay updated on what she has going on as well as information that she has for parent’s abroad. Remember to let her know that you heard her on My Symphony Of Life and let her know I sent you. Thank you!

Get ready! This duo has been featured guests here on My Symphony Of Life before. They really don’t need introductions…. This show is all about expressing your inner creativity! Let’s begin conducting your Symphony Of Life!

Mari McCarthy of Create Write Now will share journaling ideas as well as prompts. Her website is www.createwritenow.com.

Kenn Nesbitt is a children’s poet and author of When the Teacher Isn’t Looking. He’s going to show us how to write Haiku poem. His website is www.poetry4kids.com. Get ready to be inspired!

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 I'm Ana the host of My Symphony Of Life. If you missed episode 29, I encourage everyone to go back and listen to that show! Our last featured guest is a blogger, founder and author of sparkles and a stove Kathy Penney. I also encourage everyone to connect with her at all her social media sites to stay updated on what she has going on. Remember to let her know that you heard her on My Symphony Of Life and let her know I sent you. Thank you!

This show is about empowering and educating parent’s by providing resources about Social Networking for their children. With that being said, On this episode I have the pleasure of talking to Mary Kay Hoal. I’m so excited to talk to her it’s because as a mom myself, it’s good to have these resources available so that I can teach my children instead of all what they might find on social media sites. I can feel good knowing that there’s a website out there that I can refer my children to. Mary Kay is very passionate in providing privacy and safety for your children. She’s the founder and president of Yoursphere Media Inc., publishers of the kids’ social network Yoursphere.com. Mary Kay is also the online safety expert who has created such an environment for your child. It is the first of its kind online social network for children that focuses on fun, interaction, creativity and safety.

  • Mary Kay is going to discuss 5 ways you as parent’s can combat cyber bullying.
  • She’s going to share some resources that you as parent’s can use for you children.
  • Mary Kay is going to share her tips that she’s learned along the way in her entrepreneur adventures.

Get ready! This duo has been featured guests here on My Symphony Of Life before. They really don’t need introductions…. The next show is all about expressing your inner creativity!

Mari McCarthy of Create Write Now will share journaling ideas as well as prompts and Kenn Nesbitt is a children’s poet and author of When the TeacherIsn’t Looking. He’s going to show us how to write Haiku poems. Get ready to be inspired!

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Welcome back to The Tour Bus Music Show. It’s episode# 39 and on this show we will be featuring an interview and music with Farewell 2 Fear. Farewell 2 Fear is a 5 piece band that was launched in 2010.  With members hailing from several cities, the band is based in New Orleans, LA.  The band was signed to the Silent Majority Group (SMG) label in late 2012 and is currently putting the finishing touches on a new album currently slated to be released in Spring 2013. The group currently has shows scheduled across the south ranging from Louisiana to Florida with more to come in support of their new album in the summer of 2013.

F2F Is:

Mike Craig: Lead Vocals

Bob Bearden: Lead Guitar

Mojo: Guitar, Vocals

Jimmy Adams: Drummer

Jeremy Sevens: Bass

To date the group has released a single from their previosly released EP.The chart topping hit “Fire” from that EP is currently being played in heavy rotation on SiriusXM Octane. The group has also released another single, a rocking cover version of Rihanna’s hit song “Diamonds” which has landed as Texas’ Rock 108 #20 on their top 40.

As we think you will hear on this week’s episode, this band has a lot in store ahead for them and in our opinion from what we have seen so far, we think we are going to see great things for this group going forward.

You can find more information of Farewell 2 Fear at www.farewell2fear.com, http://www.reverbnation.com/farewelltofear and you can also connect with them on Facebook at www.facebook.com/farewell2fear as well as on their twitter account at www. twitter.com/farewell2fear. 


F2F Bio (From Their Website)

Farewell 2 Fear was born out of the huge black hole that mainstream rock radio left during the absence of super rock stars like Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains and Sound Garden.  Farewell 2 Fear revisits that era with big rock riffs, big choruses and big anthems for a new generation of mainstream rockers.  The band has members in New Orleans, Jacksonville and Lincoln.

Launched in 2010, Farewell 2 Fear was formed out of a passion for music with a message.  F2F music at the core is that of “empowerment” and endless possibilities.

The meaning behind the name: fear impedes all areas of our lives’, the day you say “Farewell 2 Fear” is the day you realize that you are free from any obstacle holding you back from living the life you were meant to live.  Couple that message in with talented vocals, awesome writing, killer guitars, bass and drums and you have F2F.

In late summer 2012 the band met former Creed, Sevendust and Paramore Manager, Jeff Hanson.  F2F was immediately singed to Hanson’s ADA promoted and distributed label, Silent Majority Group.  SMG is home to Tantric, Candlebox and Framing Hanley.  Under the A&R direction of Hanson the band co-wrote and produced the album New Blood with Brett Hestla (Dark New Day/Creed).

Farewell 2 Fear’s first single from the LP was exclusively released to SiriusXM’s Octane and debuted at number one on their playlist and landed at #8 on the listener generated “Big-Uns” countdown!  The band launched lyric videos on YouTube for “Fire” and a cover version of Rihanna’s “Diamonds” in January and generated over 50,000 views in the first 4 weeks.

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Welcome back to The Tour Bus Music Show. Its season 6 and episode 38 her eat the Audios Maximus Network. It’s been a busy time here at the studio as we have been working on changes and great new shows for this season.  We‘ve got lots interesting interviews with independent, national and international bands as well as new shows where we will talk with music industry experts on how independent bands can plan, market  and manage their music careers to help take their band and music to the next level. We’ll be reviewing albums, concerts and talking about music industry news that impacts both bands and their listeners.

On this episode we’ll be talking to Adriel and Joey with Badwolf from Orlando, FL. We’ll talk about everything from the band’s inception, some of their major accomplishments and what’s coming next for this hot group. We’ll also feature 4 of their music tracks and lots more.

Members: 

Randy Stephens, Adriel Garcia, Joey Parkes, Mike Stebe

Badwolf’s Bio:

Hailing from Orlando, FL, we are a new-rock band comprised of four extremely passionate and artistically fueled individuals.

Our music is the center piece of our worlds--our thoughts, efforts, hopes and dreams revolve around creating it and sharing it.

BADWOLF originated in May of 2011 when guitarist, Adriel Garcia (Atlanta, GA) and singer, Randy Stephens (Dallas, TX) relocated to Orlando after targeting central Florida as the launching site for the new-rock project. Thoughout the band's first months in Orlando, the two founding members succeeded in furnishing the BADWOLF project with a home studio and composing a catalogue of recordings. Poised for the band's highly anticipated debut album, BADWOLF acquired its third member and bassist, West Palm's own, Joey Parkes, towards the end of 2011. Shortly thereafter, the final and pivotal addition of South-Florida native, drummer, Mike Stebe, completed the band's line-up.

You can find out more about the group at:

www.reverbnation.com/officialbadwolf and www.facebook.com/officialbadwolf

Visit us at www.thetourbusmusicshow and www.amnpodcast.com to find out more about the band, check out their videos and our entire archive of shows featuring both independent and national acts! Be Sure To Catch The Show And Don’t Miss The Bus!

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I have the pleasure of talking to Kathy Penney. Kathy is the founder and author of Sparkles & A Stove. Kathy talks about her transition from corporate America to a SAHM. She provides tips for those who are currently exiting the workforce and those who are already SAHM.

All of us mom’s go through many things in our life from finding that special someone to having a relationship to getting married to having children to perhaps going through post partum depression. Here’s some effects on Post Partum Depression: Sluggishness, feelings of hopelessness/depression, confused, lack of interest in the baby, fear of harming the baby or oneself and mood swings. Many people go through the same thing! It’s important to know it’s ok to stop, reach out to others and get support. That’s what we’re here for, all of your family and friends. There maybe someone else you see as a mentor you can talk to. What can you do to perk yourself up? Begin each day by thanking God, Spend some time in reading your bible in order to receive a new refreshing, empowerment and his warmth. Go outside and get some air. The melatonin, a hormone produced only in the dark, does lower the body temp and makes you less sluggish. Stay busy by talking a walk, volunteer by helping the less fortunate, perhaps learn a new craft,  pamper yourself now and then, hang around people who are up beat, go meet new people by joining clubs and those who will give you moral support. Your depression can turn into joy! Happiness is a choice. No matter what news comes your way on a daily, monthly basis you can choose. Why not choose happiness. It takes more muscles around your mouth to have a frown than to smile. My guest, Kathy talks to us about her story and her encouragement for moms. She also shares a website for additional answers that you may be looking for.  http://www.postpartum.net/

Do you blog? I always asks my featured guests to share any tips that they may have gained while blogging. Kathy will share some of her blogging adventures.

Do you like trying new recipes? I do to! Kathy will share her Chipotle Recipe: Steak with Garlic Lime Butter.

Link to recipe:

http://sparklesandastove.com/sunday-dinner-07-29-12-grillin-via-pinterest-chipotle-steak-w-lime-butter/

Are you looking for Valentine’s day craft ideas? As an avid crafter myself, I love searching for new ways to decorate my home. Here’s another option to add to your creativity! Kathy will share a Valentine’s Day craft- Valentines Blocks.

Wooden Blocks: You can find these around your home if you or your hubby does any wood projects, at home improvement stores, or buy a big bag of various scraps for $5 at the craft store.

Paint: Either spray paint or craft paint will work.

Scrapbook paper in coordinating colors

Sandpaper

Mod Podge & Sponge

Hot glue & gun

Any embellishments you wish (These are optional)

Either vinyl letters or brush and stencil to paint your sentiment with

To get your craft on do this:

1. Paint the wooden blocks in your desired colors and let dry. Use as many blocks as you need for your sentiment

2. Make sure the wooden blocks are completely dry and use a bit of sand paper to give them a worn shabby chic or rustic look. Just enough sanding so that the wood shows through in some places.

3. Next cut your paper to fit your blocks. To cut the paper you can either use a Silhouette or a Cricut as I did, craft paper punches as I did with the photo collage I made, or you can trace the paper over the blocks  letters. You can make them exactly to fit the blocks or in a pretty shape.

4. Mod podge your paper to the wooden blocks. Be sure to smooth out any bubbles!

5. If you are using your Cricut or Silhouette for your letters then cut then now. If not, skip to next step.

6. Once the mod podge is dry, either set your vinyl letters or paint them onto the woooden blocks.

7. After your vinyl letters have set or the paint is dry, add any embellishments you want. I chose these rosettes from Spare Parts because they matched the Victorian feel of the mantle. Easy breezy, add a dab of hot glue and let dry.

Voila! You are done with this super cute Valentines Day craft! The whole project was around $7 so it was a huge cuteness bang for buck and fits right in with the store bought decorations.

  

Blogger, Sparkles And A Stove -www.sparklesandastove.com
www.facebook.com/sparklesandastove/
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Get ready! Our next show is episode 30 and we’re going to have Mary Kay Hoal (provide some information)

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Welcome to episode# 37 of The Tour Bus Music Show. On this episode we will be doing something a little different. We will be featuring the “rebirth” of a band that was very influential on me, T. Mic, years ago when I was just an aspiring musician. The band we will be featuring is a group of musicians that were known around the southern United States and the original line up of Lillian Axe. But this is not the Lillian Axe that released records worldwide, performing in music videos on MTV and toured extensively throughout the 80’s and nineties. This is also not the current ass-kicking group of musicians that are known as the Lillian Axe of today. No, this was the original, hard rocking, take no prisoners, metal in your face 4 man group of Johnny Vines (vocals), Steve Blaze (guitar), Michael Maxx (bass) and Danny King (drums). As a phoenix reborn from the ashes of yesterday the reformed group now known as Circle of Light has recorded and released its current CD “Rebirth”. The album is comprised of 11 tracks of the band’s music from the early days. What is ironic about the album is even though the music was written 25+ years ago it sounds as fresh and timeless as if it were written in the modern rock era. The album was released on August 28, 2012 on CME Records.

The interview that we did with the group was done right after the CD release party at The Howlin’ Wolf in New Orleans on August 11, 2012where they performed a scorching show to a packed house. We covered the performance there as well as having the privilege to see the group in its debut performance ironically opening for Lillian Axe at Fire in Jackson Mississippi a few months before. It was surreal to see a band that had not taken the stage together since the mid 1980’s come out not only sounding as good as they did back in the day, but even better with their audience singing along to every lyric even though they hadn’t heard these songs in over two decades…amazing. Both times we saw the group the completely obliterated the audience with their energy. pounding riffs, scorching solos, and a rhythm section that could give a fleet of pile drivers and jackhammers run for their money. Along with the interview we feature four cuts off of the album in a show that comes in at just over 40 minutes.

This has been a reunion a long time coming with fans waiting in the wings for it to happen. They played the anthems that rocked a generation of young southern fans in the eighties and all the while infecting the modern youth with nothing less than pure heavy metal made up of sweat, rock and 180 proof steel string poison.  Sufficient to say “The Boys Are Back In Town” and hopefully won’t be going away anytime soon!

Check Them Out At: http://www.reverbnation.com/circleoflight

You can purchase their new album: Circle Of Light – Rebirth through Amazon by clicking on the links below:

CD - Click Here To Buy The CD Version!

MP3 Album - Click Here To Buy The MP3 Version!

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Welcome back to another episode of The Tour Bus Music Show. On this episode we will be featuring Uncrowned. Based out of Atlanta, GA the band has faced down and beaten challenges in its 10+ years together that would have most bands running for the way out as we will discuss in the show. They have practically lived on the road touring their show through the United States many times over. The ethic that keeps them moving, Party hard and work even harder! The band's line up is:

Stephen Bazzell - Lead Vocals

Jack Andrad - Guitars/Vocals

Stuart Clark - Bass/Vocals

Scott Sellers - Drums

They have captured the attention of magazines, the press, terrestrial and satellite radio with their music being played in heavy rotation in several national markets. The band was featured in an 8 page article in Spin magazine. Uncrowned was the 14th most requested band overall on Sirius Octane for the first half of 2008 and was featured in an on-air interview with Octane that same year. They have had multiple tracks featured on MTV's Real World, Parental Control and other network shows. Their music has been featured in video games and in a rather extreme nod to their notoriety, they became only the second unsigned band in Hard Rock Cafe's history to have an instrument featured in their memorabilia collection, This is but a few of the accomplishments by a groups whose list of accolades continues to go on and on. In this episode Jack, the guitarist for the group and T. Mic discuss the history of the group, some more of their achievements, stories from the group's time together and some of the more extreme challenges the group has faced and persevered over. Please join us for the show by listening to the podcast! Check them out at www.uncrowned.com.

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I'm Ana of My Symphony Of Life and welcome to another show! We have three featured guests! Dianne De Las Casas, Claudette Chenevert and Mari McCarthy.

Here's some information about my guests:

Dianne De Las Casas, Touring internationally, author and award-winning Storyteller sizzles on stage with "traditional folklore gone fun!" Audiences don't just listen – they sing, clap, dance, chant, and roar with laughter. Dianne adapts traditional folklore, adding fun audience participation, song, and of course, humor. A dramatic storyteller, she does not stay still! Her website is www.storyconnection.net/. She's also going to share with us

Ma Farmer’s Sweet Potato Pie

Claudette Chenevert first appeared on Episode# 009. Claudette Chenevert of The Step Mom Coach. She's a Stepfamily Relationship Coach, helping women transition from Surviving to THRIVING one STEP at a time. Her website is http://www.stepmomcoach.com.

McCarthy founder and author of Create Write Now. She has an interactive website which provides great tips and ideas for all of us who journal. She's going to talk about “_________”. She's providing journaling prompts, tips and answers your questions! Visit her website is www.createwritenow.com.

Fall is in the air, around us, full of bountiful color, scents and sights of a new season and I welcome the new season and what it has in store for me. Let's begin the new season of life with an open mind, a positive outlook and refreshed renewal for what the new season may bring us. Thank you for allowing me to be part of your journey! It's with this new journey that we may form friendships! If you have a topic that you'd like to hear more about or you know someone that I should talk to here on My Symphony Of Life, let me know. Your comments are music to my ears and I do value what you have to say!

I hope that you enjoyed our last guests. Just a recap Kid Chef Eliana She shared her Pastalaya receipe. Her website is http://kidchefeliana.com/

Mari McCarthy founder and author of Create Write Now. She talked about Building Personal Power with Journaling. Her website http://www.createwritenow.com/

Shaun Hughley A believer in alternative healing and all thing natural, Shaun along with her daughter, London...started making her own bath and body products. Her website is http://bseen1.wix.com/diva-girlz-boutique!

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Welcome everyone around the world back to this episode of The Tour Bus Music Show. I’m T. Mic and I’ll be your host as we once again take this journey into the world of rock music. In this episode we’ll be sitting down for and interview and some great music with Digital Summer. Digital Summer (www.digitalsummer.net) hails from Phoenix, Arizona and has been a great example of what a band can accomplish when determination, passion and a plan can do to drive a band’s success in today’s music industry. Regular rotation of their music on major market terrestrial radio, and on Sirius Satellite Radio’s Octane 20, becoming one of the top drawing unsigned acts in the southwest and sharing the stage with major acts such as Alice In Chains, Godsmack, Deftones, Sevendust, Disturbed, Five Finger Death Punch and the list goes on. Add to that their unique way of balancing a successful music career and professional personal careers concurrently makes this band a unique and exceptional talent as well. The band has released four independent albums since 2007

·        Cause and Effect in 2007

·        Hollow in 2008

·        Counting The Hours in 2010

·        And their most recent  album Breaking Point in 2012

Their sound is edgy, modern and continues to draw a growing legion of fans everywhere they go. In this show we’ll delve into the history of the group, talk about the members and their passion for music that has brought them to where they are, their experiences, what is currently going on with the band and talk about what’s next for them in the group’s future. We’ll also feature tracks from their past four album releases.

Before we get to the interview I wanted to take a moment to acknowledge our growing nation of listeners. We have been watching closely as new listeners continue to find and subscribe to the Tour Bus Music Show. I wanted to share a warm welcome to all of you and thank you for tuning in. We would love to hear from you and what you think of the show and if you have suggestions on whom you would like to hear on the show. Let us know about your favorite bands and artists and a little about yourself, we would love to get to know you. You can leave your comments on our site at www.amnpodcast.com, www.thetourbusmusicshow.com or you can register on our new forum at www.audiosmaximus.com and talk to other Audios Maximus Nation listeners & viewers at www.audiosmaximus.com/forum.  Welcome to the nation!

Please listen to the podcast for our interview with Digital Summer!

You can also check out everything else that is going on at Audios Maximus.com and all of our other shows as well. Thanks again for listening! 

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I'm Ana of My Symphony Of Life and welcome back to another show.

For this show I have three guests! We have Kid Chef Eliana, Mari McCarthy and Shaun Hughley.

Here's some information about my guests:

Kid Chef Eliana grew up in a family of cooks. With grandparents from the Philippines, Cajun Louisiana, Cuba, and Honduras, the recipes in Eliana Cooks! reflect her international heritage and love of food from around the world. She also shares some family favorites. Her website is http://kidchefeliana.com/

Mari McCarthy founder and author of Create Write Now. She has an interactive website which provides great tips and ideas for all of us who journal.  Mari is going to talk about Building Personal Power with Journaling. She’s also going to provide journaling prompts as well. Her website http://www.createwritenow.com/

Shaun Hughley

A believer in alternative healing and all thing natural, Shaun along with her daughter, London...started making her own bath and body products when she became concerned about toxins used in many skin care products, especially those for children and babies. Her website is http://bseen1.wix.com/diva-girlz-boutique#!

A question that I get here at My Symphony Of Life…
What is Podcasting? Is it like a like a green pod with casting around it?
No, Wikipedia says it best! A podcast is a type of digital media consisting of an episodic series of audio, video, PDF, or ePub files subscribed to and downloaded through web syndication or streamed online to a computer or mobile device. The word is a neologism derived from “broadcast” and “pod” from the success of the iPod, as podcasts are often listened to on portable media players. href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcast”>

A little bit about us: Here at Global Stage Media aka Audios Maximus Network we’re a web-based media company producing a variety of audio and video shows ranging from music & entertainment shows to talk, news, interview and travel shows that was founded in June 2010. Our shows are released in pre-recorded format with live streaming shows coming in 2012. The name, while appearing to be scientific name (more informally it is also called a Latin name), actually is derived from the original idea of producing audio podcasts (thus “audios”) and in honor of our dear, departed English Springer Max (Maximus). Our vision, however, is to create on of the first full time 24/7 live streaming and downloadable webcast networks providing audio & video shows of all types and films, produced by a wide variety of content producers and independent filmmakers. Imagine, great content, real entertainment, on-demand, anywhere, anytime. In our minds, very cool. In yours, we hope you feel the same. Join The Nation!

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Pastalaya Serves 6-8

(pos-tuh-LIE-yah)

Ingredients

16 oz. boneless, skinless chicken breast, cubed

1 lb. andouille or smoked sausage, cut into 1/2-inch rounds

2 tbsp. butter

2 c. trinity

2 cloves garlic, minced

2 c.tomatoes, diced

1 c. chicken broth

2 tbsp. Creole seasoning

1 lb. linguine pasta, cooked according to package directions

2 stalks green onions, chopped

Salt to taste

Directions

1. In a large pot, brown chicken and sausage in butter. Remove from pot and set aside.

2. Add trinity to pot and sauté until softened.

3. Stir in garlic, tomatoes, chicken broth, and Creole seasoning.

4. Return meat to pot and bring to boil.

5. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer for about 15 minutes or until chicken is cooked through.

6. Add cooked pasta and green onions to pot. Combine thoroughly.

7. Add additional Creole seasoning and salt to taste.

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I'm Ana of My Symphony Of Life. Welcome back to another show! We have a packed show for you with 4 guests. On this show my featured guests are Claire Mitchell of The Girl Means Business, Mari McCarthy of Create Write Now, Libby Quintana, she holds the position of Publicity Chair of  Women's Council of Greater Baton Rouge, Carolee Laffoon and  Peggy Bueche are both a Heal Your Life Workshop Facilitators and Personal Life Coaches.


Claire Mitchell of The Girl Means Business is from Darlington, United Kingdom

The Girl Means Business was created to inform and inspire, to show that there is a better way to do things.  Claire has also developed a number of coaching programs and training workshops to help you be the best that you can be, and help you create an amazing business. Her website is  www.thegirlsmeanbusiness.com

 

Mari McCarthy founder and author of Create Write Now. She has an interactive website which provides great tips and ideas for all of us who journal.  Mari is going to talk about Building Personal Power with Journaling. She's also going to provide journaling prompts as well. Her website http://www.createwritenow.com/

 

Libby Quintana,  holds the position of Publicity Chair of  Women's Council of Greater Baton Rouge. We're going to learn more about the council, how to get involved with like minded individuals. They're having an exciting event! Women's Council Of Greater Baton Rouge Present's Women! WOMEN'S WEEK- a week long celebration. You can find them online at wcgbr.com.

 

Carolee Laffoon and Peggy Bueche are both Heal Your Life Workshop Facilitators and Personal Life Coaches based on the philosophy of Louise Hayes. Carolee's website is http://caroleelaffoon.com/ and Peggy's website is http://www.healyourbodymindandspirit.com/

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There's nothing more wonderful than sitting around a table with family and friends enjoying a good meal. It's the conversations around the table that is most remembered as well as the food. My featured guest is Peggy Sweeney-McDonald. She's the President of Superstar Events-LA. Peggy is also the Creator and Producer of the unique, theatrical, monologue event, "Meanwhile, Back At Cafe Du Monde..."  “Meanwhile, Back At Cafe Du Monde is a book as well with 67 personalities sharing recipes and stories. You can also connect with her online at www.meanwhileatcafedumonde.com and her Facebook Page http://www.facebook.com/MeanwhileBackatCafeDuMonde?ref=ts

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On this episode of The Tour Bus Music Show we take the bus across the Pacific to Japan where Anime rules as one of the most popular forms of video entertainment. Where there is Anime there is the music behind it. Enter Animetal USA. This group is comprised of four of the world’s top rock musicians.

Mike Vescera as METAL-RIDER - Vocals

Chris Impellitteri as SPEED KING - Guitar

Rudy Sarzo as STORM BRINGER – Bass Guitar

Jon Dette as TANK – Drums & Percussion

Animetal USA’s Debut self-titled album has already been gold-certified in Japan (since its October 12th 2011 release), and hitting the #1 spot on Amazon's Hard Rock Heavy Metal chart and #2 on Amazon's Anime chart in Japan (within the first 24 hours of the announcement of ANIMETAL USA).

The group has also since released its second album simply entitled “W” in summer of 2012.

In this interview T. Mic speaks with returning Tour Bus Music Show Guest, Rudy Sarzo about the story of the group and how it is making a name for itself not only in Japanese Anime culture but also is now developing a loyal following around the world. They will also discuss the challenges of creating this group and developing their look and technical sound.

We’ll feature two of the group’s tracks in this show: Mazinger Melody and Pegasus Fantasy.

You can find out more information of the group, their album releases and upcoming tour on their website at: www.animetalusa.com

We hope you enjoy the show!

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On this episode of the Tour Bus Music Show: Raw Rock Power is what powers this bus and let me tell you that after today’s show the tank is full and the bus is ready to roll. This T.Mic of The Tour Bus Music Show and our featured guest is no stranger to the Audios Maximus Network. We first interviewed him back on The Tour Bus Music Show – Episode# 7, he returned for the 2010 year end special. Heaven Below, is Fronted by Patrick Kennison on lead vocals & guitar, lead guitarist Jesse "Bawls" Billson, and rounded out by rhythm section John Younger on bass guitar & Aaron Rossi on drums, the band and their music has become a force to be reckoned with in the rock scene. Of course tonight’s featured guest is Patrick Kennison of Heaven Below!

Heaven Below has to its credit: Number 1 in sales at tradebit.com, top 10 on Amazon.com New Hard Rock Release Chart, Top 20 on Music Choice." These types of recognitions are typical of veteran rock bands, but Heaven Below has already taken home these honors in the short time this Los Angeles based unit has been together. "When Daylight Dies" took the radio airwaves by storm in 2010 with syndicated radio shows such as Hard Drive and The Rock 30 were spinning the Ben Moody (Evanescence) and has since been played on 50+ radio stations across the country. Press outlets such as Hard Rock Haven have hailed Heaven Below as "the next Guns N' Roses". The New York Examiner referred to their live performances as "unbridled balls to the wall ferocity". With the buzz and momentum of the band growing, the opportunity to tour and spread the word beyond radio and internet hype has been inevitable. The band has put 4 successful club tours under it's belt, sharing the stage with major artists such as Buckcherry & Avenged Sevenfold along the way. Since the release of their most recent album “Falling From Zero” the band has had some great opportunities that have presented themselves to bring their music to an even wider audience (more details on this coming soon) as well as pairing up to perform with great bands such as Queensryche , Steel Panther, Lynch Mob and many others.

Patrick shares with us on this episode what has been happening with the band, talks about the new album and some of the stories behind the music on their new album. Yes, Heaven below is going places and at a break-neck pace to be sure. They are also an exceptional rock act to see live. If they are coming anywhere near your town they are definitely a band to make the trip to see. In the meantime be sure to check out their album “ Falling From Zero” which is packed with some great tracks and a few surprises (but you will have to listen to the album to find them).  You can find out more information on Heaven Below at www.heavenbelow.com and remember you can also hear our previous interview with Patrick and Jesse on Episode# 7 of The Tour Bus Music Show at www.audiosmaximus.com & www.amnpodcast.com or at www.thetourbusmusicshow.com. You can also subscribe to and hear The Tour Bus Music Show at iTunes and on Stitcher Smart Radio at: www.stitcher.com/thetourbusmusicshow

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I'm Ana of My Symphony Of Life. Thank you for joining me on another show!

Today my featured guest is Kathy Pickus of Dot Girl Products www.dotgirlproducts.com. This was started by two sisters Kathy Pickus and Terri Goodwin. It is their goal at Dot Girl Products is that every girl has a positive first period experience and an empowered first step to womanhood.

Mari Mccarthy is an author and founder of Create Write Now. Her website is www.createwritenow.com. She's encouraging everyone to “Write On”. She's also going to provide journaling tips and prompts.

Sarah Parker is the author and founder of two blog's: The Fit Cookie is about her love of baking, her passion on  fitness and nutrition. That website is www.thefitcookie.com. Her other blog is Fit Betty is a blog dedicated to fitness, nutrition and workout fashion and the website is www.fitbetty.com. She's also going to share a Spicy Taco Bowl.

I'm going to share some wonderful resources for those who have tweens and teens. There are wonderful websites out there for those girls and boys in those age brackets.

Breast Health Guide for Girls.   http://www.takingcareofyourgirls.com

Girlshealth.gov was created to help girls (ages 10 to 16) learn about health, growing up, and issues they may face. The website also provides information to parents and educators to help them teach girls about healthy living.

New Moon is a place where girls connect & support each other while creating poetry, artwork, stories, videos, and more. All fully moderated and proven to build confidence and healthy online behavior. https://www.newmoon.com/

Girl Zone is a unique website for teen girls with tons of cool info everything a girl needs to know. Check us out at www.girlzone.com.

Best Bones Forever http://www.bestbonesforever.gov/

Take advantage of these free Best Bones Forever!® tools and resources:

•             List of foods with calcium and vitamin D.

•             Print recipes!

•             Download a bone-healthy grocery list.

•             Learn activities you can do as a family to help your daughter build strong bones.

 

My Plate Builds the Best Bones Forever!

The USDA announced a new, simpler way of looking at your daily diet—a plate. ChooseMyPlate.gov is a color-coded, kid-friendly way to ensure you’re getting the right amount of the right kinds of foods—including calcium!

 Bone-Building Foods  more ways to build your best bones forever, including great recipes with calcium and fun ideas to get active with your family this summer, check out www.bestbonesforever.gov/parents.

Teens Health covers hygene basics including topics such as oily hair, and body image

http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_body/#cat20449

Common Sense Media http://www.commonsensemedia.org/advice-for-parents/boys-and-body-image-tips

For those of you who live in the Baton Rouge, LA surrounding area they do have at Woman's hospital Body Basics for Girls and Boys

Learning how their bodies grow, what changes to expect during puberty, and how to take care of themselves are valuable lessons for preteens.

On Barkussions I'm also going to share a craft project no sew tied blanket for your dog. Tools: 2 different materials, ruler/measuring tape, and scissors.

Note: Your going to need material that is sturdy in strength to resist scratching and pawing from your dog. The material I'm using is a fleece material Your going to need one printed material and one solid color material.

Step one- measure your dog- you want the material fit your dog. However, make sure that you have six inches around the fabric for those pups who like to stretch! Bella loves to stretch out on her blankie.

Step two- cut all four corners 2 inches in length and 3 inches in width. Before you cut make sure the edges line up so that you get a clean cut with the top and bottom layer. When you cut all four corners your material is going to look like a cross.

Step three- Cut the rest of the material remember to make sure that all four edges line up for a clean cut with the top and bottom layer. Your going to cut 1 1/2 inches in length and then cut about an inch and half between the cuts.

Step four-Tie all the edges together in a double knot.

Step five-Take a picture of your dog and the new blanket you made for him or her. Check out Bella's pictures below:

Spicy Taco Bowl with Black Rice                                

Recipe type: Entree

Serves: 4-6

Gluten-free; Free of: nuts, soy, dairy, eggs, corn,

Ingredients

•             1 cup black rice

•             2 cups water

•             1 teaspoon olive oil

•             1 medium onion, diced

•             1 large bell pepper, diced

•             2 cloves garlic, crushed

•             1-1/4 pound (20 ounces) extra lean (96-97% lean) ground turkey or beef

•             1-1/2 tablespoons cumin

•             2 teaspoons chili powder

•             1 teaspoon onion powder

•             1 teaspoon garlic powder

•             1-2 teaspoons hot sauce

•             1 teaspoon Cajun seasoning

•             1/2-1 teaspoon powdered chipotle chili

•             Toppings: Tomato, Avocado, Cilantro, Black beans

Instructions

1.            In a small saucepan, heat 2 cups water. Once the water is boiling, stir in 1 cup black rice and bring back to a simmer. Reduce heat, cover, and cook for 40 minutes.

2.            While the rice is cooking, heat the oil in a large non-stick skillet and saute the diced onion and pepper, and the garlic.

3.            When the onions and peppers are slightly soft, add the ground turkey (or beef) to the skillet and break up as you cook.

4.            While the turkey is cooking, add in the seasonings and stir to mix well. You can add more or less of the spices/seasonings depending on your taste.

5.            When the black rice has finished cooking, fluff with a fork and set aside.

6.            To assemble the taco bowl: place 1/2 cup rice in a bowl, top with 1/2-3/4 cup taco meat, then add avocado, tomato, ad cilantro on top. Enjoy!

Notes

For grain-free: use black beans instead of rice For paleo: use veggies instead of rice

Recipe by The Fit Cookie at http://thefitcookie.com/2012/08/19/spicy-taco-bowl-with-black-rice/

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My featured guests for this eposode are:

Sarah Parker is the author and founder of two blog's: The Fit Cookie is about her love of baking, her passion on fitness and nutrition. That website is www.thefitcookie.com. Her other blog is Fit Betty is a blog dedicated to fitness, nutrition and workout fashion and the website is www.fitbetty.com. She's also going to share a No-Bake Coconut Macaroons recipe with us!

Karen Duggan of Playful Planet. Playful Planet is encouraging family time and connecting kids with nature; with the end goal of ensuring that our kids inherit a healthy planet. Playful Planet the multi-award-winning program Storyland Yoga: Interactive Family Fun. The website for Playful Planet is www.PlayfulPlanet.com.

Mari McCarthy founder and author of Create Write Now. She has an interactive website which provides great tips and ideas for all of us who journal. She's going to talk about “Reasons Why We Can't Journal”. For journaling prompts and tips visit her website is www.createwritenow.com.

Product Reviews that I use myself and I'll go into detail about them later in the show. The products I'm going to talk about is Whole Foods 365 Daily Facial Cleanser, Spring Valley Vitamin E and Garnier Fructis Style Curl Shaping Spray Gel, and my last product was given to me for review- Juice Beauty Green Apple Peel Sensitive.

Step N 2 Mom

Ana's two week talk in regard to the step kids and other parent's having businesses.

The Fit Cookie with Sarah Parker featured recipe:

No-Bake Coconut Macaroons

Paleo, Allergy-friendly, gluten-free, vegetarian, quick and easy

Makes 12-15

1 cup unsweetened coconut, finely shredded

3-4 tablespoons coconut cream*

2 Tablespoons raw, unfiltered honey*

1 teaspoon vanilla

1/4 cup mini chocolate chips (optional)

 

  1. In a medium sized bowl, mix by hand the coconut, coconut cream, honey, vanilla, and chocolate chips (if using).

  2. Mix together until well blended.

  3. Pinch off some of the "dough" and roll into 1-inch balls. The dough will still be soft at this point.

  4. Place on a lined cookie sheet and chill until firm.

  5. Enjoy!

 

*For coconut cream, chill an unopened and unshaken can of full-fat coconut milk in the fridge. After a couple hours, the thick coconut cream should have separated from the liquid and solidified on the top of the can. Open the can and scoop out the cream off the top.

 

* If your honey is not thick, use a little less coconut cream

 

*If you want more coconut flavor, you can add 1/4 teaspoon coconut extract as well. You could even try other flavor extracts, such as almond or orange.

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Blues… It’s roots go back to the Mississippi Delta. It has told the stories of heartache as well as life’s pleasure and pain. It’s notes forged from the soul. It’s music has been grinded out of beat up acoustic guitars on front porches on hot southern nights and burned out of electric guitars, piano’s and blues harps in dark juke joints from St. Louis To Chicago. But on today’s show we’re goin’ to Baton Rouge, LA to sit down and talk to a modern bluesman who won Guitar Center's 2011 "King Of The Blues" competition, Jonathon "Boogie" Long. In an interview that runs almost one hour we'll dig into Boogie's story of how his life has been shaped by the blues and has recently come to be one of the hottest young blues players in the South. We'll also feature 3 cut's off of his soon to be released, self-titled album, Jonathon "Boogie" Long and The Blues Revolution.

The tracks we will be featuring are:

Blues Revolution

Bad Karma

Bad Day

The interview was recorded in early summer of 2012 shortly after the Baton Rouge Blues Festival. 

We welcome you to join us for an interesting interview with a very dedicated and talented guitarist & vocalist and some great blues music.

You can find out more about Jonathon "Boogie" Long at: http://jonathonboogielong.com/

Some great upcoming dates to catch Boogie performing at are:

Live After 5  - Downtown Baton Rouge - 9/21/2012

Homegrown Harvest Music and Arts Festival - New Orleans - 9/23/2012 5:15pm

Knuckleheads - Kansas City, Missouri - 9/28/2012

Jammin in JC Blues Fest - Junction City, Kansas - 9/29/2012

Sunday in the Park - Downtown Baton Rouge 11/4/2012

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Please join me in welcoming my featured guests! My featured guests are no strangers to Audios Maximus Network:

  • Emily Gamez is going to discus the “must-have” products to have for going back to school.

  • Mari McCarthy founder and author of Create Write Now is going to talk about what Journaling really is, a Journaling Practice and how to get started and that applies to newbies and experienced journal writers then end with 3 of Mari's most musefull journaling tips. Her website is www.createwritenow.com

  • Dr. Nick of Resetting The Default goes through Bullying. His website is www.nickabraham.net .

I'm going to discuss having back to school routine for your kids (Clothes, School Supplies, Morning Routine, Homework, Family Calender, and Bed Time). My website is www.mysymphonyoflife.com. Hear me on Stitcher Smart Radio at: www,stitcher.com/mysymphonyoflife. You can also help support My Symphony Of Life by visiting our sponsor at: www.audible.com/mysymphonyoflife and getting a free 30 day trial and a free audiobook as well. Thank you for listening!

Ana

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For over two decades now it has at times not so quietly slumbered. The old, faded buildings now standing in silent vigil as if remembering a time when their colors were bright & fresh; when were surrounded in laughter and the smiling faces of adults and children alike. The grass grows tall here and the structures that remain are entangled with a variety of plants that now call them home. A place where the sounds of a merry go round, trains and other rides are replaced by the sounds of crickets at dusk, rain drops falling to the ground from tattered roofs and the occasional sounds of frogs & other creatures that now call the park home, But that my friends is not where the story begins or ends. No, this story starts with a man named Alfred G. Caplin...

 

Al Capp

He was born September 28, 1909 in New Haven, Connecticut of Russian Jewish heritage, Al Capp, as he came to be known, was the eldest child of Latvian immigrants Otto Philip and Matilda (Davidson) Caplin whose families had migrated to New Haven in the 1880s. At the young age of nine, Al lost his left leg in a trolley accident. Although shaken by the loss of his leg, Al refused to let the accident stop him and continuously acknowledged the disability the rest of his life, although usually in a humorous way. At  23, Al had moved to New York and became what was possibly the youngest syndicated cartoonist up until that time.

 

On August 13, 1934 Al Capp launched what was to be by far his most well known creation, the comic strip Li'l Abner with eight newspapers and became an instant success. Amongst the contributions of the strip was the now traditional Sadie Hawkins Dances at schools and colleges across the nation, that are based off the strips Sadie Hawkins race where the girls chase the guys! While on the surface the strip was funny and amusing, it was Capp's underlying satiric messages on society, parodies of the corporate giants of the day, celebrities and fellow cartoonists that gave the strip its long lived popularity. Another popular creation of Capp’s was the creatures known as the shmoos. (By the way, if you are unaware of what a shmoo is, you probably aren’t alone as the real meaning of what a shmoo represents in the strip is still being debated to this day.) Superficially, the shmoo was a creature that lived to serve humanity to the point of self-sacrifice and was ever abundant. The creature showed if nothing else that we should accept what is given to us and just be happy.

Yet it would be the Li'l Abner strip that featured characters from the fictional town of Dogpatch and whose lives centered on the adventures of the main character, Li'l Abner. A handsome and strong, if not very bright young man that was raised to be honest and brave except in the face of his girlfriend Daisy Mae, but it was the location that would bring the comic strip to life in a small community now called Marble Falls near Harrison, Arkansas on Highway 7.

 

The Location

It should be noted though that it was the landscape of Dogpatch, not the characters that drew in a real estate broker named O.J. Snow, who had been considering opening a rustic themed amusement park in the Ozarks.

    

But the area that would become Dogpatch had quite a bit of history to it long before Mr. Snow came a knockin’. Let go back a bit to the 1830’s to when the Washington Monument was being planned. You see funds were short to build and complete the monument and a call went out to the States and Territories to donate commemorative stones that could be fitted into the interior walls. Arkansas was one of many places to answer the call.  Mr. Peter Beller moved to Arkansas from Alabama in 1833. In 1834 he and the three of the Harp Brothers dug a 4' X 3' X 2' block of marble out of the hillside across from Dogpatch to contribute to the Washington Monument. The stone was hauled on a sled by a team of twenty oxen for approximately sixty miles across the Ozark and Boston Mountains to the Arkansas River. From there it was loaded on to a barge and was then sent to New Orleans. From there it was loaded onto a ship bound for the Potomac Basin.

Sometime later, a second stone from the very same hillside was donated by freemasons from the area who wished the donation to honor the fact that George Washington was himself a master mason.

Going back to Mr. Beller, sometime around 1840 he acquired the land that included nearby Marble Falls and built a mill there. For a time, Mr. Beller’s Mill steadily continued to grow successfully until the start of the civil war. Years later in 1870 a gentleman with the name of Willcockson built another mill here, and the town, which would bear his name for a time grew an the prosperity of the mineral waters and healing springs that it became known for. But like all good things that too came to an end in the early 20th century. With the advances in medicine that inevitably came the town’s popularity dwindled. Then came Albert Raney Sr. He and his sons bought the land and changed the name to Marble Falls, he diverted the cold mountain spring water that the town was once so popular for into a trout hatchery, which they owned and operated for several decades.

The Great Idea

Now fast forward to 1966, the elderly Albert Raney Sr. listed his family's trout farm and surrounding land featuring its own canyon, a 55-foot waterfall and an adjacent (and already in operation) public touring cave named Mystic Caverns for sale. It was Snow who, after viewing the property, envisioned the Dogpatch themed park using the existing features of the property to imitate locations featured in the comic strip such as  Onneccessary Mountain, the Bottomless Canyon, and Kissin' Rock, (handy to Suicide Cliff), West Po'k Chop Railroad, and the General Jubilation T. Cornpone memorial statue (the last of these three were built on site in amazing detail to look just as they appeared in the strip.

 

Presenting The Great Idea To Al Capp

Snow, with other business Leaders from the area formed Recreation Enterprises, Inc. or (REI) and set off to propose the grand plan of the park to Dogpatch creator, Al Capp.

 

Capp, who had turned down previous proposals for such ventures, was inspired by the plan and shared Snows vision for the park. He ultimately approved the idea and became a partner in the project. By this time, Li'l Abner had inspired two film adaptations, a Broadway musical and had gained millions of readers so it seemed the perfect venue to compete in the theme park business. The over 800 acre theme park was set to not only be a reality, but in the minds of its creators, had the capability to become a major player in the theme park community.

 

Both Al Capp and his wife made a three day trip to the Arkansas site for the ground breaking ceremony which took place on Tuesday, October 3, 1967.  An interesting fact is that even before the groundbreaking, there were already a few attractions operating on the site such as trout fishing, a boat dock, an operating stage coach & trail ride, a honey shop and arts & crafts. 

 

A mere 7 months later on May 17, 1968, Al Capp was back on the site to deliver the dedication speech of Dogpatch USA. At first the park was begrudging supported by the local Arkansas residents of what was for a time called Dogpatch, Arkansas and resisted the park as a daunting reminder of the “hillbilly” stigma that still hung over the residents of the Ozark town, but at the same time they welcomed the hopeful influx of tourism dollars the park would bring to their below median income community.

 

 

Opening Day

Standing before a crowd of about 2,000 visitors on May 17, 1968, Al Capp uncovered the centerpiece of the park, the giant statue depicting the civil war hero of Dogpatch, Jubilation T. Cornpone, The park admitted a whopping 8000 people its opening day with an admission price of only $1.50 for adults and $0.75 for children.

 

Little did anyone realize at the time that by1993 through a combination of fate, nature, and unforeseen circumstances, Dogpatch USA would be gone...but not forgotten.

 

The parks design had been agreed upon by both O.J. Snow and Al Capp to hold true to the theme of the strip it was based on. Mr. Capp did not want the park full of monster; behemoth rides the zoomed around everywhere.

 

Although competing in the same market, the park had almost the opposite focus of the Disney parks in that where Disney was always focused on exemplifying the innovations and latest technology, Dogpatch USA represented the simplicity of life and beauty of nature. Although the park had some rides geared to pull in the “roller coaster” crowd, most of the attraction of the park was geared around actually spending time with your family and enjoying a leisurely vacation.

 

The Attractions

Now, taking a virtual stroll back in time to the park let’s take a look at some of the attractions, shall we…

 

One of the parks most loved attractions was the trout pond which carried forward the legacy of the land’s previous purpose. It was where visitors could cast a line in the always overstocked pond and for a fee, have their catch cleaned and cooked for them while they sat enjoying the parks surroundings.

 

Dogpatch Caverns which had been around previous to the parks creation under the name Mystic Caverns. A second cavern was discovered by accident while renovating the original cave and was planned to be called “Old Man Moses Cave”. It has, since the parks' closure been called Crystal Dome. The caves hold the distinction to be the only attraction which has operated both before and after the park closed.

 

The Frustratin' Flyer was a steel "Monster Mouse" coaster created by Herschell. It was installed in 1968 for the park's debut and it operated until 1991. A later victim of the failing park the Frustratin’ Flyer was sold between 1991 and 1992 season.

 

Earthquake McGoon’s Brain Rattler  was a toboggan roller coaster that was manufactured by Chance Rides. The ride is believed to have been part of the park when it was opened in 1968. In early brochures it was depicted as being a track wrapped around an enormous tree, but the ride was actually made of metal. At some point in the 1970's the ride was closed, possibly due to maintenance problems. It did not reopen until the park was sold to Ozark Family Entertainment in 1981, and was believed to be in service for the remainder of the park's life. One of the few rides to survive the closing of the park the ride is still in operation under the moniker of The Wild & Wooly Toboggan at Little Amerricka amusement park in Marshall, Wisconsin.

The Funicular Tram, referred to as the "decliner inliner", the tram was used to transport visitors from the parking lot into the park below. It was purchased from an unknown manufacturer in Switzerland and shipped to Dogpatch USA at a cost of a quarter of a million dollars. It was installed in 1970 and opened at the beginning of the 1971 season, it could transport as many as 1,700 guests per hour. As passengers descended into the Dogpatch USA valley they were given a short story about the park over the tram's PA. The tram remained in service until 1992 when the park eliminated general admission, and has the distinction of being the only ride that remains in the park, although it’s remains lies in somewhat less than working condition.

The newcomer to the park was Li'l Abner's Space Rocket - The ride was added sometime prior to 1978 but in sharp contrast to the rustic theme of the park, it never quite fit in with its surroundings, its addition has been thought to signal the beginning of the end of the park. The ride, prominently displayed on brochures from the era, was removed when the park closed in 1993 and its whereabouts have since vanished into the winds of time.

The Trash Eaters also bear mentioning, though not really an attraction - The park had trash cans equipped with huge animal heads that "ate" (or rather sucked) the trash out of patrons hands and into their mouths. The heads were shaped like goats, pigs, and even razorbacks and the unusual design encouraged patrons to properly dispose of their trash by making it a fun experience. The trash eaters used a unique & unusual design in their operation. You see, there was a blower motor inside the trash eater "house". The inside of the "house" was sealed so that when the door was shut, a vacuum was created which sucked trash into the trash eater's mouth. The trash then hit a stop and fell into the trashcan located inside the trash eater "house". Several of the trash eaters still stand in silent vigil to this day, but for how much longer...no one knows.

Right out of the comic strip came the Kissin’ Rocks. They were a natural landmark in the Dogpatch comics & came to mirror the comic in real life. The real life park icon is made of granite & was one of the most photographed areas on the property. After uncounted kisses caught on film it still stands today as a testament to this once great park that remains in a special part of so many peoples' memories.

The West Po’k Chop Speshul  was the miniature train that ran on this line at Dogpatch USA departed from the depot station and ran along the outskirts of the town. The tracks crossed over a bridge overlooking Marble Falls, known as “The Bottomless Canyon”. The train went through a tunnel and then circled through the valley of the Shmoo’ & then returned to the depot by the same route. The train made one stop on the return trip, near “The Brainrattler” ride, allowing passengers to wander that section for a few minutes. Normally there was only one train in operation, but there were two locomotives available during peak capacities in the park. The whereabouts of the train are clouded in mystery. At some point after the park closed passerby’s spotted the engine being loaded up on to the back of a trailer. Weather it was stolen or saved remains to be seen. One can only hope for the latter.

Other Rides In The Park Included The Wolf Island Paddle Boats, The Boat Train ride (replaced in 1988 by bumper boats), The Helicopters (kiddie ride), Ole' 99 (which was a kiddie train ride), The Wild Water Rampage, Yo-Yo ride, The Paratrooper ride, The well-known Scrambler ride, The Merry-go-round, The Antique Cars, General Bullmoose's Gravity House (a blacklight maze, fun house), The Shooting Gallery, Hairless Joe and Lonesome Polecat's Kickapoo Joy Juice Barrel Ride (which was a Rotor ride) replaced by a children's play area in 1988, Sky Driver (which replaced the Brain Rattler in 1989), The Wheel of Misfortune (a Round Up, spinning ride, Wheel of Fortune spinner theme-decor)

The Beginning of the end actually came at the end of the first season; the park had over 300,000 visitors and made a comfortable net profit at the time of $100,000. Rumored disputes of O.J.Snow and the other investors over distribution of profits from the park led Snow at first and eventually the majority of other investors in the park into selling their shares to Jess Odom.

 

Al Capp, who was at first hesitant about Odom’s new role in the development of the park apparently put his fears to rest at some point and signed a substantial agreement giving Odom license to use the Li'l Abner themes and likenesses in franchising agreements that could span decades had with an equally substantial share of gross proceeds going to Capp.

 

Odom had plans to invest millions in the development of the Dogpatch USA park as well as develop a new sister park called Marble Falls Resort and Convention Center. Which would have three ski slopes, an indoor ice rink, and an amphitheater which would feature various music and theatrical events. This remarkable idea may have worked if not for a series of unusual and foreboding weather events that caused a delayed opening to the resort. In another turn of unfortunate events a mild winter brought an early close to the first season. This combined with countrywide climbing oil & gas prices that was affecting tourism coupled with rising costs of operating the parks led to spiral into debt that the parks would never recover from.

 

In a bizarre sense of irony Dogpatch USA itself was profitable for all but two years of its operation. However, other local attractions such as Silver Dollar City which had more elaborate rides and attractions began to win over many of the parks paying customers.

 

Al Capp Retires

The parks, already suffering from lower attendance then received what was possibly the most significant factor in the imminent demise of the park. The retirement of Al Capp from producing the popular comic strip in 1977.

 

 Without the national exposure from the comic strip, the Dogpatch/ Li'l Abner began to fade from the public eye and their memory. The effect of his announcement however, did not have an immediate impact on the park nor did anyone see the gathering storm clouds As a matter of fact and in sharp contrast to the announcement, 1977 had recorded numbers of visitors as well as record sales per visitor to the park.

 

Musical (Chair) Owners

Then, almost in no time at all came rapid successions in ownership. With every new owner came various enthusiastic plans to change and revitalize the park. However, despite the bright future that each new owner promised Dogpatch USA filed bankruptcy in 1980. The park was never the same after the Bankruptcy, but, they lingered on and the parks then began their slow decline into obscurity. Instead of upgrades and renovations, the management began cutting costs by focusing on arts/crafts and charging for individual rides scratching desperately for every penny that could be earned. Intentional cost saving measures aside, the final death nail came as the L'il Abner/Dogpatch brand was removed from the park altogether referring to itself as Dogpatch, Arkansas. The park like so many before, although seemingly successful alone, could not bear the additional burden of supporting its failing sister site Marble Falls Resort and Convention Center. Struggling under massive financial pressures in 1993...the parks closed.

 

Decay

In the years that followed the park changed ownership, bits and pieces of what remained began to disappear and although ideas abounded and rumors swirled about the park being reopened, it being converted to a movie ranch, an eco-tourism hub and about a thousand other ideas none of which materialized. Instead year after year, new weeds would break their way through the seams in the concrete, vines would climb a little higher on the old decaying buildings, the grass would grow a little higher and the once meticulously maintained landscape would fade from view as Mother Nature began to reclaim her own. Gone were the sounds of children and their laughter. The only occasional tourist that the park would see were those either looking to document the withered remains of the park or worse, those that would raid it for whatever scraps of the park that weren’t nailed down, and for that matter some that were. Yes the park had been rapidly losing its battle with time, the elements, and those who would have no purpose other than to destroy what was left of this once beautiful theme park.

 

The Shakeup

You would think then, in consideration of all that had happened to it so far, that the park would then quietly fade off into history But no, as if to add insult to injury, a 2005 accident ended in a judge rendering a judgment in favor of the plaintiffs in a lawsuit, a 17-year-old named Pruett Nance and his father. The young Mr. Nance was riding his ATV onto the property and claimed he had permission to be there by the property owners when he ran into a steel cable nearly decapitated himself. The owners at the time claimed the cable was stretched between two trees to thwart trespassers.  In a lawsuit filed by the Nance’s it was claimed that the cable was put with the knowledge it would cause harm. In a battle that lasted all the way to the Supreme Court, the Nance Family received a judgment in favor of Pruett Nance and according to various sources he was given the deed to Dogpatch and became one of its youngest owners when the owners could not, or would not pay the judgment which ranged from $650,000 to $700,000.

 

More Bad News

Bad luck would continue to plague the area when four years later more trouble would come to Marble Falls (who had changed its name from formally from Dogpatch in 1997) in the form of wastewater issues.  In January 2009 a waste sewage lift station, which was installed during the creation of Dogpatch USA back in 1968, ceased to function due to an ice storm which in turn caused sewage to over flow into nearby Mill Creek. Mill Creek fed into the Buffalo National River which resulted in direct contamination of the Buffalo National River with raw sewage flowing from Marble Falls. The community supported by the massive system is only about 100 users. Because of this the Arkansas Department of environmental quality left the Marble Falls Sewage Improvement District two options,

 

1.)  Fight the case in court ,which they would almost certainly lose or,

2.)  Build a new sewage treatment facility which would cost a total of over $1,000,000 which would still only serve 100 users. This translates into a cost of $10,000 per user. I don't know about you, but I would have just a little bit of a problem with that.

 

The Undiscovered Future…

Fast forward to present times in 2012. The park now not in the hands of a corporation or business man, but in the hands of a young man who has a lot of ideas for the future of the land that the remains of the park reside on. What is in the future for Dogpatch USA? A new Amusement Park? A restored version of Dogpatch? A RV Campground? A Camp for Youth? Whatever it may become of it in the future, hopefully it is in better hands now than it has been in a long time. With the imagination of youth and perhaps some financial backing, history may turn into the future for this ole' dog...

 

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Script Written By: Kenny Fairchild & T. Michael Fairchild

 

Rides info per http://www.abandonedok.com/dogpatch-u-s-a/

 

Sources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogpatch_USA#Attractions

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li%27l_Abner#Dogpatch

http://users.aristotle.net/~russjohn/attractions/dogpatch.html

http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?search=1&entryID=2302#

http://www.abandonedok.com/dogpatch-u-s-a/

http://www.undergroundozarks.com/dogpatch.html

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We’ve got a great podcast show for you today. But it’s not for the timid, we’ve got Rana Freilich (Rana Frellich) and James Robinson from the New Zealand (by way of Texas) hard rock band Legacy Of Disorder. Legacy of Disorder wrapped their tour with shock rockers GWAR at the end of April and immediately hit the road again, this time touring with Fear Factory throughout May of 2012. Their sophomore album is titled “Last Man Standing” was produced by Sterling Winfield (Pantera, Damageplan and Hell Yeah) and hit the #1 position on the Most Added Record on CMJ’s Metal Radio Chart this past spring!

To explain what this means I’ll quote a recent press release: The band scored 55 new adds, which means that in a week-long span, Legacy of Disorder impacted their album, 'Last Man Standing,' at radio, and more college stations reported it in their top five official adds than any other record added to new rotation. To put it in perspective, this is difficult for a well-established band to do, much less an up-and-coming one!

The bands lineup is:

·         James Robinson – Vocals

·         Rana Frellich – Guitars

·         Jason Keill – Bass

·         Matt Thompson – Drum

The band has been on a break-neck tour schedule for the earlier part of this year and has quite a bit more planned for later in 2012. In this podcast interview, T. Mic talks with Rana and James about the history of the band, the production of their newest album and digs in deep to really find out what makes this band tick, We talk about their recent tours with GWAR and Fear Factory and we take a look ahead at what in the near future for this hard rocking band from New Zealand.

We’ll also feature several tracks from their album “Last Man Standing” that is due to be released to the public in August 2012 including Last Man Standing, Treading The Tainted Path, Break and Hell Tonight.

The Full Track Listing For “Last Man Standing” is:

1.    Thorns

2.    Punish All

3.    March To The Death

4.    Last Man Standing

5.    Treading The Tainted Path

6.    Break

7.    Hell Tonight

8.    Impaler

9.    Warrior Gene

10. Came To Fight

It’s very easy to search for information on Legacy Of Disorder’s tour schedule, other interviews and news on the band; but for your convenience, we have provided links to the band’s sites below:

Legacy Of Disorder Official Web Site

Legacy Of Disorder Merchandise

Facebook
Reverbnation
Myspace
Youtube
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Welcome to our 5th season here at Audios Maximus Network. Wow! We just came back from our season break and we have a lot of wonderful news to share with you.... where to begin...

Our shows are now easier than ever to listen to wherever you are. As of  July 12, 2012, This show: My Symphony Of Life  as well as our other shows The Tour Bus Music Show, Dr. Nick – Resetting The Default, Echoes Of Laughter, The WhimsiMagical Mousecast and Personalities are now available on Stitcher Smart Radio.

Now you can easily listen to Audios Maximus Network Shows on your iPhone, iPod touch, Android smart phone, iPad, Android tablet, Kindle Fire, and on your laptop or PC with the Stitcher streaming app. You can also listen on all new Ford, GM car radios. For those who are not familiar with Stitcher.

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Have you been by our websites lately? Please come by for a visit to our network website at www.audiosmaximus.com. Coinciding with the launch of season #5 we've redesigned and upgraded our websites, logos, badges and we have QR codes available for you to make it even easier to find and download your favorite episodes of The Tour Bus Music Show, Echoes of Laughter and Dr. Nick, Resetting the Default… and more will be on the way soon. You can also visit some of our other sites such as: www.mysymphonyoflife.com, www.thetourbusmusicshow.com and www.thewhimsimagicalmousecast.com with even more coming soon.

In other news, I recently was let go from my job as of July 13th. In the past this would have been a massive blow, but my way of looking at things has greatly changed in the past several months. Why you might ask? You see, I've been reading and listening to quite a few books in the past few months that have affected my way of thinking and how I view situations that happen. For those of you who are going through similar challenges in life, I would recommend reading or listening to some of these books as well such as:

·The Magic Of Thinking Big - David J. Schwartz

·No More Monday's Dan Miller

·The Millionaire Fastline by MJ DeMarco

·Always know what to say – Easy ways to approach and talk to
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·The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur Mike Michalicz

·Think and Grow Rich Napoleon Hill

·Project Future: The inside Story Behind the creation of Disney World- Chad Denver Emerson

My mindset lately has been focused on Audios Maximus Network and taking it to a new level for all of our listeners and viewers. But until the network is able to sustain our full time efforts, I'm going to search for new employment. That being said, I am open to new opportunities in the Baton Rouge, LA area. So anyone looking for an enthusiastic, multi-faceted and talented team member please keep me in mind.

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So, the Bloggy Conference is being held September 27-29, 2012. This will be my first Blog Conference so I’m really excited because it would give me the opportunity to go to meet people, talk with other Bloggers, share news about our network, and I’ll also be able to bring news to our community. If you’d like to SPONSOR me Ana- My Symphony Of Life-Podcast & Blogging Personality, please go to our home website at Audios Maximus Network www.audiosmaximus.com and click on the Donate button.

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On this show we're featuring bloggers here in the Louisiana area! The first interview is going to be with Maria Sinclair, she's the founder and author of       Blogging, Babies & the Bayou. Blogging, Babies & the Bayou is your source for online daily deals, freebies, coupons, product reviews and    giveaways. Maria's website is http://bloggingbabiesandthebayou.wordpress.com

The second interview is going to be with Sarah Barnett. Sarah is the founder and author of Think Twice Style. She likes mixing basic items with eclectic finds that are usually from thrift shops.  Sarah's website is http://thinktwicestyle.blogspot.com/

We’ll also have another beauty feature by a recurring guest on the show, Emily Gamez

Lately I’ve been listening to The Magic of Thinking Big by David J. Schwartz which has had a profound impact on how I am able to think about the present and act accordingly to make a huge impact on my future. This is just one of more than 100,000 books available and you can get this book for FREE or any other book you wish by trying Audible.Com.

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If you missed season 4, our guests have included –

·Episode# 15  – Interview With Carrie Heyes a children’s poet. She writes whimsical poems that lend themselves to catchy phrases and silly but thoughtful ideas.

·Episode# 16 – An Interview With Penny Pinchin’ Mom – Tracie Forbes, Spring Fashions, Nail Tips, Journaling, Writing Prompts and Coupon Tips

·Episode# 17 – Interview With Author, Clothing Designer and Successful Female Entrepreneur Gretchen Baker

·Episode 18 – My Symphony Of Life – 018 – Interview With Johanna Cook Of Momma Cuisine.Com

·Episode# 19 – Interview with Leslie Grinnell Of Eddies Wheels (Mobility Carts For Disabled Animals)

·Episode# 20 – Interview With Multi-Passionate Entrepreneur Sharon Nicholas

·Episode #21 – HELP! I’ve Been Zentangled! 

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I'm Ana of Personalities and today my featured guest is Mari McCarthy. Mari McCarthy is a Jounaling Expert, Teacher, Founder, Singer and Author of Create Write Now. Her informational website about journaling for the health of it is at www.creatwritenow.com – The Journaling Solutions Center. Join with me in welcoming back Mari McCarthy.

Mari McCarthy has been our guest before and was featured on My Symphony Of Life podcast episode 13. We do encourage you to go back to episode 13 on My Symphony Of Life to listen to the show. Mari McCarthy offers several Journaling Services for Self-Discover & Personal Growth. You can start your jounaling jump start session by scheduling a session with Mari McCarthy. If your not sure about journaling, journaling jump start session with Mari McCarthy will help you grow and develop more in your personal life.

Journaling is the ultimate self healing and life management tool. She's available Monday- Friday through Skype and she'llgo into how journaling can help your life. Don't forget to sign up for her newsletter! Sign up for her email newsletter & you could win an ebook! Mari McCarthy offer's journaling tips for all of you jwriters out there! She does have a store in which you can purchase her products.

She's written several ebooks such as Start Journaling and Change Your Life in 7 Days, Pay Yourself First, and 53 Weekly Writing Retreats: How To Use Your Journal To Get Healthy Now.

She also offers a forum for all of us writers to gather and meet fellow writers as well. It has been a pleasure to talk to Mari McCarthy. I've learned a lot from her as an avid writer myself.

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Welcome to Episode# 30 of The Tour Bus Music Show. I'm T. Mic of The Tour Bus Music Show. Welcome to our 5th season here at Audios Maximus Network. We’re back from our season break and we have a lot of great things that have been happening that I want to share with you.

First off our shows are now easier than ever to listen to wherever you are. As of  July 12, 2012, This show: The Tour Bus Music Show as well as our other shows My Symphony Of Life  , Dr. Nick – Resetting The Default, Echoes Of Laughter, The WhimsiMagical Mousecast and Personalities are now available on Stitcher Smart Radio.

Now you can easily listen to all of AMN Shows on your iPhone, iPod touch, Android smart phone, iPad, Android tablet, Kindle Fire, and on your laptop or PC with the Stitcher streaming app. You can also listen on all new Ford, GM car radios. For those who are not familiar with Stitcher. Stitcher is the leader in Internet Radio for the world beyond music. They deliver the latest news, politics, sports, business and entertainment on-demand to listeners on their mobile phones. Don’t have Stitcher? Download it for free today at Stitcher.Com and in the app stores. Stitcher Smart Radio – The Smarter Way to listen to radio.

AMN is also now part of The International Association of Internet Broadcasters (IAIB) -- they are the principal voluntary trade organization representing the interests of Internet broadcast professionals throughout the world. They are considered the most prominent and effective voice of internet broadcasting and helps set the quality standards for today’s professional podcasters and networks for you the listeners. You can find out more about them at: http://www.ibroadcastnetwork.org/

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I would also like to thank our listeners who continue to support The Tour Bus Music Show through their donations and purchasing through our affiliates at The Tour Bus Music Show .Com. your support helps to keep us bring great shows to you month after month. Thank You All!

Have you been by our websites lately? Please come by for a visit to our network website at www.audiosmaximus.com. Coinciding with the launch of season #5 we've redesigned and upgraded our websites, logos, badges and we have QR codes available for you to make it even easier to find and download your favorite episodes of The Tour Bus Music Show, Echoes of Laughter and Dr. Nick, Resetting the Default… and more will be on the way soon. You can also visit some of our other sites such as: www.mysymphonyoflife.com  and www.thewhimsimagicalmousecast.com with even more coming soon.

For 30 years the juggernaut of metal bands, Anthrax has pushed through the changing tides of the music industry, changing trends in music, economic turbulence and about a hundred other things that have smashed other bands to pieces. Despite the odds the band has continued to not only rock their original fans year after year but continue to gain new ones every day. Original and current lead vocalist for Anthrax, Joey Belladonna joins us to talk about the band, their current tour, their most recent release, Worship Music. We’ll talk on the reunion of Joey with the band for the Big 4 Concerts and how it has led them to where they are now. We’ll also feature 4 songs from their Worship Music Album. One more cool coincidence…30+ Years Of Anthrax on the 30th Episode Of The Tour Bus Music Show, very cool indeed.

Anthrax Is:

Joey Belladonna – Vocals

Charlie Benante – Drums

Frank Bello - Bass

Rob Caggiano – Guitars

Scott Ian - Guitars

 

Worship Music Tracks:

1.    Worship

2.    Earth On Hell

3.    The Devil You Know

4.    Fight ‘Em ‘Til You Can’t

5.    I’m Alive

6.    In The End

7.    The Giant

8.    Judas Priest

9.    Crawl

10. The Constant

11. Revolution Screams

You can find out more information about Anthrax, News On The Band, Tour Dates And Releases At : www.anthrax.com

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On this episode of The Tour Bus Music Show T. Mic talks with Steven “Ven” Berez, lead vocalist and founder of Los Angeles’s own, Venrez. In their discussion Ven shares the story of the inception of the band and its evolution into its current line up. He also shares about the back to the roots way that the band recorded their newest full length album “Sell The Lie”.  The band recorded the entire album in just matter of days using the tried and true method of recording the band live and tracking most all tracks at once, with the exception of vocals. Laced throughout the interview we feature several songs from “Sell The Lie”Including “Karma”, the title track “Sell The Lie”,  a haunting cover of Steve Winwood’s “Can’t Find My Way Home”, and “My Only Light” (the c;ip featured in the beginning of the interview is “Melting”).  Ven gives us a behind the scences look at their recent tour with Fuel and talks about their upcoming tour dates in June 2012 with the legendary shock-rocker, Alice Cooper. Their  current  tour schedule is listed below:

Current Tour Schedule As Of June 10, 2012

VENREZ in Charleston, SC

North Charleston, South Carolina

With Alice Cooper

Monday,  June 11, 2012 at 8:00pm

North Charleston Coliseum & Performing Arts Center

VENREZ in Knoxville, TN

Knoxville, Tennessee

With Alice Cooper

Tuesday, June 12, 2012 at 8:00pm

Tennessee Theatre

VENREZ in Dayton, OH

Kettering, Ohio

With Alice Cooper

Wednesday, June 13, 2012 at 6:30pm

Fraze Pavilion

VENREZ in Kansas City, MO

Kansas City, Missouri

With Alice Cooper

Friday, June 15, 2012 at 7:00pm

The Midland

VENREZ in St. Louis, MO

Saint Louis, Missouri

With Alice Cooper

Saturday, June 16, 2012 at 7:00pm

The Pageant

VENREZ in Burlington, IA

Burlington, Iowa

With Alice Cooper

Sunday, June 17, 2012 at 5:00pm

Burlington Steamboat Days

VENREZ in Louisville, KY

Louisville, Kentucky

With Alice Cooper

Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at 7:00pm

Iroquois Amphitheater

VENREZ in Raleigh, NC

Raleigh, North Carolina

Friday, June 22, 2012 at 7:30pm

Raleigh Downtown Ampitheater

VENREZ in New Haven, CT

New Haven, Connecticut

With Fuel

Saturday, June 23, 2012 at 7:00pm

Toad's Place

VENREZ in Hampton Beach, NH

Hampton Beach, New Hampshire

With Fuel

Sunday, June 24, 2012 at 7:00pm

Wally's Pub

VENREZ in Uncasville, CT

Uncasville, Connecticut

Acoustic Show

Friday, June 29, 2012 at 7:00pm

Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville CT

VENREZ in Rochester, NY

Rochester, New York

With Fuel

Saturday, June 30, 2012 at 5:30pm

Main Street Armory

Venrez Live with Junkyard!!!

West Hollywood, California

With Junkyard

Saturday, July 28, 2012 at 12:30am

The Whiskey

VENREZ in Weed, CA

Weed, California

Sunday, August 5, 2012

4&20 Blackbird Music Festival

 

After the tours Venrez still has quite a bit going on throughout 2012. The band is already well into recording their next album and more tours are being planned as we speak. Listening to the album previous to the interview “Sell The Lie” while being reminecient of the kind of straight forward music that has  always been great to listen to when you just want to rock, it also has traces of influences of great rock bands such as the Rolling Stones and Alice In Chains .  In the end, the album sounds great and serves as a reminder that rock is alive and well in 2012. You can check out the bands news, touring schedules and purchase Venrez’s album “Sell The Lie” and some merch to boot at their web site: www.venreztheband.com

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This is Ana of My Symphony Of Life and today on this show we're going to talk about a new hobby of mine that I recently discovered called Zentangle. Some people also call is Zendoodle- inspired drawings. 

Many of you know I enjoy arts, crafts, drawing and creative writing. I've enjoyed those types of hobbies since the age of 16. 

I remember being in my room crafting my hand writing, practicing different writing fonts, making it unique and writing in different styles. I also, remember drawing and doodling on paper, cardstock and on my notebooks.With that being said, I'm happy to talk to you today about Zentangle.  

Zentangle was founded by the renowned calligrapher, Maria Thomas and her husband Rick Roberts.

The term 'Zentangle' was brought together by Maria Thomas and Rick Roberts when Maria, a calligraphic artist, found that she was creating designs while her mind entered a meditative state. They then created a library of tangles and set out to transform Zentangle into a business. It has grown from there and has brought many creative minds together.

Almost anyone can do this. Almost anyone can use it to create beautiful images. 

The Zentangle method is enjoyed all over this world across a wide range of skills, interests and ages.

You can Zentangle by yourself or in groups. Try putting meditative music on while Zentangling and let your creative mind set free. Watch as your hand movements of the different patterns work together to create a unique piece of art.

I ran across Zentangle about a month ago online I saw the images and then saw them on YouTube. I watched some videos and there are great examples out there. Since finding Zentangle I found it to be fun, creative, whimsical and relaxing.  I'm also more aware of different types of patterns and see how I can incorporate designs into Zentangles. Zentangle is a method of creating unique, inspiring, beautiful images from repetitive patterns. It becomes a beautiful art form! That's why I enjoy it so much... I love being creative!

How to Zentangle:

Zentangles or Zendoodles, the terms are pretty much interchangeable, are abstract drawings created with pen and ink. These drawings are created from sections of patterns, often called 'tangles', which are, in turn, built with small repetitive strokes. The wonderful thing about Zentangling is that anyone can do it. You don't have to be an artist; all you need is to be able to hold a pen. 

Zentangles are not restricted to a certain size. I will post some pictures of my Zentangles.

Inspiration comes from all around you, nature, patterns you see and fabric/decor. It's important to practice the different patterns so you get used to the patterns. You can Zentangle anywhere or anytime. Perhaps you can Zentangle in the morning, perhaps on break or lunch and you can create Zentangles. 

At http://www.zentangle.com offers a Zentangle kit that you can purchase. If you’re going to start Zentangle then it's important to have the proper tools to create a beautiful piece of art.

- 34 Tiles

- 2 Pens- Sakura Pigma Micron 01 Pens. These pens dry quickly and are waterproof.

- 2 Soft pencils for drawing strings and for shading.

- 1 German Kum pencil sharpener 

- 1 Instructional booklet 

- 1 Companion DVD.

For those who are interested in becoming a Certified Zentangle Teacher (like I am) they offer seminars. There are two coming up this year and their filling up fast! The reason I know this is because I was interested in seeing what the cost was to become a CZT and when the classes are available.

I would still be interested in becoming a CZT but I don't think I'll be able to make the seminars this year. Ever since finding Zentangle, learning about this craft, I now have a new passion I want to let others know about and I'd be so excited to do/share and learn more at the Certified Zentangle Teacher seminars. It's all I talk about! I enjoy teaching others and I'm excited about it! For me to go to the CZT the total registration cost is $ 1,275.00

The Zentangle website states:

(1) This price includes all class materials, food, taxes and gratuities. Other than your transportation costs, there are no hidden or surprise fees.

(2) In anticipation that attendees will graduate, you can buy Zentangle products at seminar at CZT rates. For many products this is as much as 50% off. 

The next Certified Zentangle Teacher Training Seminar is August 12-2012 - August-15-2012 (I believe it might be booked up). However, the next Certified Zentangle Teacher Training Seminar held at the Hotel Providence, Sunday through Wednesday, September 23 - 26, 2012, in Providence, Rhode Island, USA.

Speaking of teachers, if you go on their website www.zentangle.com. click on learn, and then click on Certified Teachers. There you can see the listing for all CZT throughout the US and other countries.

For those local here in Louisiana, there's only 2 CZT Kathy Redmon of Prairieville and Marion “Mickey” and Howard Weisten of Covington.

Since we're still on the subject of teacher's, they do have classes available. You can go on the Zentangle website and get in contact with the Zentangle teacher in your area to see when the next class is. 

Here are some great website resources:

http://www.zentangle.com - Rick and Maria's site

http://www.tanglepatterns.com - they have great patterns!

Please visit my blog at http://www.mysymphonyoflife.com to see some of the one's I've been working on.

I hope to hear about your experience about Zentangle and see your pictures!

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My Symphony Of Life - Episode# 20 - Interview With Multi-Passionate Entrepreneur Sharon Nicholas

Our featured guest on this show is Sharon Nicholas. We’re going to speak with her on her history, how she got her start and the passion she has the fuels her company forward.  Sharon’s a mom, a writer and a multi-passionate entrepreneur with many projects to run.

She’s working on several projects as listed below:


* She’s Fashion Week Marketing at Fashion Week- Charlotte International Fashion Week

* She’s the Lustre Magazine Owner and Editor in Chief- A NEW lifestyle magazine focused on all cutting edge topics. Entertainment, Lifestyle, Fashion, Wellness, Social Media, Trends and Technology

* President at Sharon Nicholas Enterprises- social Media Management and Marketing. Writing & Promotion for your career.
* Promotion for Small to Medium Businesses
* Professional Management of Social Media and Marketing
* Promoting Authors

Owner at Divas Social-Strategic Marketing Programs & Custom Designed Social Media Management.

She’s also the Website Owner - Writer at MomsIndulgence.com, Writer on women's topics on health and wellness. www.momsindulgence.com devoted to helping moms live their best lives while being moms

She offers several services in which you can use for business. She’s owns a social media marketing firm which does specializes in strategic Social Media Coaching, branding and events. This service is for small and medium companies.

Her websites are:

www.sharonnicholas.com

www.facebook.com/DivasSocialMedia

www.twitter.com/DivasSocial

www.momsindulgence.com


To stay connected with her, she can also be found at:

www.twitter.com/sharonnicholas

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T. Mic and I interviewed the members of Wheeler Brothers outside in Gonzales, LA. It was a beautiful Saturday morning and we were outside on the patio of a coffee shop, sitting around a table chit chatting like we’ve known them for years. They are a wonderful, talented and personable group. The five-piece act composed of Austin natives combines the gutsy indie vibe of the modern central Texas music scene with the longing strains of time-honored Texas folk. Brothers Nolan, Tyler and Patrick Wheeler met Danny Matthews at LSU where they spent their afternoons picking guitars and swapping stories in the bar rooms of Baton Rouge and New Orleans. When the brothers went back home, that’s when they added the rest of the band.

 

In this episode we go into detail with the guys about what makes the band tick and what goes into in creating the unique Wheeler Brothers sound. We’ll also play several tracks from their album Portraits.  

 

The Wheeler Brothers Band Is:

Nolan Wheeler – Guitar/Piano/Vocals
Danny Matthews – Guitar/Vocals
A.J Molyneaux – Lap Steel/Guitar/Vocals
Tyler Wheeler – Bass Guitar
Patrick Wheeler – Drums

 

The Wheeler Brothers are touring! Here’s a list until the end of June:

 

Jun 01Doug Fir Lounge
Portland, OR


Jun 02 Treehouse Cafe
Bainbridge Island, WA
 

 

Jun 05 Pink Garter Theatre
Jackson Hole, WY


Jun 07Hi-Dive
Denver, CO


Jun 08 Longmont Downtown Concert Series
Longmont, CO

 

Jun 09 Golden Light Cantina
Amarillo, TX

 

Jun 13 KGSR's Blues on the Green
Austin, TX

 

 Jun 16 Century Center Plaza
Bend, OR


Jun 28 Unplugged at the Grove
Austin, TX
 

 

Jun 29 Angel's Ice House
Spicewood, TX

 

Stay connected with the Wheeler Brothers:

Website: http://wheelerbrothersmusic.com

Facebook: http://wheelerbrothersmusic.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/wheelerbrothers

Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/WheelerBrothersMusic


The Audios Maximus Team would like to take the time to thank “Wheeler Brothers” for joining us here on The Tour Bus Music Show!

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My Symphony Of Life 19

My featured guest on this show is Leslie Grinnell of Eddie’s Wheels (www.eddieswheels.com). This episode is in memory of Daisy and you’ll hear more about her in this show. Many of you know that I love animals. With that being said, I’m an animal Advocate. I’m always staying updated to what’s going on with animals. Over the past 20 years, Leslie has personally cared for a succession of disabled dogs including Buddha, Hardy (a Doberman with Wobblers), Autumn (a Dobe with spondylosis), Toby (Rotti mix with torn ACLs), Nick (boxer with spinal fracture), and Nelix (a 3 legged cat). Founder, Eddie built his first dog cart for Buddha, his companion Doberman in 1989.  A mechanical engineer by trade, he brings his lifetime experience as mechanical designer, welder and inventor to the task of designing mobility cart that supports pets in a bio-mechanically sound way.

What they offer:

Standard Rear Wheel Cart-

For pets with normal strength in their front legs and shoulders,  who need assistance in the rear

Carts are sized by dog’s weight, age, activity level, and exercise terrain

Optional stirrups available for dogs with neurological deficits that cause foot dragging or knuckling

Neutral-Balanced Carts-

  • For dogs with forelimb or shoulder pain or weakness, wobblers syndrome, degenerative myelopathy, elbow dysplasia, hyper-extension of the carpus

  • By moving the wheels slightly forward and using an adjustable support strap under the chest, the yoke will rise slightly off the shoulders, making the cart weightless for the animal.

Fully Counterbalanced Carts

  • All standard carts can be upgraded to counterbalanced by the acquisition of new axles, brace bars and a support strap.

  • For pets with serious forelimb deficits will remove up to 40% of the weight borne on the front legs.   For dogs with advanced DM,  cervical IVDD, osteo-arthritis.

The Variable Balance Cart

  • The full counterbalance position, with the wheels all the way toward the center of the cart, will take up to 40% of the dog’s weight off the front legs.

  • As the wheel is shifted further back, the dog bears a larger percentage of its own weight on his front legs. At the standard position, about 5% of the dog’s weight is added to front legs, making the cart track perfectly with the dog’s forward motion.

  • Appropriate for dogs recovering strength in the forelimbs following surgery or FCE, or dogs with degenerative myelopathy, taking the place of upgrades.

Removable Saddle Option

The removable saddle option is available for dogs for which lifting the dog into a cart is difficult or painful.

  • Giant dogs such as Great Danes, Giant Mastiffs etc.

  • Dogs with weak or painful forelimbs

  • Clinic carts – removable saddles can be reversed to use for males and females

They also offer Hospital Equipment.

In the ten years that Eddie’s Wheels has been building custom mobility carts for disabled animals, we have personally evaluated, measured and fitted hundreds of disabled animals for their carts.  We have noticed the dramatic change that occurs when an animal is properly supported on its pelvic floor in a healthy normal stance.

I hope that you’ve enjoyed My Symphony Of Life- Pet’s - Barkussions.



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Today our featured guest on The Tour Bus Music Show is Alexis Brown and Jason White from Knoxville, Tennessee’s Straight Line Stitch. In this interview T. Mic and Ana discuss with Alexis and Jason everything you want to about the band. From it’s inception to their extensive & rigorous touring schedule and their newest album, The Fight Of Our Lives. We go behind the scenes and talk about the bands creative process in crafting their dynamic songs. We also get a peek at the the personal lives of Alexis and Jason’ life off the road.

This hard working band has worked their way through the battlefield of night clubs, theaters, major concerts, and the rigors of the road to gain the respect of rock fans across the country and fans from around the world. They have shared the stage with some of rocks greatest acts and dominated on headlining shows all over the U.S.

The line up of Straight Line Stich is: Alexis Brown - Vocals, Seth Thacker - Guitar, Jason White - Bass, Kanky Lora - Drums, Kris Norris - Guitar

Kick Back and Get ready To Rock!

You can connect with Straight Line Stitch At:
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/straightlinestitch
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/straightlinestitch
Reverbnation: http://www.reverbnation.com/straightlinestitchofficial


They may be coming to your town. Tour Schedule:

  • Friday May 18


Inner Circle Entertainment Complex  Cincinnati, OH | 8:00PM

  • Saturday May 19

Sarge's Tap Danville, IL | 4:30PM

  • Sunday May 27

Southport Hall Jefferson, LA | 8:00PM

Tuesday May 29

World Famous Celtic Irish Pub Pascagoula, MS | 8:00PM

  • Tuesday  June 5

Dirty Dog Bar Austin, TX | 7:00PM  



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Please join me in welcoming Johanna Cook to the show! We’re going to talk to her to find out about her love of cooking. Johanna is showing us busy moms that with just a few basic skills and simple ingredients, making great meals for your family and friends IS possible everyday of the week! You can visit her website at www.mommacuisine.com.

On upcoming My Symphony Of Life Episodes

we will be bringing you more interviews on:

  • Entrepreneurs/Mompreneurs

  • Authors

  • Cooking

  • Crafts

  • Parenting

  • Wellness/Beauty

  • Reviews

We will also provide additional content around the holidays to help make them all that more special.

All of our writing, poetry and journaling tips will be provided for you on our blog at www.mysymphonyoflife.com and www.audiosmaximus.com.

Our website has received a bit of a facelift and are currently making even more upgrades for you, our viewers and listeners conveinence. It's is back up and available for you at: www.mysymphonyoflife.com

Thank you so much for listening to our podcasts and reading our blogs! We value you all and are happy you have become a part of “The Nation”!

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In this episode The Tour Bus Music Show is stopping by the “Jazz Lounge” with an interview and music with the extraordinary Matt Cusson.

Matt is the keyboardist for Brian McKnight and is an award-winning singer/songwriter and pianist in his own right. Ana and I sit down to talk with this gifted self-taught musician and get a picture of the man behind the music. We’ll also talk about his musical influences, such as Stevie Wonder, James Taylor, Djavan, Miles Davis, and John Mayer, just to name a few.

A few interesting facts about Matt:

  • In 2009 Matt won (by unanimous vote) the John Lennon Songwriting Contest's top annual prize - the Maxell Song of the Year - for his jazz ballad "One of Those Nights".
  • 3 time winner of the amateur night competition at the legendary Apollo Theater
  • That song won the Billboard Songwriting Award in the Best Jazz Song category, and came in second in the International Songwriting Competition.
  • He’s also performed with, including Stevie Wonder, James Taylor, the Roots, Babyface, and Javier Colon.
  • He’s performed with Brian McKnight on "Live with Regis and Kelly"
  • He was a featured performer on the international "Michael Jackson - Man In The Mirror" tour in 2010.
  • Perhaps more inspiring is his constant effort to share his talent by supporting various charities, such as the Susan G. Komen Foundation, Songs of Love, Defenders for Children, Hillcrest Educational Center and Community Resources for People With Autism, as well as his local food pantry.


We hope that you enjoy the show as much as we’ve enjoyed talking with Matt.

You can finds out more information about Matt Cusson at: http://www.mattcusson.com/ and http://www.reverbnation.com/mattcusson

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On this episode of The Tour Bus Music Show we have the pleasure of talking to Singer/Songwriter and the “Original Freedom Child” Misty Gonzales. Her latest cd is “Rock and Roll Freedom Show”. Her music has been heard on television shows such as the Nickelodeon Network - "Degrassi", MTV - “The Hills” and “Tough Love”. Her songs can also be heard in films such as Universal - “Bring It On 5 Fight to the Finish” - Gatlin Films - "Beauty 24".

She’s also a Partner of FREEDOM CHILD ENTERTAINMENT This company is an independent record label, a partnership between media mogul Tom Wilson and Singer/Songwriter Misty Gonzales. They are involved in various charities around the world. Speaking of her travels, we’ll go in depth of her 2nd trip to Haiti, how she and Tom Wilson are making a great contribution to the youth there with their “Freedom To Dream” project and her experiences during the trip. We will also be going behind the scenes in her musical career on how she has become such a powerful force in independent music. We'll talk about her Rock N Roll Freedom Show and the experience of attending one of these live shows.

She enjoy’s hearing from all of her freedom children at her website: http://www.mistyfreechild.com/. You can also find Rock & Roll Freedom Show on iTunes - http://smarturl.it/MistyGonzales. Thank you so much for listening to the Tour Bus Music Show!

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Today we have the pleasure of speaking to Gretchen Baker who’s the co owner of Baby Gassy Gooma, Gooma Models and Fashion Friends Club

She’s also an author, clothing designer, doll maker and a successful female entrepreneur. I like Gretchen’s quote "Our mistakes, our failures, our poor choices don’t have to keep us from our God-given destiny. It’s not about how you've started, it’s about how you finish". We’ll hear more about this from Gretchen.

We have an announcement to make in regard to My Symphony Of Life. T.Mic and I have been thinking about the direction that we would like to take in regard to this podcast. There are several formats that have been on our mind. I understand that previous posts have been quite long to listen to. You see the average person has a span of approx. 30 minutes of driving to and from work in which a podcast can be heard. With that of course it can be heard once you get into work. We’ve decided to break the podcast into different sections which will start with this podcast. With that in mind will bring you a weekly podcast which will be broken down in segments. These segments will be broken down by You Being The Conductor You Were Meant Be In Your Life!

Be the conductor you were meant to be in your life by learning with the content that we share with you. We are on this journey with you and in such we shall provide creativity, connection, and a way to empower yourself in strength, growth, knowledge and motivation that will help you in all areas of your life. Let’s take these steps together.

Note one- Interviews that will be held with authors, life coaches, professional bloggers, and mompreneur’s.

Note two- Cooking- talking with those who have a passion of sharing their love of food including sharing tid bits for your kitchen that are must haves!

Note three-Crafts- We’ll share craft ideas as well as video’s on our blog also.

Note four-Parenting- explores the issues of parenting including being a step-mom to journey of single parenting.

Note five- Reviews- Here we’ll talk about products, items, book and movie previews. Not only can people read the post on our website but new customers can also hear about it as well to grow your brand in other media.

On a side note our writing, poetry and journaling segments will be only available on our website.


Thank you so much for taking the time to listen to our podcast as well as reading our blog. Thank you again Gretchen Blank for taking the time to talk to us here on My Symphony Of Life podcast.


Until next time, be the conductor you were meant to be in your life

Ana

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In this episode of The Tour Bus Music Show we sit down with Ekotren Guitarist Keith Finnell. Along with featuring four rocking songs from Ekotren, Keith takes us on a journey from the beginnings of the band to present and talks with us about their growing pains touring, recording experiences, and how the band keeps churning out great music despite that challenges of the modern recording industry and the lackluster economy that all bands are dealing with these days.



Listening to the band's music on ReverbNation is what first called our attention to them. Their playing style along with the voracity of their music grabs you by the bawls and starts slamming your head against the stage. That being said there is also quite a bit of diversity within the songs themselves. One minute you are listening to pounding hurricane of hard rock and the next you are in the eye of the storm with acoustic guitars and pristine harmony vocals and then it takes off into a grandiose mix of powerful chords and melodies and then before you get your bearings it's back to ripping you head off with the pounding drum and guitar assault.



The band has been touring in recent times with groups such as Staind, Chevelle, ill nino, (hed) pe, Powerman 5000, Straight Line Stitch, and Diecast. Their most recent release, The Dead Of Night was produced by Paul Trust and achieved an overall tighter, aggressive, and professionally produced album than it's predecessor. That being said, 2008's Light the Fire was and remains a very good album in it's own right.



We hope you enjoy the interview. You can find more information about Ekotren and purchase their swag by visiting the links below and the ones mentioned in the podcast.

http://www.reverbnation.com/ekotren

http://www.facebook.com/EkoTren

http://www.myspace.com/ekotren

http://www.last.fm/music/Ekotren

http://www.amazon.com/Ekotren/e/B001LH3WYM




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On this episode of The WhimsiMagical Mousecast we tell the first of what will be a four part series on the history of EPCOT. How it was meant to be the cornerstone of the modern day Walt Disney World and how it came to be not the EPCOT Walt envisioned but did become the theme park that we all know and love today. Would the original EPCOT idea made a difference in the Walt Disney World that we know today? Most certainly it would have. It may have even had an impact on the cities we live in today by it's example of innovative infrastructure, transportation, layout and efficiency. We'll also explore how the present day site was chosen and the creative way the Disney company approached purchasing the land at cost effective prices by retaining the secrecy of the company's involvement.

With Ana joining us, we'll then journey back to the present and discuss the International Flower and Garden Festival that is currently happening in, of course, Epcot. We'll tell you about some of the events going on and why you should make a point of making a trip to experience this unique tribute to creativity and nature (with some great events and concerts thrown in to boot.

In this episode we'll talk about the current pet care options inside of Walt Disney World and we'll also advise you of current and near future attraction closures and refurbishments. Please join us for this episode as we continue to explore the whimsical and magical place that is Walt Disney World.

For the current operating hours and attraction closures & refurbishment schedules to WDW please visit this link:

http://www.thewhimsimagicalmousecast.com/wdwcalendarapril2012

For current ticket pricing please visit the following link:

http://www.thewhimsimagicalmousecast.com/wdwtickets

To book your next trip to “The Happiest Place On Earth” please visit the following link:

http://www.thewhimsimagicalmousecast.com/wdwvacationplanning

To order the official Walt Disney World Vacation Planning DVD please visit the following link:

http://www.thewhimsimagicalmousecast.com/wdwdvd

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This is Ana of My Symphony Of Life if you the woman of the home you know how important it is to stay on a budget. There are wonderful tools out there that we can use in order for us to save money.  My featured guest is helping others where Pinchin’ Pennies is  a way of life. Join me in welcoming Tracie Forbes- Penny Pinchin’ Mom.  We’re going to discuss the journal and poetry prompts that I provided you on the last episode. I’m also, going to read you a new poem. I hope that you like it. I’m going to talk about these prompts and share my answers to these questions. Many of you follow me on Pinterest and nail flaire is one of my boards on there. With that being said, this is about nail polish trends - spring 2012.

This spring brings creamy undertones and opacity. If you like painting your nails… Keep an eye out for these colors!

Pistachio

Nude

Copper Effect

Tea w/ the queen- dusky hue

Polka dot’s variety of colors

Checkered

Vibrant red orange

I'm also going to discuss spring color which is in reference to my Pinterest board- Fashionisha Flavor. This spring brings cheerful color blocking, neon colors, metallic, hot yellow...speaking of hot yellow I'll share my thrifty find with you. There's going to be bold prints as well as oranges/tangerines colors to keep a look out for.

I have two clothing items... ultimate favorite is the office shorts with the matching jacket as well as flirty style skirts.

 

Additional money saving/coupon information.

If you’d like to get a preview of coupons via email go to www.sundaycouponreview.

It gives you the opportunity to see if you want to get a newspaper on Sunday or not. It gives you a chance to see what coupons will be coming out. These site’s may offer a service fee. However, these are great site to look into!

www.thecouponclippers.com

www.couponsthingsbydede.com

www.thecouponmaster.com.

There’s also printable coupons at:

www.coolsavings.com

www.coupons.com

www.redplum.com

Other resources:

All You magazine has coupons as well.

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This episode on The Tour Bus Music Show we have a special treat for all of you. A artist whose voice is seductive, sultry, and has the sound of many years of experience that can be deceiving if you have never heard her before. She is just as attractive as she is talented and brings both to bear in her performances. Our featured artist to day is Lauren Light. She hails from Lexington, North Carolina and has been featured on television, and has making a huge splash into the music scene this year from winning Kernersville Idol, being a Nominee in the Carolina Music Awards 2011 for Rock Female, and getting runner up for “Go Triads” Best New Act. She just recently opend for Dia Frampton and has already been tapped for licencing her music for commercials.

We ran across her on Reverb Nation while scouting new independent talent for the show. When we first heard her voice, we were blown away and immediately wanted to bring this new talent to all of you. On this episode we talk to Lauren about her about a variety of topics relating to her about her music and her unique approch to getting into the music business. While we won't say too much about her approch here, it is something that new musicians especially should listen to. She is soon to start recording her first full length album and with the talent, drive and intelligence that she posesses it will make for a lethal one-two punch that is bound to create a bright and busy future for Lauren and her band.

You can find out more about Lauren Light, her music, upcoming tours and her music at her website at: http://www.laurenlight.com. Also be sure to check out this blog at http://www.audiosmaximus.com to see a few of Lauren's Videos!

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My Symphony Of Life episode 15 is dedicated to Claire Johnson. Claire Johnson was the wife of DJ. Knuckles aka Vance Gardner.

Our featured guest is Carrie Heyes. Carrie Heyes is a children’s poet. Her most recent book is called Duck... duck... Moose! She writes whimsical poems that lend themselves to catchy phrases and silly but thoughtful ideas. She’s a podcaster at Carrie Heyes Doopod: poetry for kids which can be found on iTunes, she’s also the founder/owner of her website www.carrieheyes.com. I’ll discuss 2011 year in review. We’ve had wonderful guests on our show. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed talking to all of our guests. I hope you have learned as much from them as I did! I have journaling prompts as well as poetry prompts for you as well

  1. Where do you want to be 6 months from now?

  2. Are you creating this opportunity for yourself/What tools are you using to get there?

  3. Close your eyes and focus on one of the people that you hold dear to your heart, who is it and how have they provided inspiration in your life?

Poetry Prompts

1. Write a poem about your favorite state that you’ve visited. Think about what excites you about that state and why it’s meaningful to you.

2. List 5 of your talents and passions you have in life and write poetry based on your list. Write about your true self!

3. List pet’s you might have had in your life and write about the connection you’ve had with each of them. What made the connection unique?

I look forward to hearing from you and responses to these prompts. Again, I’ll share mine with you on the next show. If you have any questions regarding journaling you can always email me at admin@audismaximus.com.

If you’d like me to share your journaling and poetry writing’s on the next podcast, let me know and I’ll get that on the next show!

For the next show our featured guest will be Tracy- Penny Pinching Mom! Stay tuned!

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We have a full show for you let’s get into what I have for you, my listeners/readers. On this episode we have the pleasure of talking with Angie Mozilo . Angie is the host of Mom of many hats radio which can be heard at www.toginet.com.com/momofmanyhatsradio. She’s also the founder and author of AZ mom of many hats blog. Angie has a heart for moms and helping them to see their importance and believe in their value in the world.
We have the calendar section for the Baton Rouge, LA and surrounding area for the next two weeks. There’s plenty to do out there together as a family. Perhaps I’ll see you out there at these events.
I will also talk about StepN2Mom’s which is about being a stepmom and what my two weeks are like with them.  I’ll also have resources/tips to share with you. I have a craft project for you: One of a kind paper/cardstock-Marbleized paper.
My affirmation is about Grateful and my band pick for this episode is non other than Saturate! They are a wonderful group! The group was formed in 2005 on Vocals- Jimmy Miller, Guitars- Mike Mexas, Bass- Hector Porras, Drums-Doyle Hingle. Be open to listening to new music! I am part of their street team… in this case audio street team!  They’ve been interviewed on The Tour Bus Music Show. Bands know that we support them 110%. I have a Picture Poem for you. I hope that you enjoy this type of poem and I hope to hear about the poetry you come up with.
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Mom, Dad are we there yet? I wanna ride the doll ride mommy, you know the one at the Pepsi Building. NO DAD we rode that last time cause sis wanted to. I wanna see the Dinosaurs and ride in the Mustang. All right children, quiet down now We’ll be there anytime now and your father will decide what we do first… How many times was this scenario played out in 1964 through 1965 if you happened to be in New York?

On this episode of Echoes of Laughter both T. Mic and Bill Cotter will revisit the 1964 New York World’s Fair which was held in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, in the borough of Queens. They will discuss Bill’s personal experience of attending the fair as well as what was good and bad about how the fair came about, how it was operated, what made it a unique World’s Fair, it’s financial problems and what remains of the site today.

The site had also hosted the1939/1940 New York World’s Fair. It ran during April 22 through October 18, 1964 and April 21 through October 17, 1965. The admission price for adults (13 and older) was $2.00 in 1964 but $2.50 in 1965, and $1.00 for children (2–12) both years. The theme of the fair was "Peace Through Understanding," and was dedicated to "Man's Achievement on a Shrinking Globe in an Expanding Universe". The fair exhibits were unquestionably dominated by American Industry and third world countries that normally would not have a chance to participate in a World’s Fair. The reason for this was that the fair was unsanctioned by the BIE (Bureau International des Expositions) due to a variety of reasons including the fact that it was to be run for two 6 month seasons (The BIE only authorizes 1 – six month run). The fair site encompassed 1 square mile and was one of the largest fair sites ever hosted in the United States. Most of the corporate exhibits were geared towards space age technology. The theme was present in the architecture of many of the pavilions, such as the leaning wall of the GM pavilion, the IBM “Egg”, The Westinghouse and Ford Buildings were also futuristic in design.

Though the fair was plagued with financial woe’s it still is remembered fondly by most of the public that attended it. In the variety of foods (such as the famous Bel-Gem Waffles), the wonder of people first seeing tomorrows technology in action and the hope of a utopian future as it was presented in abundance. Ah, the dreams of the past.

And then there was the Disney influence… Walt Disney saw the fair as a great opportunity for his own company’s growth. Some of America’s top corporations benefited from Disney’s imagination and ingenuity in presenting their products to the public and Disney benefited in return by being able to use the financial backing from those very corporations to fund research and design for technologically advanced ride systems, shows, and (of course) Audio Animatronics… The rest shall we say is history.

The 1964 New York World’s Fair significance is still very present some 48 years later and though there are very few physical landmarks that still survive on the site in Flushing Meadows Corona Park the gleaming stainless steel Unisphere still shines as brightly today for those who see it today as it does in the memories of those who still hold the experience of attending the fair in their mind and in their hearts from so many years ago…

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On this episode of The Tour Bus Music Show T. Mic speaks with one of rock’s legendary bassists, Rudy Sarzo (www.rudysarzo.com) before their show at Baton Rouge’s Varsity Theatre briefly about his career, his current involvement Dio Disciples and his long association and friendship with Ronnie James Dio (www.ronniejamesdio.com). Dio Disciples is the band of the late Ronnie James Dio. They have been touring the world in celebration of the life of Ronnie and to raise awareness of cancer, the early detection and treatment for the disease. Ronnie passed away at 7:45 am (CDT) on May 16, 2010, of metastasized stomach cancer.  

We also speak about the current tour, what’s in the future for the band and the non-profit fund started by Ronnie and his wife Wendy Dio. The Stand Up And Shout Cancer Fund is a 501(c)(3) non-profit charitable fund dedicated to support cancer prevention research, raise awareness and educate the public with the focus that early detection and prevention is of vital importance when dealing with this deadly disease that robs families of it's loved ones.

We at the Audios Maximus Media Network and The Tour Bus Music Show encourage our listeners to contribute towards this cause and helping to put an end to this terrible disease that has claimed the life of Ronnie as well as so many other wonderful people in this world before their time. On a personal note T. Mic and Ana of Audios Maximus has lost grandparents as well as other close family members and friends to cancer. This is one cause that we all can get behind. To find out how to contribute to this worthy cause, here is the web address: http://diocancerfund.org/

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I have the pleasure of talking to the creators of Hayden5 (www.hayden5.com) Todd Wiseman Jr. and Milos Silber. Hayden5 is a multifaceted media company based in NYC producing national commercials, music videos, web content, television shows, and feature films…. Creativity you can touch.
Having worked with clients ranging from Def Jam Recordings & Slim Fast to Coca Cola & Bloomberg Television, this is a New Media Company that is doing business at the speed of tomorrow and setting new standards in production.

Todd and Milos tell us in on how they started Hayden5, the risks that they took to start their own business right after college, they go into detail about the variety of services they provide, the notable clients they worked with, giving back to the community and they give us a walk through the trenches of what a typical day is like for them.
Learn about what they enjoy most of what they do and the type of productions they do at the loft. Join us as we learn about their future aspirations for their own productions, the companies long term goals, where you can connect with them and learn tips for startup/entrepreneurs.
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Welcome to Episode# 21 of the Tour Bus Music Show. On this episode we will be featuring an interview with Geoff Tate (www.geofftate.com) of the legendary rock band Queensrÿche (www.queensryche.com). Back on our December episode (episode# 9) of the Tour Bus music show, Geoff alluded to the fact that the band was working on music for what was to be an experimental new album. We now know that the album that he was speaking about is “Dedicated To Chaos”. The album is a definite evolution of the bands’ sound and writing style. After listening to the album several times both with headphones and out loud (anybody that has listened to Queensrÿche extensively knows about their elaborate production techniques, which makes listening through headphones an equally elaborate experience). Speaking as a longtime Queensrÿche fan I can speak to the fact the new album is very different than any other album from the group. That being said, I think that the album has a fresh new sound, content that is relevant to the time we live in and is as good,  if not better than any album in the Queensrÿche catalog.

Now on to the conversation that Geoff and T. Mic had. We discussed not only the album but the tour that the band has been currently engaged in. The tour celebrates Queensrÿche’s 30th anniversary and the band will be performing music not only from the new album but across their career. According to Geoff, fans can also expect the exceptional stage show that the band is well known for.  Geoff and T. Mic also discuss a variety of other topics regarding the band, their history, and some of what is to come with Queensryche. We also preview four tracks off of “Dedicated to Chaos” on the show and find out the inspiration behind some of the music on the album.

We hope you enjoy this episode and encourage you to subscribe to The Tour Bus Music Show. You can find out more information on Queensrÿche, their new album “Dedicated To Chaos” and their 30th anniversary tour at www.queensryche.com  Please come back for our next episode.  

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On this episode we have the pleasure of talking with an author. She is encouraging everyone to Write On! Mari McCarthy is an author of several ebooks such as her recent work Your Money Matters! Use Journal Writing Therapy to Get Financially Fit Now. In this book you learn how to: 

  • Come to terms with your worries about money.
  • Initiate healthy and productive approaches to money making.
  • Maintain these healthy habits over time.
  • Discover and heal the origins of your fears about money.
  • Establish inner mechanisms that give you confidence.
  • Achieve your goals regarding personal finances.

Dark Chocolate for the Journaler’s Soul: 17 Personal Journaling Stories for Healing and Growth!

In this eBook, travel with journaling experts as they reveal:

  • What you should do when you find yourself cheating on your journal
  • How you can make the Blank Page work for you
  • What it's like to reconnect with your Inner Kid
  • How journal writing hastens healing
  • What the best time of day to journal is

Who Are You? How to Use Journaling Therapy to Know and Grow Your Life, introduces you to the ultimate self-discovery and personal growth tool, Journaling, and shows you how to start knowing and growing your Self.   

  • Access Journaling as a process to help you change your thoughts and feelings
  • Read about the 7 Principles of Journaling for healing your inner world
  • Get a grip on getting out of your own way
  • Learn Journaling techniques to deal with relentless inner critics   
  • Come to know your self in a whole new light

Mari has a wonderful website in which she founded and created called www.createwritenow.com. Here you’ll be able to find the inspiration you seek while journaling yourself. She provides Journaling for Self-Discovery and Personal Growth Services.

PRIVATE JOURNALING  THERAPY CONSULTATIONS

She has several packages available for you. These private journaling therapy consultations are where you'll learn that you have the solution(s) and will leave the meeting with ideas and an action plan.

On her website she as well as her readers provides great journaling tips and ideas. Make sure to sign up for her Email Newsletter. Her website is www.createwritenow.com

It’s my pleasure to bring you, our listener’s fresh content with that being said we’ve added to our ensemble. Please welcome her with open arms. We have a beauty contributor! Welcome Emily!

Emily Gamez is an accessory designer for a young adult brand Emmy’s Kawaii Shop, a style- make-up- health and beauty aficionado. Go and LIKE her page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Emmys-Kawaii-Shop/229929553720041. She is environmentally concerned, so in the process of doing her own research to find the best deals on the safest products, (for us and the environment), she has become an expert and an excellent source of information on the best products, the alternatives, the deals, the tips, and the toxins (that we would never imagine are in our beauty products). Emily personally researches, tests and evaluates each product that she writes about to give us the real scoop on the price of being beautiful – at the counter and to our health. She’s also part of our review team. If you have product’s you’d like her to review-makeup/skincare. Send us an email at admin@audiosmaximus.com.

We have a calendar section for the Baton Rouge, LA we hope to see you there. Thank you so much for taking the time to read our posts as well as listening to our podcasts.

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Welcome everyone, this is T. Mic with The Tour bus Music Show. This episode, cool is the rule as we have Jared Navarre, who is the lead vocalist and a guitarist for Static Cycle from Anchorage, Alaska, who will be sitting down with us for a discussion on the band and their music.

Static Cycle is currently the biggest band in Alaska (and soon the whole US and have become known as a hot national touring act in the U.S. performing with other major artists such as Drowning Pool, Daughtry, Seether, Puddle Of Mudd, Eve6, Emery and many other well known groups and artists and with what is now 3 releases they are only getting more popular by the day.  MTV calls them "The hottest rock band out there"

Static Cycle Is:

Vocals: Jared Navarre
Guitar: David Myhre
Bass: Jonny Nabors
Keyboard: Danny Resnick
Drums: Dennis Smith

This episode runs just about an hour. In one of our more candid and interesting discussions on the show, Jared talks to us at length about Static Cycle’s history, their accomplishments, as well as, the story behind their unique sound and approach to writing music.

If you haven’t seen their video for “Inside This World Of Mine” you have got to check it out on YouTube or on their web site or by clicking here. We’ll talk about the making of the video and some of the unique sites that it was filmed at such as the Ice Museum at Chena Hot Springs Resort in Chena, Alaska as well as what it was like being dropped on the top of a massive glacier in the wilderness of Alaska for several shots in the video.

On a lighter note, he also commits T. Mic to go and jump out of a perfectly good plane on their next trip to Louisiana to go parachuting together. Stay tuned fro the details on that one!  We’ll also feature four songs from their previous three releases.

Jared also invites all of our listeners and Static Cycle fans to visit their website at www.staticcycle.com and sign up for their mailing list to get a free digital download of their newest EP Rehydrate.

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Welcome everyone to Episode# 12 of My Symphony Of Life!
On this episode our featured guest, Suzie Bowers, is the author of Ten Key’s to Living a Soul Life it’s a step by step primer to living a joyful and soulful life becoming conscious. Since 1995 she has been a personal success coach, hypnotherapist and online business entrepreneur. She’s also the founder of her website www.suziebowers.com.  She provides a service to you on your journey and to share the tools and knowledge that I know will help you be the successful person you’ve always dreamed you could be. Suzie states “Create The Life You Desire and Deserve”. Let’s start the journey!
There are many things going on in the Baton Rouge and surrounding areas. Check out the calendar section. We have poetry corner for you. This is all about visual journal. I spy a flower poem based on this visual journal. I hope you like the example that I provide for you. We have a journaling exercise for your pre-teen. This is a project for teens. However, this could be for adults also. You may have to rephrase the questions based on the age group you want to use this lesson for.  I hope that you enjoy the journaling segment. 
If you have a dog we’d like to feature them on Barkussions. Send us a picture of him and her; tell us the story behind your companion. You can email us at feedback@audiosmaximus.com If you have a cat we’d like to feature them on Purrkussions. Send us a picture of him and/or her; tell us the story behind your companion. You can email us at feedback@audiosmaximus.com.  Bella and I look forward to checking out the emails we receive and the comments we get from you, our listeners.
 
 
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 Welcome everyone to Episode# 001 of Expedition Louisiana!

Let’s begin the journey! On this episode our featured guest Beth Sigur, is the Museum Manger at Musée Conti Historical Wax Museum.  She sits down to talk to us about this wonderful museum that is dedicated to telling the history of the almost 300 year old city of New Orleans, LA.

After leaving the Legends Room where we conducted the interview with Beth, we’ll take a ride on the oldest freight elevator in the city of New Orleans down to the museum floor where we’ll take a brief tour of this one-of-a-kind museum and experience history in The Wax…

If you’re looking for the perfect place to hold your events, this museum has a charming facility upstairs called the Legends Room. The Legends Room offers 4400 square feet of space for your event and features access to the museum as part of the experience.

Beth is available at beth@neworleanswaxmuseum.com or for more information on reservations, availability and rental rates. You can also call her for details at 504.525.2605. You can also find out more information at Musée Conti Historical Wax Museum at www.neworleanswaxmuseum.com.

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Welcome to our first episode of Personalities. This show will feature real people telling their real stories. Their highs and lows, triumphs and failures and what has brought them to where they are in life today. You will hear their insights on the struggles they have faced and the drive and passion that have carried them through to the success and happiness they enjoy today.

On this episode we feature our inaugural guest, Daniel J. Lewis of the Noodle.MX podcast network. Daniel has been a podcaster since 2007 and is the producer and host of the clean comedy podcast "The Ramen Noodle" and the popular how-to-podcast show "The Audacity To Podcast". Daniel is a full time podcaster, web and graphic designer and he talks with us in this episode about what led him to begin podcasting, as well as valuable insights on how to build a successful podcast, website and what it takes to last over the long term and to not pod-fade after a few episodes. He’ll share the story of his life over the past several years of turning his passion and hobby into his livelihood all while obtaining balance between the effort and time it takes building a successful business, enjoying his personal life and sharing with his wife in a rewarding and loving marriage

The life of a podcaster is a busy one and without proper planning, knowledge, and self-motivation most simply disappear after a few episodes. Daniel discusses with us why someone must have a passion for pursuing podcasting. As he says frequently on his podcast, The Audacity To Podcast, you must have POD to podcast (Passion, Organization and Dialogue).

So join us now as we share in the story of a man as he pursues his dreams on the road to success and more importantly, happiness.

You can connect with Daniel and hear his shows by clicking on the links below. Enjoy!

<a href="http://theaudacitytopodcast.com" title="The Audacity to Podcast">A "how-to" podcast about podcasting and using Audacity</a>

<a href="http://areyoujustwatching.com" title="Are You Just Watching?">Christian movie reviews with critical thinking</a>

<a href="http://cleancomedypodcast.com" title="the Ramen Noodle">clean-comedy podcast"</a>

<a href="http://podcastcoverart.com" title="Podcast cover art">high-quality podcast cover art design</a>

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Thank for joining us on Episode# 19 of The Tour Bus Music Show. Rocking the world from Southern Louisiana. On this episode we’ll talk with Jeremy Edge, the lead guitarist, of Williamsport, PA’s Candlelight Red. This band has been hitting the radio airwaves and the internet music scene with the impact of a Juggernaut. Having hit the ground running Candlelight Red beat out over 10,000 bands to win Guitar Centers On-Stage Competition. In which they won a $10,000 shopping spree and Guitar Center along with being hand picked by Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons to win the coveted spot of opening for one of the ultimate rock legends, KISS in 2010. Since then their momentum has only increased with them continuing to share the stage with some of today’s best rock groups such as Disturbed, Avenged Sevenfold, Stone Sour, Staind, Lacuna Coil and Three Days Grace. The bands’ lead axe slinger Jeremy Edge takes a few minutes out of their busy touring schedule with Saving Abel to talk with T. Mic about the history of the group as well as what is currently going on now and the near future for the band.

CANDLELIGHT RED IS:

RYAN HOKE - LEAD VOCALS

JEREMY EDGE - GUITAR/BACKING VOCALS

JAMIE MORRAL - BASS GUITAR/BACKING VOCALS

JOSH HETRICK - DRUMS

With the group’s permission we’ll also feature four songs from their soon to be released album, The Wreckage on Imagen Records and talk about the story behind several of the songs off of the album. Produced by David Ivory, The Wreckage stands as a testament to hard work and talented musicianship. The whole album has a great sound and in T. Mic’s opinion there is not a track on the album that doesn’t ROCK! We’ll be featuring their hot single “Closer” as well as the groovin’ rocker “In Your Hands”. The guys also cover a cool version of Roxette’s “She’s Got the Look” and we wrap up the show with the driving song Gone Forever.

Jeremy also discusses his past and what led him to a career in music and a life of the road. As a matter of fact that is exactly where he called in from as he was in transit during the course of our interview. Candlelight Red’s new album will be released at the end of September 2011.  Information on the band, their tour dates and current news can be found at www.myspace.com/candlelightred and www.reverbnation.com/candlelightred

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Welcome everyone to episide 11 of My Symphony Of Life! On this episode our featured guest is the author of This Means War. She’s an author of 14 young adults’ books. Here at My Symphony Of Life we enjoy reading all types of books and different genre’s.  We are defiantly a book worm family! If you have kids who in grades 5-8 they’ll enjoy this book. I had the pleasure to read This Means War. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. I found myself reminiscing through my childhood. How many time’s when you were younger you’d state THIS MEANS WAR! Options: rock, paper, scissors, not it, let’s race. In this situation as the characters in this book went through girls are just as good as boys…even better and stronger! The challenge begins. Ellen take’s us through the battle of the sexes! Everyone stands behind the challenge and they find out it’s worth fighting for. It’s a wonderful book about growing up, finding out who they are, individually and working together in this challenge girls vs. boys…This means war! I found this book a great history tool as well as it takes you back to the year 1962 and this is set in the midst of the Cuban Missile Crisis. It’s a historical lesson during the period and its keeps kids wanting to learn more without bombarding them with dry historical facts. This is a must read book! This reaches students in which they can relate to on certain level. I encourage you to get this book and check out Ellen’s website at www.ellenwittlinger.com.  If you’re looking for a speaker for conferences, school visits or library engagements please contact Ellen Wittlinger. There are many things going on in the Baton Rouge and surrounding areas. Check out the calendar section. On this episode we have for you a journaling exercise for both adults and kids. We will also explore a passion for poetry exercise.  What does that entail?  Let’s take this walk together and explore! If you have a dog we’d like to feature them on Barkussions. Send us a picture of him and her; tell us the story behind your companion. You can email us at feedback@audiosmaximus.com If you have a cat we’d like to feature them on Purrkussions. Send us a picture of him and/or her; tell us the story behind your companion. You can email us at feedback@audiosmaximus.com. We are featuring Bella she checks emails with me. We look forward to checking out the emails we receive and the comments we get from you, our listeners. You’ll learn more about Bella on Barkussions.

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Long before Eago hassled the birds, Jack Sparrow and Barbarosa pillaged the Pirates of the Caribbean ride, and you could find wild animals on Discovery Island instead of in a Kingdom. We made our first trip to the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World. In this episode Kenny and I (T. Mic) share the humorous and interesting story of our first trip to the house of the mouse. We’ll take you on a virtual walk around the Magic Kingdom at the time and discuss rides and attractions that are no longer there to be enjoyed as well as the ones that are. We will discuss the differences in the park as we travel between the past and present and our perspectives on experiencing the park through the eyes of the children we were then and those treasured memories that last to this very day.

 

Long gone rides and attractions such as the Penny Arcade, the Mike Fink Keelboats & Canoes, the Magic Skyway, Mr. Toads Wild Ride and 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea are just a few of the attractions and rides we’ll discuss. So slap on those groovy bell bottom jeans and your best silk shirt (don’t forget that flashy neck chain) and hop in the Hornet with us as our family drives from south Louisiana to Florida to experience Walt Disney World for the first time. It’s time to Disco down to Disney…

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Here’s a story for you. It is of a young boy’s trip to Florida in 1979. The first real vacation his family ever took and was it one to remember and I’d like to share some of our story as well as the stories of three of the attractions that we visited that year that are no longer there to be enjoyed. Hi! This is T. Mic and this Echoes of Laughter will be a little different. It is a trip down memory lane and not just any trip but my own.

To the 11 year old boy that I was in 1979, these places were wonders to me and my siblings at the time and they still hold a special place in my memory some 32 years later. My parents had taken our family to Florida that year on vacation. As a matter of fact, my family was a modest middle class family in the seventies and we had never really gone anywhere on a real vacation before except for a few overnight trips around our home state of Louisiana and a trip or two into Mississippi. This was our first real week long vacation and we were going to the Sunshine State for the first time!

In this episode we’ll explore the Stars Hall Of Fame and The Mystery Funhouse. Both were once located in Orlando Florida. One we visited on our trip, the other we did not, but oh how I wish we had. We’ll talk about both attractions that succumbed to a ever more competitive tourist market and what these wonderful smaller attractions once encompassed.  Put on your old bell bottom jeans, comb that mustache, and sport that dusty old silk shirt in the back of your closet…Were going back to 1979 and talking about more wax than you can shake a match at!

 

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This is Ana and we have a featured guest on this week’s episode.

I’m excited to introduce this week’s featured guest! He’s an author, filmmaker and grounded spiritualist…Jeff Brown. He’s also the founder and author of Soul Shaping- www.soulshaping.com. Let’s take this journey together as we realize who we really are. Let’s move forward as we walk to a deeper relationship with ourselves and others. Expressing and living your life to the fullest!  With arms wide open! Jeff will be having a Soulshaping University in September 11, 2011. This is where you’ll be able to Discover How To Excavate & Honor Your Sacred Purpose. Take a look at his website for more information of this great opportunity!

We’re going to review our local calendar for the Baton Rouge, LA and surrounding areas. We will be talking about our pets on Barkussions. Remember that we are looking to feature a dog on Barkussions and a cat on Purrkussions. We’ll feature a pet once a month and I’d like to eventually expand it to 2 time’s a month with each new release episode that we put out. If you’d like your pet to be featured, please send us a picture of them and let us know about your favorite companion! You can email us at: feedback@audiosmaximus.com. We have some more mouth watering recipes from Chef Sarah Real Food with Attitude….enjoy the recipe!

Chef Sarah's Pasta Salad

Ingredients:

1 bag of macaroni noodles
1 bunch green onions sliced thin and cut on biased
1 cup shredded carrots
1 small red onion, small diced
1 cucumber small diced
1 cup roasted red bell peppers in a jar small diced
1 half pound of cheddar cheese

Dressing:
2 cups mayo
1 coup white sugar
1 tablespoon of apple cider vinegar
1 teaspoon celery seed
salt and pepper to taste



Cook macaroni noodles until al dente, once the pasta is cooked, let it cool down and put to the side.Combine your vegetables, macaroni noodles and dressing and mix until they are well blended.

Enjoy it! Remember Chef Sarah will respond to your questions and comments you many have. Come show some love!

Special Thanks go out to Jeff Brown as well as Chef Sarah for their contributions to this episode!

Be sure to listen to the podcast! Thanks For joining us on My Symphony Of Life and check us out at The Symphony Of Life website at: www.audiosmaximus.com and www.mysymphonyoflife.com. Also be sure to leave us your comments and questions on our listener feedback line at 206.338.1478 or on e-mail at feedback@audiosmaximus.com.

Until next time, have fun while conducting your own Symphony Of Life!

 

 


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My Symphony Of Life - Episode# 009 7/17/2011 - Interview With Claudette Chenevert The Step Mom Coach, Local Calendars and Chef Sarah

Here at My Symphony Of Life we have added Stepn2mom. My vision for Stepn2mom is that we form friendships, we can meet new people and through knowledge we can grow into the best Stepmoms we can be at whatever level we may be at. It’s because of growing in knowledge for myself as a stepmom I  had the pleasure of speaking with Claudette Chenevert who’s a Stepfamily/Relationship Coach Master Certified by Stepfamily Foundation. She’s also the author and founder of her website The Stepmom Coach. Her mission is to help step families understand and learn positive ways to deal with daily family issues. You can find her at http://www.stepmomcoach.com.

We have a calendar section that feature's events two weeks out... go and have a great time since the kids are still out of school, Chef Sarah Real Food With Attitude share's a great summer time dish: Lemon Asparagus Pasta Salad.

Lemon Asparagus Pasta Salad
A wonderful summer time salad!
Cheesy, good and yummy!
Serves 2
 
Ingredients:
 
4 oz. penne pasta
2 tablespoon of butter (real) not margarine
1 small red bell pepper julienne
1 ½ small onion julienne
1 pd. Asparagus, clean cut, 1 inch long. You want to shock the Asparagus by putting it in ice. You want it green and crisp.
1 tablespoon lemon zest
2 cloves garlic minced fine
1 cup heavy cream
3 tablespoons of lemon juice from lemon zest
Salt and pepper to taste
2 oz. Parmesan grated cheese
 
Directions to this great tasting recipe:
 
Sautee the onion and bell pepper for 2-3 minutes in melted butter.
You want the onion and bell pepper crunchy not mushy.
Reduce Cream to 1/3
Add your penne pasta, cream (you want the mixture good, rich and thick not thin/watery), fresh lemon juice, lemon zest and asparagus and cook together until tender.
 
This makes a wonderful vegetarian dish!



We enjoy pet's and we'd like to know about your dog or cat. We will be having a month feature of a dog and cat. Email us a picture of your cat or dog and tell us about your companion.

Our next episode will feature Jeff Brown who's an author, filmmaker and ground spiritualist. To take a sneak peek into what he does before you listen to the podcast go to his website: www.soulshaping.com.

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The Tour Bus Music Show - Episode# 18 6/26/2011 - Interview And Music With World Renowned Bassist Michael Manring

In every generation, there is one…or maybe two bassist that changes the rules and for that matter the whole concept of what can be done on and with a bass guitar. The late great Jaco Pastorius was one of the masters of bass guitar that expanded the world of bass guitar with his astounding ability and talent. However, it was his student that took the bass to new heights and along with Joe Zon designed one of the finest and most unique bass instruments on the planet…The Zon Hyperbass, Michaels’ signature instrument. With it he continues to stretch the very boundaries of the bassists’ realm.

Michael has had and continues to have an outstanding career having performed and collaborated with the very finest musicians in the world. He has performed every type of music from New Age to Rock and Jazz to Fusion. His solo work has been some of the most innovative music ever composed for bass guitar including a work entitled “ My Three Moons” off his album “Thonk” where he simultaneously plays three basses at once with remarkable prowess. We have included a link to the video of him performing this feat on our web site at www.audiosmaximus.com.

In this episode of the this episode of  The Tour Bus Music Show we sit down with Michael for an in depth interview where we discuss his career and experiences such as his friendship and collaboration the late acoustic guitar master and performer Michael Hedges. We’ll also get inside his head where he shares with us his unique perspective on the bass guitar, life in general and what helped contribute to making him the remarkable bassist he is today.

In a personal note, I am a bassist myself (T. Mic), Michael Manring has been one of my personal favorite bassists for many years and has had a profound influence on my own playing style. It was a privilege and honor to conduct this interview and I wish to extend my personal thanks to Michael Manring for taking the time out of his busy schedule to talk with me for this interview.

You can find out more information on Michael Manring and current dates for his concerts and clinics on at www.manthing.com.

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My Symphony Of Life – Episode# 008 6/26/2011 - Interview With Roxanna And John Demers And Two Delicious Recipes With Chef Sarah

This is Ana and we have a featured guest on this week’s episode.

Our featured guests on this show are Roxanna and her father John Demers. John and Michelle Demers are the executive producers of The Rusty Bucket Kids TV series. We can join their children Roxanna and John as they share lead roles traveling through time as they visit famous people of American history in their teenage years at http://www.therustybucketkids.com

We did an interview with Anthony Majewski and Max who wrote Dog’s Work Too From Max’s Point Of View on episode 5.  Anthony Majewski and Max have a new song called Look at me now. John Coleman from the Rusty Bucket kids sang the song. It is available on Amazon by clicking here. It’s a great motivational song for everyone to enjoy. We’re going to review our local calendar for the Baton Rouge, LA and surrounding areas. We will have poetry corner: I’m reading a poetry that I’ve written called Fulfillment. My Symphony introduces StepN2Mom we will have our first interview with Claudette Chenevert  the Stepmom Coach on the next episode. If you’d like to see what she’s about visit her website at http://www.stepmomcoach.com. We have some more mouth watering recipes from Chef Sarah Real Food with Attitude….enjoy the recipe!

Here’s The Recipes:

Tomoto Feta Salad

Ingredients

2 lbs grape tomatoes, cut in half
1/2 lb feta cheese, crumbled
1 red onion, julienned
1/2 lb kalamata olives
1 bunch of basil, chiffonade
1 cup balsamic vinegar
1 cup olive oil

Toss all of the ingredients together in a large salad bowl. Refrigerate for one hour. Salt and Pepper to taste

Blackberry Brisket

Ingredients

1 - 4 lb Brisket

1 - 1 ounce dried onion soup mix

2   Tablespoons of soy sauce

1 - 10 ounce jar of blackberry jam

2 - medium onions

 

Brisket Glaze

Mix together the dried onion soup mix, soy sauce and blackberry jam in bowl and place to the side.

Now back to the Brisket

Place brisket on crock pot. Sprinkle brisket with garlic powder, onion salt, black pepper. Dice your 2 onions thin then sprinkle over brisket. Pour half of the soy sauce/blackberry mixture on the top of the brisket.

Cover and cook in crock pot on low for 8-10 hours.

Cover remaining soy sauce/blackberry mixture and place in refrigerator while brisket is cooking. Be sure to take the remaining mixture out of the refrigerator two hours before Brisket is ready and bring to room temperature.

Continue to cook brisket to fork tender consistency

When brisket is fully cooked remove and slice brisket on bias against the grain.

Pour remaining soy sauce/blackberry mixture over brisket and serve.

Enjoy it! Remember Chef Sarah will respond to your questions and comments you many have. Come show some love!

Special Thanks go out to Roxanna Coleman and John Demers as well as Chef Sarah for their contributions to this episode!

Be sure to listen to the podcast! Thanks For joining us on My Symphony Of Life and check us out at The Symphony Of Life website at: www.audiosmaximus.com and www.mysymphonyoflife.com.

Also be sure to leave us your comments and questions on our listener feedback line at 206.338.1478 or on e-mail at feedback@audiosmaximus.com.

Until next time, have fun while conducting your own Symphony Of Life!

 

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The Tour Bus Music Show – Episode 17  Friday June 12, 2011 – Interview and Music with George Porter, Jr.

In this episode of The Tour Bus Music Show on the Tales From The Back Of The Bus we are going to get funky in an interview with New Orleans/Gonzales, LA based bassist extraordinaire ,George Porter, Jr. (www.georgeporterjr.com) (www.funkymeters.com), To say that we’re going to get funky in retrospect is not quite correct because it is hard to pigeon-hole a man of Mr. Porter, Jr.’s  talent into just one genre of music.

He has, in fact, not only is he a founding member of The world famous “Original” Meter’s but played just about every type of music there is on the side of some of the biggest names in the music industry as well as having as exception solo career as a vocalist, guitarist, and bassist in his own right. To say he is still in demand is to put it mildly. At 63 years young, George’s schedule performing with his four, mind you that’s four, primary bands, his “Solo” shows and all of the gigs he still performs with various other bands and artists would leave a younger bassist with his head spinning. He has recorded on to many albums to count with other great artists.

Busy? Yes – In Demand? Yes – Exceptionally Talented? A Resounding Yes – Someone You Need To See and Hear? Without A Doubt – On The Tour Bus? He is In The House!. Join us in a rare candid interview with George Porter, Jr. as we sit in the comfort of one of his beautiful home near the historic Houmas House Plantation and discuss his experiences of a lifetime playing all over the world as well as his beloved New Orleans with artists and bands such as The Meters, The Funky Meters, Dr. John, Irma Thomas, Professor Longhair, Robert Palmer, Patti LaBelle, Earl King, etc.

We’ll also play several songs of his during the course of the show. This will also be the first in our series of “The Bottom Line” shows where we will be featuring some of the finest bassist in the music industry and the world for that matter. You can look for upcoming shows that will be featuring Michael Manring, Tony Franklin, and many more outstanding bass players.

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In this episode of The Tour Bus Music Show on the Tales From The Back Of The Bus Interview Segment we will be featuring Cardinal Collide, a 4 piece progressive rock band from Baton Rouge, Louisiana (http://www.reverbnation.com/cardinalcollide). We had the chance to catch up with the guys; James, Derek, David & Tweezy a few weeks ago in the midst of finishing up their new album, Ghosts Outside Your Window, and talked with them on a variety of topics.

It was a great interview that lasted over an hour and a half long. We went in-depth with the band into their songwriting process, personal experiences, the challenges and the triumphs they have faced in their time together.

Their music is inspiring and touching as the explore the human condition through their music and lyrics. In their live shows they come across powerfully and clearly and a performance that is just as enjoyable visually as it is audibly. Join us in hearing about this great band by listening to the podcast in it’s entirety as we explore the music, the people and the experience that is uniquely Cardinal Collide.

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On this episode we will review our local calendar for the Baton Rouge, La and surrounding areas.
Our featured guest on this show is Dr. Nick Abraham, he is Licensed Professional Counselor and in private practice at Chiron Center for Wellness in Baton Rouge, LA. The Center began in late November of 2010 and is oriented toward holistic wellness. He provides psychotherapy and psycho-education to couples, individuals and groups. He treats a wide range of clients, including those suffering from PTSD, depression, anxiety, relational conflicts and substance abuse. He continues to devote a large amount of his energy to assisting the under-served of our community, helping them find resources, learn life skills, develop better coping strategies and build self-reliance/initiative taking. Go to www.chironwellness.com and read more about the work and mission of Chiron Center for Wellness.

Please help us in welcoming Chef Sarah and her Real Food With Attitude cooking segment to the Audios Maximus Media Network. Chef Sarah has Pulled Pork Sandwiches along with coleslaw recipe for you. Here's The Recipe:

Pulled Pork Sandwiches with Cole Slaw:

For Pulled Pork:
1 pork butt
1 bottle bbq sauce
1 large onion
1 green bell pepper
1/4 cup minced garlic
tony's, pepper, to taste

-Place pork but in crock pot. Sprinkle with seasonings and minced garlic. Julienne the onion and bell pepper and place over Pork Butt. Put bbq sauce over top. Cook on low heat overnight. When ready pull meat apart with fork. Should be very tender... Serve with rolls.

Cole Slaw:
5 cups green cabbage, shredded
1 cup red cabbage, shredded
1/2 cup shredded carrots
2 cups mayo
1/4 apple cider vinegar
1 cup white sugar
salt and pepper to taste.

Toss everything together until well blended.. Serve on top of the pulled pork.

Perfect dish for Memorial Day! 

Enjoy it!  Remember she'll respond to your questions and comments you many have. Come show some love!

Special Thanks go out to Nick Abraham and Chef Sarah for their contributions to this episode!

Be sure to listen to the podcast! Thanks For joining us on My Symphony Of Life and check us out at The Symphony Of Life website at: www.audiosmaximus.com and www.mysymphonyoflife.com.

Also be sure to leave us your comments and questions on our listener feedback line at 206.338.1478 or on e-mail at feedback@audiosmaximus.com.

Until next time, have fun while conducting your own Symphony Of Life!

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In this episode The Tour Music Music Show is transported oversea's for an interview in the outback with hard rock powerhouse group, Strange Karma. Paul Strange (Lead Guitar & Vocals) and Martin Strange (Lead Vocalist) chat with T. Mic on the history of the group through it's initial tours through Europe and their recent tour of the midwest and west coast of the United States.

Their most recent release Volume 1 showcases the group as a hard rocking, tight sounding group with a hint of the classic hard rock sound that makes them fairly unique in this day and age. That's not to say that the group isn't serious competition for any modern rock group. With the drive of a tank this band has faced and conquered challenges that would have left lesser bands running for the hills.

The experience, hard rockin' style, and great live performances of this group recently in the States has left major venues and talent reps. clamouring for more. Just how soon can we expect them back in the United States on tour is a matter currently being planned by the band and their management. Until then we can only check out their album, Volume 1, from which we feature four songs this episode: America, Down and Out, Fame and Mind Games and hope they'll be back stateside, rockin' soon.

You can check out their news, tour dates, and other information on the band at:http://www.strangekarma.net/ and www.myspace.com/strangekarma.

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My Symphony Of Life - Episode 006  5/15/2011 - Interviews With Carolee Lafoon and Stepahnie Lema

My Symphony Of Life – Episode# 006 5/15/2011 –We have three Interviews for you on this show. Our first guest is Carolee Lafoon who’s a Heal Your Life Workshop Facilitator and Personal Life Coach (www.healyourlife.com), creator of Affirmations To Go (www.affirmationstogo.com), and author/blogger of 3 Shared Paths (www.3sharedpaths.com). Our Listeners can receive a 15% discount by using the Promo Code: MSOL  when purchasing products from Affirmations To Go through June 30, 2011.

Our second guest is Stephanie Lema who’s the founder and author of Be Positive Mom- www.bepositivemom.com. Stephanie provides moms with book reviews, workshops, tips to help moms on a daily basis and she also provides resources for women on how to find "me" time for busy moms.

Our third interview is with Chef Sarah she is joining Audios Maximus Media Network as our resident Chef for the cooking segment on My Symphony Of Life (www.audiosmaximus.com). Ana will also be reviewing our local calendar for Baton Rouge, Louisiana USA and the surrounding areas


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The Tour Bus Music Show – 014  5/15/2011	-  Our Interview With Nonpoint At the Varsity Theater

Welcome to Episode 14 of the Tour Bus Music Show. In this episode we take a trip to the Varsity Theater in Baton Rouge, Louisiana USA for an interview with Rob Rivera and Ken Macmillan of Nonpoint.

We sat down with Rob and Ken on their tour bus for a detailed interview that lasted over 30 minutes. They share with us what the band has been up to, how their "Miracle" tour is going and what the group is planning in the near future.

We were also fortunate enough to catch Nonpoint perform that night along with their opening acts Surrender The Fall and Conquer The Throne. We also caught some video of the show which we will be posting by Friday of this week (5/21/2011). It was a outstanding show and Nonpoint blew the doors off of the place. Check out the interview as well as the four tracks off of their Miracle Album that posted with the interview.

You can find out more information and tour dates on Nonpoint at:www.nonpoint.com. Be sure to get their newest album Miracle and be sure to check them out on tour if they are coming anywhere near you. Their current tour dates (as of 5/15/11) are:

Headlining

5/17/11            Nonpoint in Des Moines, IA                 The Peoples Court         US

5/18/11            Nonpoint in Chicago, IL                      Reggie’s                      US
5/19/11            Nonpoint in Battle Creek,                    MI Planet Live Music     US

5/20/11            Nonpoint in Bloomington, IL                The Castle Theatre       US

Tour: Supporting Disturbed

5/21/11            Nonpoint in Milwaukee, WI                  Eagles Ballroom           US

Tour: Headlining

6/5/11              Nonpoint in Sarasota, FL                    Jakes Tavern              US

Tour: 95 WIIL FEST

8/13/11            Nonpoint in Twin Lakes, WI                 Shadow Hill Ranch       US

Special thanks to Elias, Zach, Ken, Rob, Josh and Brenna for being so accomodating and hospitable during production of this show!

This Show Is 56:55 Minutes In Length.

To leave questions, comments, or if you simply want to speak your piece; call our listener feedback line at  (206) 338-1478 or email us at feedback @audiosmaximus.com. Until next time…ROCK ON!


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Echoes Of Laughter - Episode 004  5/15/2011 - Chippewa Lake Amusement Park Circa 1878 - 1978 Chippewa Lake, Medina County, Ohio USA

In this episode we will be exploring the origins and history of Chippewa Lake Park, once located in Medina County, Ohio on the shores of Ohio’s only natural lake; Chippewa Lake. From it’s early days in the late 1800’s through it’s 1978 closing and into it’s year’s of becoming a legendary urban ruin; you’ll hear all about this wonderful old park as we take a virtual tour of the park through time. The park had a long history of hosting famous musicians, dances, and park guests over it’s 100+ year history and despite it’s closing in 1978, it continued to draw visitors and explorers right up until it’s final demolition in 2009 through 2010. Join us on a journey of fun, laughter, nostalgia and discovery as we journey to and through Chippewa Lake Park.

Please visit our Podcast show page for much more detail on this park at: http://audiosmaximus.com/wordpress/our-podcast-shows/echoes-of-laughter

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My Symphony Of Life –  005 4/25/2011 – Interview With Children’s Author Anthony Majewski and Max - Dog’s Work Too From Max’s Point of View, Interview with John Bolin of Doggie Playcamp, Interview with Sarah Baldwin of Good Nighties

 Welcome to our fifth episode of My Symphony Of Life. We have an episode that is packed. I hope that ya’ll are ready! We have three interviews for you and I’m so excited about this episode. I hope that you enjoy it as much as I have enjoyed interviewing our guests and putting this episode together for you. There will be three episodes. Yes, three! We will be featuring several special guests on this show. In order of appearance first we will have Anthony Majewski and Max who wrote Dog’s Work Too From Max’s Point Of View….we’ll dive into the inspiration behind his book. They’ve also teamed up with Leader dogs. Touring event’s Max will be doing and finding out what’s next for this great team.  For more information about their great book check out their interactive website www.readwithmax.com. It’s Pawtastic! Second we will have John Bolin of Doggie Playcamp…we’ll take a look at his doggie daycare here in the Baton Rouge, LA area. He offers plenty to owner’s. For more information, check out his website www.doggieplaycamp.com. Third we will be featuring Sarah Baldwin VP of Marketing for Good Nighties we’ll find what the new smart fabric is and how it helps women throughout different stages of life as well as hearing what they have in the works. For more information go to www.goodnighties.com. We will also off poetry tips. This will be in regard to two word poetry. Keep it fun. We also are providing a great dog treat for your companion. 

Special Thanks go out to Anthony Majewski with Max, John Bolin and Sarah Baldwin for their contributions to this episode!

Be sure to listen to the podcast! Thanks For joining us on My Symphony Of Life and check us out at The Symphony Of Life website at: www.mysymphonyoflife.com.

Also be sure to leave us your comments and questions on our listener feedback line at 206.338.1478 or on e-mail at feedback@audiosmaximus.com.

Until next time, have fun while conducting your own Symphony Of Life!

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The Tour Bus Music Show – 013  4/24/2011	-  Lillian Axe, Circle Of Light, Upcoming Nonpoint Interview, Voodoo Music Festival, Jazz Fest and Discussions

Welcome to Episode 13 of the Tour Bus Music Show. In this episode The Tour Bus hits the road. We’ll discuss our recent trip to Jackson, Mississippi to Fire (a well known and very popular larger Rock nightclub in downtown Jackson) to see the debut of Lillian Axe’s (www.lillianaxe.com) new lead vocalist, Brian Jones. We sit down with Steve Blaze and Brian Jones to check in on how Brian’s addition to the band has been going, what they are currently doing and what the near future holds for the veteran rock group. We’ll debut their new single, “Take The Bullet” off their upcoming album (currently due to be released September 27, 2011) as well as provide a review of the show for Lillian Axe as well as the debut of their opening act for the night, Circle Of Light. Circle Of Light is comprised of the original members (Pre-MCA Contract) of Lillian Axe. Johnny Vines, Steve Blaze, Michael Maxx and Danny King.

We announce details on our upcoming interview with Nonpoint (www.nonpoint.com). We discuss the Voodoo Music Experience (http://thevoodooexperience.com) and the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (http://www.nojazzfest.com) that is being held in New Orleans this year.

We’ll also announce the newest addition to the Audios Maximus Media Network Family…literally. We hope to enjoy the show!

To leave questions, comments, or if you simply want to speak your piece; call our listener feedback line at  (206) 338-1478 or email us at feedback @audiosmaximus.com. Until next time…ROCK ON!

The episode is 44:39 minutes in length.

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The WhimsiMagical Mousecast  - Episode 003 4/10/2011 - Adventures In Adventureland

In our 3rd Episode of the WhimsiMagical Mousecast we explore Adventureland and the attractions that have made it famous. Come with us as we mount our expedition to the world famous Jungle Cruise, The Enchanted Tiki Room "Under New Management" and take in the view from 6 stories above the Magic Kingdom at the top of the Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse. After you've worked up an appetite we'll take you to several mechants offering there fare to soothe the hunger of even the most ravonous of explorers. We'll review some of the current news coming out of Walt Disney World and offer some tips and links to make your trip to Disney a liitle easier and even very affordable. Thank you for listening to this episode.

We would love to hear from you! We welcome your comments, questions, and suggestions on what you would feel would make our shows better for you. You can call our listener feedback line at: (206) 338-1478 or email us at feedback@audiosmaximus.com. Until next time...Never Forget, The Real Magic Happens When You Pursue Your Dreams...Godspeed

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The Tour Bus Music Show - 011  3/30/2011 - Tales From The Back Of the Bus (Alternative Music) - Interview And Music With Winbourne From Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Welcome to our interview segment of The Tour Bus Music Show. On this episode we will feature Winbourne from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. We caught up with the band short after they returned from their performance at South By Southwest (SXSW) in Austin, Texas. Winbourne was kind enough to take some time away from their rehearsals at the Healing Place Dream Center in Baton Rouge and let us in on what has been going on with the group, their collective history, information on their current EP and the upcoming release later this year of their full length LP. 

Our interview is about 1 ½ hours in length including music and was interesting, entertaining, and informative. Over the course of the interview we feature four songs off of their 2010 EP entitled “As We Are”. The songs we feature are (In order): “Let Me Love You, Street Signs, Easy and What Were You Thinking”. The background music in the beginning of the interview is an instrumental version of “Retrospect”

We were not only impressed with their music, but with each of them. Their personalities, charm, and genuineness as individuals made the interview a pleasure in itself. We at Audios Maximus Media Network recommend that you make the opportunity to see them live as well as purchasing and adding their music to your collection. They are defiantly worth hearing time and again.

Links to their sites online are:

www.winbournemusic.com

www.youtube.com/winbournevideo

www.twitter.com/#!/winbournemusic

www.ilike.com/artist/winbourne

www.facebook.com/winbournemusic?ref=tf

www.winbournemusic.tumblr.com

www.myspace.com/winbournemusic

Their EP is available at many music retailers online including Amazon and iTunes.

***Winbourne was founded in 2008 and has been setting their audiences on fire with their energy, talent, and passion for what they do. Music…and they do it well. Jordan, Chris (Doogie), Matt, Torrance and Terry are committed to their craft and it shows in everything they do. In our research on local music acts the first thing that drew us to the group was their music. It was positive, well written, masterfully arranged & produced.

Winbourne has been featured in The City Social, Tiger Weekly, The LSU Daily Reveille, 225 Magazine, and The Advocate. The band’s sound can be described as as alternative rock. Winbourne entered the Baton Rouge music scene by storm playing at every popular local venue including Chelsea’s, The Varsity and college gigs not to mention they have joined forces with other popular local bands such as Jake Smith.

With a rapidly growing fan base flocking to its Myspace, Twitter, and Facebook web pages, Winbourne has received avid local support of their originals. Fans’ favorites include “Easy,” “Let Me Love You,” and “Street Signs”. Fresh out of the studio the band’s focus is spreading their music to the world on their new pilot EP album “As We Are”. The six track record is now available on iTunes and at live shows.

Their loyal south Louisiana fan base now spreads outwards in hot response to their EP and enthralling live performance. Winbourne is preparing to get back in the studio to release a full length LP in the spring of 2011. In the mean time they continue to play locally and regionally as well as prepare for stage time in a slew of music festivals within the southeastern U.S. Whether blasting their live performances from the stage or rocking their “As We Are” EP through your own speakers, Winbourne will inspire you to Live Loud.

***Used with permission. From the group’s web site at: www.winbournemusic.com

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The Tour Bus Music Show - Episode# 010 3/27/2011 - The Tour Bus Music Show 2.0 - Music News, Updates, and Discussions

 

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Welcome back everyone to the Tour Bus Music Show 2.0. What's the whole 2.0 about? I'll be happy to share...We have been on hiatus from podcasting for a little longer than expected. However, it was necessary. In the time we have been off we have been going through lots of changes, both personally and professionally. All positive! What has amazed us more than anything is our wonderful community of listeners...all of you! Thank you all for continuing to listen to our episodes while we have been on hiatus. We are back and now it's our turn to return the favor. Ready To Rock?

In this week’s episode, hosted by T. Mic, we will be updating you on The Tour Bus Music Show's new format, music news, our featured artist of the week (our artist/album review), a brief update on concerts coming to our area and a lot more!

 

The Tour Bus Music Show and The OnStage Music Show have now been merged into one show.

The Tour Bus Music Show will now feature all genre's of music, but will continue to bring you the most talented bands from around the US and internationally.                                                                                     

Our the show will now consist of three parts:

The main show that will be bringing you music related news, discussions, reviews of new music, updates on new interviews and other music and band related information. This portion will continue to be released on a bi-weekly basis.                                                                                                                

"Tales From The Back Of the Bus" (our interview segments) will be released separately from the main show but will be released under the same RSS feed so that you will continue to get automatic downloads of the interviews along with the main show so you won't miss a thing.                                           

We will be going back to the inception of the show to bring back a third part of the show that will be the concert calendar for the US gulf south area. This portion will be released weekly and will feature both local and national dates.

Bands that wish their dates to be included in the concert calendar should send their dates on a monthly basis (or more often) to us at: bands@thetourbusmusicshow.com. Submissions must be received by Monday of the week they wish to be listed by 5:00PM CST. The concert calendar will be posted online on the following Thursday by 10:00PM CST. To ensure that bands are listed, a submission of your band’s monthly calendar is recommended.

 

In local music news, spring is in the air, flowers are in bloom, and local bands are kicking out great new music faster than rabbits on viagra. Big Frank has released their long-waited new album entitled Franco Grande. We had the chance to catch their show a couple of weeks ago and they were in usual bone-crushing form headlining a local club, Xtreme’s Sports Bar & Grill in Gonzales, LA. Ben, P. Fridge, Matt & Klipstein were taking no prisoners and rocking a packed house. Check them out at reverbnation.com/bigfrank and support them by getting their CD. Other bands releasing new albums this spring include upcoming guest’s on the Tour Bus Music Show such as Cardinal Collide, as well as Black Market Halos, Poltern Kinder with their new album, Feral (available at iTunes). Lillian Axe has welcomed their new vocalist Brian Jones to the ranks and have dived right in to recording their new album tentatively scheduled for late summer/early fall release. Both me and Ana were treated to a preview of one of the tracks for the new album while visiting with Steve and his wife recently entitled “Take The Bullet”. The band has now placed the song as a sample track on their website at LillianAxe.com and is now available to listen to. Lillian Axe will be debuting Brian at 2 shows on April 8, 2011 at The Howling Wolf in New Orleans, Louisiana and on April 9, 2011 at FIRE in Jackson, Mississippi. Check their website or our concert calendar for details. Speaking of Lillian Axe, for those of us who grew up around Louisiana in the 80’s and got to the see the original line-up of Lillian Axe prior to them being signed to MCA records, we have good news! The Original line up of the Axe is back together under the name Circle Of Light. That’s right, Steve Blaze, Johnny Vines, Mike Maxx, and Danny King will soon be rocking some of their original songs as well as new ones starting around this may. They are also in production of an album themselves. Details will be announced in the near future. Again keep an eye and ear for that matter on our concert calendar that can be found at www.audiosmaximus.com in both blog and audio versions.

It will be a good summer concert season if you are into classic rock, I’m not saying that there will not be a lot of great many modern acts out there this summer, but there are several notable classic acts coming to the southern United States area on tour this summer. Just giving you a heads up for Southern Louisiana and South Mississippi Area (and by the way) check out The Tour Bus Concert Calendar this coming week for more dates and details. Chicago will be performing at Beau Rivage Theatre in Biloxi, MS on Friday April 15 and At Paragon Casino Resort in Marksville, LA on Saturday April 16, 2011, Whitesnake will be performing at Hard Rock Live in Biloxi, MS on Friday May 20, 2011, Saturday May 21, 2011 at Coushatta Casino Resort in Kinder, LA and at Snowden Grove Amphitheatre in Southhaven, MS on Tuesday May 24, 2011, Also coming in May is Rocklahoma running from Friday May 27 through Sunday May 29, 2011. Although it will be a little drive for some it will be well worth the trip with bands such as Motley Crue, Poison, Staind, Whitesnake, Papa Roach, Seether, Hinder, Skillet, Saving Abel, Sick Puppies, Sebastian Bach, Black Label Society, Drowning Pool and Many, Many Others, Speaking of Motley Crue and Poison they will also be performing with special guests New York Dolls at the Mississippi Coast Colliseum in Biloxi, MS on Friday July 8, 2011, Def Leppard with Special Guest Heart will be at the New Orleans Arena Saturday July 23, 2011,  Journey, Foreigner, and Night Ranger will be live in concert at Aaron’s Amphitheatre in Atlanta, GA on Friday September 16, 2011  and Queensryche will be coming to Hard Rock Live in Biloxi, MS on Friday September 23, 2011

As we said earlier, we have been checking out and listening to a number of bands during our hiatus and we wanted to pass on some great bands and music that we have found. While they are not a new band, this weeks pick is  “In This Moment” from Hollywood, California. This band has been around for several years and released their newest album, “A Star-Crossed Wasteland” in mid 2010. For those of you who have not heard of or checked out this band, if you like hard rock, they are a “must-listen-to-band”. The band of extremely proficient and talented musicians: Chris Howorth on Lead Guitar, Blake Bunzel on Rhythm Guitar, Jeff Fabb on Drums and Travis Johnson on bass, with their alluring and powerful vocalist Maria Brink area a force of nature when they come together to make music. From haunting melodies to a vicious, shredding musical assault on their, let’s say…more energetic songs, this band’s music is addicting as we found ourselves wanting to listen to them everyday. On the first track of “A Star Crossed Wasteland” you press play on pur CD or MP3 player and you are yanked forcefully into the middle of a Category 5 grade mosh pit and are left to wonder how this proverbial wall of sound came crashing down on your head. While the mood and sounds change throughout the album, the entire album is full of great tracks, especially the more commercial sounding (if they can actually sound commercial) “The Promise”  which features a duet with Maria and Otherwise’s Adrian Patrick. We encourage you to checkout their website, their videos on YouTube and on tour. Their current releases to date are: Beautiful Tragedy (2007), The Dream (2008) and of course A Star Crossed Wasteland (2010).

Wow, what a whirlwind it has been these past several months. Lots of changes, late nights, crazy schedules… life has felt like a revolving door and at times not know if we were coming or going. To say the least it has been a challenge at times to balance our work schedules at our main jobs, family, pets, and turning what started as a hobby podcasting into a full blown production company. There have been times along the way when balance in life has seemed like a distant dream but all in all it has worked out. Don’t get me wrong, we are not complaining, as a matter of fact the sharing of our passion for podcasting about the topics that we do has been a vast reward in of itself. We love connecting with not only the people and now friends that we work with and interview, but also connecting with our community of listeners and friends across the internet and world for that matter. Not much inspires us more than to wake up in the morning and looking forward into the coming day knowing that we’ll have a chance to interact with so many people that we did not know the day before and the chance to learn from their perspective on life as we interact. Overall, the journey has required a lot of dedication and energy, but it has been a blast and we are looking forward to many, many more years doing what we love to do!

Along with the other changes we have had a few personnel changes. Scott “Bozo” Hood has decided to take some time for more pressing matters in his life and has, at least for the time, stepped down from his duties at Audios Maximus and we wish him nothing but continued success and prosperity no matter where life takes him. However, we have been joined by none other than my brother, Kenny to help keep us on track and to help take Global Stage Media and Audios Maximus Media Network to the next level. Kenny brings with him an extensive amount of talent, drive, and personality to the network. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Computer Science from SoutheasternLouisianaUniversity and he will be a very valued Partner/Owner in our network and production company. 

Along with our change from a hobby to an actual functioning company we have also had to perform our due diligence and legalize our company. As we take these next steps we have registered with the IRS, filed our LLC, working to get our business license, trade marking, and registering to pay sales taxes as necessary on sales of future digital products. Yes, formally going into business can be challenging but exhilarating experience. But worth every minute of it.

Now that we are back we have got some great groups coming up in the next few months. Nonpoint will be joining us in May. We will also have several other great bands joining us over the course of the spring & summer such as Southern Whiskey Rebellion, Cardinal Collide, Winbourne as well as major acts. Once Again keep an eye on our blog and listen to The Tour Bus Music Show for details. As far as our production schedule, it’s full throttle and we don’t plan on slowing down anytime soon. Along with other changes our community can expect some changes to our websites look and feel over the next couple of months as we prepare to add many more interactive features to engage you, our listeners with and to improve the overall efficiency and control of it’s features and add our new community forum & discussion board. We welcome your comments and encourage you to e-mail us at feedback@audiosmaximus.com or call us on our listener feedback line at (206) 338-1478 to tell us your ideas on what we can add or change to make your experience better on our site. We want to hear from you!

We hope you enjoyed this episode of The Tour Bus Music Show. Again, keep an eye on our upcoming concert calendar, which again will be released both on our blog and on this same podcast feed on the opposite weekends from this show. Also keep an ear our for our interview segments, Tales From the Back Of the Bus, which will be released on this same RSS feed as well. Of course all of the Tour Bus Music Show segments can always be found on our website at www.audiosmaximus.com, on iTunes, Zune, and Blackberry podcasts and on many other podcast directories online.

Thank you for downloading and listening to this weeks show. Please remember that if you like The Tour Bus Music Show and all of the news, bands, music and concert information we bring you, you can help support us by tweeting out that you are listening to us, tell your friends and family on Facebook and My Space and subscribe to our shows.

We encourage you to be an active part of our community by calling our listener feedback line at 206-338-1478 or by e-mail at feedback@audiosmaximus.com. Leave us your comments, questions, and your ideas on what could make our shows better for you.

You can also check out all of our different shows & episodes including:

 

My Symphony of Life

The Whimsimagical MouseCast

This Show, The Tour Bus Music Show

Echoes Of Laughter

Nue Muzik On The Double Planet

 

And Coming later this spring and summer

Pints N’ ‘Pinions

Expedition: Louisiana

Personalities

Our Seasonal Specials

And More Upcoming New Shows at our website at audiosmaximus.com.

 

Please join us again on for our next episode. Until then, this is T. Mic telling you to Rock On…

 

Special Thanks To The Bands listed below for our episode's background music this week:

Lillian Axe - Under the Same Moon - www.lillianaxe.com

Saturate - Keep Digging - www.myspace.com/saturatemusic and reverbnation.com/saturate

Winbourne - What Were You Thinking - www.winbournemusic.com

Reviewed Music:

In This Momemt - The Gun Show,  World In Flames,The Promise, A Star Croswed Wasteland - www.reverbnation.com/inthismoment, www.facebook.com/officialinthismoment, www.myspace.com/inthismoment

The Tour Bus Music Show Intro and Outro Music:

Etherdust - 24 

This episode is 00:16:11 (HH:MM:SS) in length.

 

 

 

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Welcome to our fourth episode of My Symphony Of Life. On this episode we will be talking about topics such as:  Spring is in the air. Spring forward, Spring Clean, and Spring Fashion. It's motivation and action time. Time is of the essence! We will have calendar dates on what's going on in the Baton Rouge Metro area. I'm also giving a shout out to all the local and national touring bands that we've featured on The Tour Bus Music Show at www.audiosmaximus.com. We've been meeting and making friends with a lot of new people. We're featuring several special guests on this show. In order of appearance:  an interview with author/children's poet Kenn Nesbitt. His work has also appeared in magazines, television and audio CDs. He has an interactive website available for kids, parents and teachers at www.poetry4kids.com. We also have two guests featuring in our cooking segment: Steve and Julie Blaze. Steve is the lead guitaris and founder of the rock group Lillian Axe. They will be sharing with us Death By Chocolate recipe that Steve sumbmitted to the cookbook "Mosh Potatoes" http://www.moshpotatoescookbook.com. You can see the Lilian Axe's touring schedule at www.lilianaxe.com. We will be talking about Acrostic Poetry and provide a sample for you as well.

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Echoes Of Laughter - 003 2/27/2011 - 1984 Louisiana World's Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana and an interview with Bill Cotter

This episode features an interview with Bill Cotter, published author of several books on World Fairs, Disney Television, and co-author on several other books. T. Mic (show host) & Bill discuss the 1984 Louisiana World’s Exposition at length. They will take you on an audio journey through the fair, area by area, they will discuss some of the individual attractions as well a the pavilions that were located in the 84 acre site on the Mississippi Riverfront in New Orleans Louisiana. They also discuss the origins of the fair, its challenges, highlights, and where you can still experience a few of the original attractions from the fair that are still in operation today. The will also discuss a little on some attractions that were planned for the fair but never came to be. The 1984 Louisiana World is probably one of the least documented World’s Fairs online yet most people that experienced the fair still retain fond memories of it some 26+ years later.

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The Tour Bus Music Show - Episode# 009 12/26/2010 - Our 2010 Year End Special Featuring An Interview With Geoff Tate Of Queensryche

 

Episode #9  12/26/2010  The Tour Bus Music Show – Our Year End Special For 2010, Featuring An Interview With Geoff Tate Of Queensryche

In this week’s episode, hosted by T. Mic and Ana, we will be featuring discussions with several bands that have appeared on The Tour Bus Music Show in 2010. Appearing on this show will be Shannon Guillot of Black Market Halos, Jimi Hudson of 4 Mag Nitrous, Ben Michon of Big Frank, Steve Blaze of Lillian Axe, Patrick Kennison of Heaven Below and, of course, Geoff Tate of  the one and only Queensryche. In T. Mic & Scott’s interview with Geoff we discuss in detail a variety of topics including what is currently happening with Queensryche, his venture into wine making with his signature brand of Insania white and red wines produced by Three Rivers Winery in Washington state (www.threeriverswinery.com), his insight on the current state of the music business, and a new Queensryche release currently slated for a spring 2011 release and tour to follow. We will also feature tracks from most of the groups that appeared on The Tour Bus Music Show in 2010. It is a not-to-be-missed episode!

 

This episode is 01:28:59 (HH:MM:SS) in length.

 

You can find out more information about the groups appearing on this episode at

Black Market Halos – www.myspace.com/blackmarkethalos  

4 Mag Nitrous - www.facebook.com/pages/4Mag-Nitrous/144131252291094

Big Frank - www.reverbnation.com/bigfrank

Poltern Kinder - www.polternkinder.com

Lillian Axe – www.lillianaxe.com

Heaven Below – www.heavenbelow.com

Saturate – www.myspace.com/saturatemusic

Queensryche – www.queensryche.com

Geoff Tate – www.geofftate.com

Thank you all for helping to support our network and our shows in 2010. We will be on pre-production break from 12/27/2010 through 2/5/2011 and will be posting our first shows of 2011 on Sunday, February 6, 2011. Have a safe, blessed and Happy New Year!

 

T. Mic, Ana, and Scott (Bozo)

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My Symphony Of Life - 003 12/26/2010 - Interview With Author Alan Fields

 

My Symphony Of Life - Episode# 003 12/26/2010 - Interview With Author Alan Fields 

Welcome To Our Third Podcast Episode Of My Symphony Of Life!

In this episode of My Symphony Of Life we will cover the family events calendar for the Baton Rouge, LA area. Our daughter, Tori Fairchild, will give a delicious recipe for Tomato Bacon Bites, a great tasting appetizer for holiday and other party events. We will have an informative and educational interview with author Alan Fields. He, along with his wife Denise, have co-authored a series of books on how to gain substantial savings on some of life's more expensive events. We will also briefly cover how to care for your older pet in our Barkussions segment. You can get more information on Alan & Denise Fields collection of books at: www.windsorpeak.com

 

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The WhimsiMagical Mousecast - 002 12/26/2010 - The Magic Of Disney, Origins Of The Pirates Of the Caribbean And More!

 

The WhimsiMagical Mousecast - 002 12/26/2010 - The Magic Of Disney, Origins Of The Pirates Of the Caribbean And More! 

Welcome To The Second Episode Of  The WhimsiMagical Mousecast.

In this episode we'll talk about the magic of Disney. We’ll also apprise you of the most current news on Walt Disney World, attraction refurbishment schedules, money saving tips for everyone, special military discounts at Walt Disney World and the origins of the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction/ride.

 

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The On Stage Music Show - 001 12/26/2010 - Interview And Music With Hip Boot Joe

The On Stage Music Show - Episode# 001 12/26/2010 - Interview And Music With Hip Boot Joe

 

In this episode of the On Stage Music Show we'll be featuring Louisiana's own Hip Boot Joe. This young country act has been touring in the southern United States region for several years and has developed a large & loyal following with their unique blend of Young Country, Cajun, and several other styles of music cummulating into a fresh, upbeat sound that is uniquely theirs. We will feature an in studio interview with the group and feature several tunes from their most recent release, Louisiana State Line. The group has been recognized internationally for their gospel-influenced song, Saved. You can get more information on the phenomenally talented group by visiting them online at: www.myspace.com/hipbootjoe

 

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The Tour Bus Music Show - Episode# 008 12/5/2010 - Interview and Music with Saturate

 

Episode #8  - 12/5/2010  The Tour Bus Music Show – SATURATE

In this weeks episode we will be featuring SATURATE. This Houston based group has recently come off of tour with FLAW. This group was formed in 2005 and is currently in the final stages of signing a major label deal in early 2011 and setting the stage for quite a bit of touring shortly thereafter.  In this episode we feature an interview with Jimmy, Mexas, Hec, JoJo and Doyle and we feature several tracks from their recently released album “The Point Of No Return”, including their hot new song & video “Soul Element”. The guys share with us their dastardly plan to SATURATE the nation with their music. The band comes alive on stage and are full of energy, passion and talent .They are definately a Do-Not-Miss band to see on tour if they are coming anywhere near you!

Saturate Is: Jimmy – Vocals, Mexas – Guitars, Hec – Bass Guitar, JoJo – Keyboards & Synths, Doyle – Drums & Percussion

The episode is 116:00 minutes in length.

You can find out more information about SATURATE at: http://www.myspace.com/saturatemusic for booking information, to purchase their albums, or to get any of their cool swag.

Also check out our website at www.audiosmaximus.com for our other upcoming podcast shows and current news.

Look for our year end special show featuring Geoff Tate of Queensryche on December 26, 2010 and thanks for listening.

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Echoes Of Laughter - 002 12/5/2010 - Riverview Amusement Park  1903 - 1967

<b>Echoes Of Laughter - 002 12/5/2010 - Riverview Amusement Park  1903 - 1967<b/>

This episode we are featuring Riverview Amusement Park. Once located in Chicago, IL this 74 acre amusement park, located on the banks of the Chicago River and bordered by Western & Belmont Avenues entertained millions of guests during its 64 season run.

Once home to unique attractions and thrilling rides this once world famous, and beloved by Chicago-ans, amusement park's lights blink no more.

In this episode we will have interviews with Mr. Ralph Lopez, the last manager of the "Shoot-The-Chutes" ride and modern day expert on the park. We will also interview John DeSalvo, a former Chicago native that grew up with the park only to lose it to Chicago's storied past at age 14. These gentlemen, from different walks of life, share their stories & experiences with us as well as their perspectives on why it closed and how Chicago could truly benefit from a similar park in Chicago in today's world.

We encourage you to learn more about this wonderful old amusement park, to purchase memorabilia, and original souvenirs from the park by visiting Mr. Lopez's website at www.riverviewparkchicago.com.

 

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My Symphony Of Life - 002 12/5/2010 - Interview with Award Winning Poet & Author Sage Cohen

My Symphony Of Life - Episode# 002 12/5/2010 - Interview With Award Winning Poet & Author Sage Cohen

Welcome To Our Second Podcast Episode Of My Symphony Of Life!

This episode we sit down for an interview and poem reading with award winning author & poet Sage Cohen. We will discuss her  current book, Writing The Life Poetic, as well as her new book, The Productive Writer (Due To Be Released On December 7, 2010. We'll have a cooking segment featuring a scrumptious holiday dessert. We will also discuss our pets, poetry, review local family calendars for the Baton Rouge, LA area for the week of December 5th. and life in general.

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The WhimsiMagical Mousecast - 001 12/5/2010 - Our Introductory Episode

The WhimsiMagical Mousecast - 001 12/5/2010 - Our Introductory Episode

Welcome To The First Episode Of The WhimsiMagical Mousecast.

This is an unofficial Disney podcast and is not associated, nor affiliated with the Disney Company in any way. This will be a bi-weekly podcast that will explore the history of the Walt Disney Company as well as the Brothers, Walt & Roy Disney.

We will also feature current news on the theme parks, status of attractions, rumors, and interviews with a variety of people that have played important roles with the company, other Disney podcasters and experts on Disney.

We will also provide reviews, money-saving tips and show you how you can make the most of your hard earned vacation to the "Happiest Place On Earth"

 

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The Tour Bus Music Show - Episode# 007 11/21/2010 - Interview and Music with Patrick Kennison & Jesse "Bawls" Billson Of Heaven Below

 

Episode# 007 11/21/2010 - Interview and Music with Heaven Below

 

In this weeks episode we will be featuring HEAVEN BELOW. This group has been rocking the U.S and Canada with their recently concluded Horns & Halos Tour. In this episode we feature an interview with Patrick Kennison (formally of Union Underground) and Jesse “Bawls” Billson and we feature tracks several tracks from their recent self-titled E.P., including their hit “When Daylight Dies”. Patrick & Jesse share with us what makes them rock & their tour buses roll and on where they are going in the near future. This is a band that you have got to catch on tour if they are coming to your city

HEAVEN BELOW is: Patrick Kennison – Guitars & Lead Vocals, Jesse Billson - Guitar, John Younger – Bass Guitar, and Chad Clark- Drums

The episode is 64:53 minutes in length.

You can find out more information about HEAVEN BELOW at: http://www.heaven below.com for booking information, to purchase their albums, or to get any of their cool swag.

 

Also check out our website at www.audiosmaximus.com for our other upcoming podcast shows and current news.

 

Look for our next show featuring SATURATE on December 5, 2010 and thanks for listening.

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My Symphony Of Life - 001 11/28/2010 - Our Introductory Episode

 

My Symphony Of Life - 001 11/28/2010 - Our Introductory Episode

Welcome To Our First Podcast Episode of My Symphony Of Life

Do you want a calm, cool, and "no-surprise" kind of life? Then this might not be the show for you. My Symphony Of Life is all about the challenges and rewards of being a middle-class mom and managing a family & home, job, pets, school activities, and helping run a production company and podcast network. Not for the faint of heart...Ana helps show you how to maintain control of a busy life and still have time to pursue your own passions and dreams.

 

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Echoes Of Laughter - 001 10/10/2010 - Ponchartrain Beach Amusement Park, New Orleans, Louisiana  1928 - 1983

Echoes Of Laughter - Episode# 001 10/10/2010 - Ponchartrain Beach Amusement Park, New Orleans, Louisiana 

Welcome to Echoes Of Laughter Introductory Show. This is T. Mic and I will be your host on our journey through history as we explore the amusement & theme parks of yesterday. This will be a monthly podcast and will feature interviews and discussions with individuals intimately involved with these attractions and the people that enjoyed them. We’ll travel back in time to the heyday of these parks and emurse you in the experience of visiting these parks in a way that you will never have the opportunity to do physically today.

On this episode we’ll visit the Pontchartrain Beach Amusement Park. Once located on the shores of Lake Pontchartrain in New Orleans, Louisiana. We’ll feature interviews with John DeMajo and Mike Loisel.

Mr. DeMajo is a retired engineer and lived within viewing distance of the park for several decades and was a frequent visitor to the park. He shares with us his many experiences with “The Beach” from the 1940’s until the closing of the legendary park and some of the more technical aspects of the park from inside sources as well as his own knowledge as an engineer.

Mike Loisel experienced the park many times as a child and teen in the later years leading to the parks closing as well. He shares with us some of his more memorable experiences as well as some insights on how todays youth could benefit from experiencing life from the way it used to be done vs. living life through the virtual reality of video games and indoor entertainment. 

The year is 1832 and the original Port Pontchartrain lighthouse begins operating near the shore of Lake Pontchartrain. While this is not the “Milneburg” (often mispronounced as the “Milenburg”) lighthouse that still stands near the banks of the lake at the end of Elysian Fields Avenue on the current grounds of the UNO Technology Park, it is the beginning of a series of events that led to the creation on the beloved, and sorely missed Pontchartrain Beach Amusement Park. As mentioned, the current lighthouse that still stands as a lone sentinel and icon for “the Beach” was actually constructed in 1855 and was actually located several hundred feet out in the lake itself along with the caretakers home and another structure built on pylons and shined until 1929. It was located in Milneburg, a once popular early resort area on the lake at the terminus of the Ponchartrain Railroad line often referred to as the “Smokey Mary”. The “Smokey Mary” also provided access to the many camps that dotted the shoreline as well as the hotels, restaurants, roadhouses, shooting galleries, bathing facilities and fishing piers. It has been said that it was at Milneburg’s dance halls and bars that much of New Orleans’ early jazz was first heard. During the depression in the late 1920’s and early 30’s the WPA (the Works Progress Administration) launched an ambitious project to reclaim almost a mile of land on the southern shores of the lake. Sand was pumped from the bottom of the lake to forma a new shoreline located behind a concrete seawall. Enter Harry Batt, Sr., businessman, showman, and entrepreneur. He sub-leased land from the original owners of Ponchartrain Beach Amusement Park, located near the old Spanish Fort at Bayou St. John and he became it’s sole proprietor during the depression in 1934.  Reletively soon after the land reclaimation project was completed Harry Batt, Sr. moved the park to it’s new location at the end of Elysian Fields Avenue in 1939 and a legend was born… Ponchatrain Beach became New Orleans’, and Louisianas’ largest and most popular amusement park. It continued to grow over the years with the addition of larger and more thrilling rides and attractions . The Beach served hundreds of thousands if not millions of people over its’ 51+ years of existence under the Batt’s family ownership. Of course the people of New Orleans constantly visited “The Beach” but it was also visited and known by residents from around the state of Louisiana, the United States and from around the world. The Beach closed it’s gates forever in 1983…but it will forever live in the the hearts and minds of those who loved it so…

 

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The Tour Bus Music Show - Episode# 006 10/10/2010 - Interview and Music with Steve Blaze of Lillian Axe

 

 

Episode# 006  10/10/2010  The Tour Bus Music Show – Steve Blaze Of Lillian Axe

 

In this weeks episode we will be featuring Steve Blaze of Lillian Axe. Lillian Axe has experienced almost everything playing music professionally has to offer…monster tours, major record label contracts, music videos (when MTV still played music videos), fame, fortune, and performing to millions of fans in their amazing career and even after 25+ years they are showing no signs of slowing down. They have just released their 10th album, Deep Red Shadows and been honored by being inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall Of Fame. The only thing that these things have done is fan the flames even hotter for this veteran rock band and drive them to accomplish even more.

 

Steve Blaze, the founder and one of the amazing guitarists in the group, sits down with me Bozo, and Ana for an amazing 90 minute interview. We feature tracks from Deep Red Shadows and he shares with us what is currently happening with the group, their past, and what’s coming in the future for the group. He also provides us with his insight and experience in the music industry and the changing trends of listeners, fans, and music in general.

 

 

Steve had plenty to say and we were treated some extreme hospitality on his part of allowing us to do the interview in his personal studio. He introduced us to his wife, Julie & his daughter, and in a real surprise to us, his handsome little son, Jude. I, T Mic, had been acquainted with Steve for many years and knew he was a good guy, but sitting down with him for a few hours while recording this interview and talking with him off the record before and after. I have to say that I never had a clue as to what a kind & respectable man he was and that he has more good character than any pro musician I have ever known.

 

The episode is 120 minutes and 11 seconds in length, which is longer than any episode we’ve done to date. But in the editing process we found that there was just such an abundance of good content that we didn’t want to take away from the experience by cutting it. Therefore, I would recommend that if you don’t have time to listen to it all at once, break it up and listen to it over a few sessions. But listen to the full interview, none the less. It was great!

 

You can find out more information about Lillian Axe at: www.lillianaxe.com  for band info, booking information, to purchase their albums, or to get any of their cool swag.

 

 

Thanks again to Steve for taking the time to talk with us and his hospitality while conducting this interview and being so accommodating during the production of this episode.

 

Look for our next show coming 11/26/2010 when we will be featuring Patrick Kennison & Jesse “Bawls” Billson of HEAVEN BELOW.

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Abandon All Hope, Halloween in the Swamp 2010 –  002 10/3/2010 – The 13th Gate - Baton Rouge, LA

Abandon All Hope, Halloween in the Swamp 2010 – Episode 002 – The 13th Gate - Baton Rouge, LA

In this episode we talk with Dwayne Sanburn, owner of The 13th Gate, about his 40,000 square foot nightmare located at 832 Saint Philip Street, in downtown Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Located in a former slaughterhouse turned sporting goods store, the attraction actually encompases 2 buildings. The building itself actually was constructed in 1849 and has a long history of “interesting” activity happening there aside from it’s present use as a haunted house.

Dwayne shares with us his inspiration and drive to create one of the best “haunted” attractions in the nation and how it has evolved over time, with the help of our burgeoning movie industry talent, to become a nationally recognized, acclaimed, and award winning attraction. We then take a audio walkthrough of the attraction, but don’t worry it won’t spoil it…it has been edited and it changes somewhat night to night in how things are presented and we do not detail which are of the attraction we are in…have fun. We rate this attraction as a definitely a not-to-be-missed event open during the months of September & October in downtown Baton Rouge!    

Dates & Hours

Louisiana's Ultimate Haunted House

September 23rd - October 16th

Thursday, Friday & Saturday Nights 6:30pm-11:30

October 21nd-31st

Every Night 6:30pm-Until the last victim gets in!

November 5th and 6th   "Flashlight Fright Nights"

7pm-until!

(Travel through a completely dark 13th Gate armed only with a couple small finger lights per group!)

 

832 St Phillip Street

Downtown Baton Rouge, LA

Under the I-10 River Bridge

Next to Belle Casino and Pastime Restaurant

 

Hotline 225-389-1313

2010 Admission $20.00

 

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Abandon All Hope - Halloween In The Swamp 2010 - 001 10/3/2010 - The House Of Shock - New Orleans, Louisiana

Abandon All Hope, Halloween In The Swamp 2010 – Episode 001 – The House Of Shock, New Orleans

In this episode we go behind the scenes at The House Of Shock in New Orleans, Louisiana. This nationally recognized attraction has been featured on numerous television shows, The Travel Channel, and all over the online world. T. Mic, Ana & Bozo venture into the inner-sanctum of the attraction for an in-person interview with two of the owners, Ross and Jay as well as fellow shockers Dave, Freddy and Ashley; we find out what goes into (and who is involved with) creating and continuing to run this award-winning horror festival for 18 years now.

Ross & Jay also share with us the attractions long history, current events, the challenges & rewards of operating the festival & attraction and a little on what’s in store for the future of this monstrosity. We’ll find out about the community of “Shockers” who prey upon your deepest fears and what everyday life is like for those who make fear their business…

The House Of Shock Horror Festival is rated as a Not-To-Be-Missed Attraction In October!

More information can be found at: http://www.houseofshock.com

Directions: The House of Shock is located at 319 Butterworth St. Jefferson, LA. 70121, right outside of New Orleans. 

SCHEDULE

The House of Shock is open these nights in October, 2010:

1, 2

8, 9

14, 15, 16, 17

21, 22, 23, 24

27, 28, 29, 30, 31

Tickets go on sale at 7:00 pm at the box office (in front of the haunted house) on OPEN NIGHTS ONLY.

The haunted house opens at 8:00 pm.

The Box Office closes at 11:00 pm on Fridays & Saturdays, 10:00 pm every other night.

The haunted house closes after all ticket holders have been through the house - this can range between 11:00 pm and Midnight.

If you arrive after the Box Office has closed, you may still see people waiting in line to go through the haunted house - these people bought their tickets BEFORE the Box Office closed.

Those asking to purchase tickets after the Box Office has closed or whining because they didn't get there on time will be fed to our Hellbeasts.

 

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Abandon All Hope, Halloween in the Swamp 2010 –  003 10/3/2010 – The Myrtles Plantation  St. Francisville, LA

Abandon All Hope, Halloween in the Swamp 2010 – Episode 003 – The Myrtles Plantation  St. Francisville, Louisiana

In this episode we talk with Mrs. Hester, Manager Of The Myrtles Plantation. She takes us back into the history of this beautiful, yet very haunted, home. Built in 1796 this current day bed & breakfast is nestled among the ancient oaks on it’s present 10 +/- acres, of its once 5000 acres. It’s present quiet, serene beauty is in contrast to the violence that the home has been witness to in it’s 214 years of existence. Mrs. Hester recounts the history of the home, grounds and stories relating to some of the plantation’s more “permanent” residents.

The home, as we mentioned, is a functioning bed & breakfast and has a number of rooms both in the home and located around the grounds. It also has a wonderful restaurant & gift shop on grounds. In addition to overnight rooms the plantation offers both daytime standard tours & nighttime “mystery” tours.

More information on the plantation can be found at: http://www.myrtlesplantation.com/.

Hours and information can be found below:*

HISTORIC TOURS DAILY:   9 AM TO 5:00 PM, EVERY HOUR AND HALF HOUR; $8 PER PERSON, $4 CHILDREN 12 & UNDER

MYSTERY TOURS:   FRIDAY & SATURDAY EVENINGS AT 6, 7 & 8 PM; $10 PER PERSON, RESERVATIONS RECOMMENDED

 

Accommodations  Information*

Room Rates and Descriptions

We would like to thank you for your interest in The Myrtles Plantation. We operate year round as a full service Bed & Breakfast. Below you will find a brief description of each room along with the current rates. All rates are based strictly on double occupancy, with the exception of The Caretaker's Cottage, which sleeps up to 4. All rooms include a continental breakfast and a historical tour of the home. There will be an 11% tax added to the total cost of all overnight stays.

Guest room on the 1st floor of the home:

We have one overnight guest room on the 1st floor of the home: The General David Bradford Suite has one large bedroom with a four-poster full size bed and a private sitting room. Two verandahs adjoin the suite. This room has a private bath with a shower.         $230.00 per night

Guest Rooms located upstairs in the main house:

The Judge Clarke Woodruff Suite is the only room with access to the foyer and main staircase at the close of the day. It has a large bedroom with a sitting area and a four-poster queen size bed. This room has a private bath with a tub.    $230.00 per night

The Fannie Williams Room has a full size bed, private bath with a shower that is located in the hallway just a few steps away from the room.  $175.00 per night

The Ruffin-Stirling Room has a large four-poster queen size bed, private bath with a shower also located a few steps away from the room, in the hallway.   $175.00 per night

The William Winters Room has a four-poster queen size bed and private bath with a tub in the room.     $200.00 per night

The John W. Leake Room has a four-poster full size bed and a private bath with a shower in the room.  $200.00 per night

Guest Rooms located on the grounds:

The Caretaker's Cottage is a rustic cottage with a queen size bed, a set of bunk beds and private bath with a shower. It has a fenced yard, a front porch and is located behind The General Bradford House.           $250.00 per night

The Azalea, Camellia, Magnolia, and Oleander Garden Rooms each has a queen size bed and a private bath with an antique clawfoot tub.    $115.00 per night

 

  • Rates are current as of October 5, 2010 but are subject to change without notice. Please visit the Myrtles Plantation web site for current information.

 

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The Tour Bus Music Show - Episode# 005 9/26/2010 - Interview and Music with Poltern Kinder

 

Show #5  9-26-10  The Tour Bus Music Show – POLTERN KINDER

 

In this weeks episode we will be featuring Poltern Kinder. This group has been burning up the club circuit in Louisiana and surrounding states for some time now. We feature tracks from their recent Demo and  share with us what makes them rock as hard as they do and on where they are going in the near future. From Hammond, Louisiana…This is Poltern Kinder…

 

In this weeks episode we will be featuring POLTERN KINDER. They have been burning up the club circuit in Louisiana and surrounding states for some time now. We feature tracks from their recent demo and share with us what is currently happening with the group, their past, and what’s coming in the near future for the group.

 

The group had plenty to say and we were treated to several tunes, performed live at the groups rehearsal facility. After also seeing them perform live, I can say that this band gives a great performance. If they perform in your area. I would recommend checking them out.

 

POLTERN KINDER is: Josh Atkinson - Vocals, Greg Trammell - Guitar, Robert "Robo" Atkinson - Guitar, Chris LeTard - Bass, Steve Gaddy- Drums

 

The episode is 84:35 minutes in length.

 

You can find out more information about POLTERN KINDER at: http://www.myspace.com/polternkinder or http://www.polternkinder.com for booking information, to purchase their albums, or to get any of their cool swag.

 

A few of their upcoming live show dates are as follows:

 

 

Sep 30 2010

           

 

9:00PM

The Varsity Theater, Baton Rouge, LA            

 

 

 

Oct 2 2010

           

 

10:00PM

Northshore Howlin' Wolf, Mandeville, LA       

 

 

 

Oct 15 2010

           

 

10:00PM

 

Northshore Howlin' Wolf, Mandeville, LA

           

 

 

 

Nov 12 2010

           

 

8:00PM

Check Point Charlie's, French Quarter, New Orleans, LA        

 

 

 

 

Thanks again to Josh, Greg, Robo, Chris & Steve for taking the time to talk with us and their hospitality while conducting this interview and being so accommodating during the production of this episode.

Look for our next show coming October 10, 2010 when we will be featuring STEVE BLAZE OF LILLIAN AXE.

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I Just Want To Be Able To... - 001 9/26/2010 - How To Download And Listen To Podcasts

I Just Want To Be Able To... - Episode# 001 9/26/2010 - How To Download And Listen To Podcasts

In this introductory episode we will be teaching you how to download and listen to a podcast. Being that all of our lessons will be released in podcast format, it seemed only logical to teach this topic on the very first episode of this show. It is our hope that computer savvy individuals will download this podcast and/or print the show notes of this episode and give it to someone that you know that could use some extra help learning how to use a computer, such as elderly parents, aunts, uncles, etc. You may even be able to use some of our lessons yourself as they will evolve to become more advanced and grow with our listeners ability. Once a subscription is set up, lessons will be automatically downloaded for use at a convenient time.

Show Notes:

 

Downloading a Podcast to your MP3 Player or PC…Made Easy (Windows)

This instruction set assumes that you are a PC user with only the most basic skills. Should this set of instructions be too simple, you can click here to view instructions for moderately skilled PC user.

 

Instructions:

 1. Make sure that you have everything that you need to download and listen to it on your PC or MP3 Player.

*   Functioning PC/Computer running Windows 2000, XP, Vista or Windows 7(PC, Monitor, Keyboard, Mouse) or Laptop Computer (Ideally Pentium 3 or above) with virus protection/security software

*  PC Speakers

*  Internet Connection (Preferably High-Speed)

*  MP3 Compatible Player w/data cable or iPod®

 

      Assuming that you have everything you need, let’s get started

 

   1. Turn on your PC and log-in to Windows. Then open the Internet Explorer browser (or alternatively Firefox, Google Chrome, Netscape, etc.)

You have a few choices on how you would like to get the podcast(s) you want to hear.

 

*  By individual download via the location of the podcast

 

*  By individual download via a program/podcast directory

 

*  By subscription via podcatcher program or podcast directory

 

*  By subscription via program (iTunes®, Zune®, Blackberry®, etc.) 

   1. Locate the address bar (window near the menu) and type in the web address of the podcast you wish to download and press enter. Then locate the link for the podcast you wish to listen to.

 

If you wish to download a file from a website:

 

   1. In most cases, you can stream (play) a podcast right from the website if you only wish to hear it by clicking on the link to the podcast (the action should launch your media player or will play in the browser window. However, if you cannot listen to the podcast directly or if you wish to download it to listen to over and over again; hover your cursor over the link, right-click your mouse and then choose “Save Link As” or “Save Target As” then name your file if it is not named and choose the location that you want to save it to by clicking on the down arrow in the top window and choosing a location. (The most typical place to save the file would be in the “My Music” file located in “My Documents”). Then you may use a media player on your PC to listen to the podcast or use Windows Explorer or another program to transfer the files to an MP3 Player. Please follow the instructions from your particular MP3 player’s manufacturer to transfer files to the player.

 

If you wish to download or subscribe to a podcast on iTunes®:

 

   1. If you do not already have iTunes®, then open your internet browser program. Type in www.itunes.com or www.apple.com/itunes into the address window. When the site opens click on the “Download iTunes®” button. Please review the requirements for iTunes® to be able to run properly on your system before downloading the software.

The current requirements to run iTunes® 10.0.1 is stated below:

Windows Hardware

 

*  A PC with a 1GHz Intel or AMD processor

 

*  Intel Pentium D or faster processor is required to play Standard Definition video from the iTunes Store

 

*  2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo or faster processor is required to play HD video, an iTunes LP, or iTunes Extras from the iTunes Store

 

*  512MB of RAM; 1GB is required to play HD video, an iTunes LP, or iTunes Extras

 

*  Screen resolution of 1024x768 or greater; 1280x800 or greater is required to play an iTunes LP or iTunes Extras

 

*  DirectX 9.0-compatible video card with 32MB of video RAM; 64MB recommended

 

*  QuickTime-compatible audio card

 

*  Broadband Internet connection to use the iTunes Store

 

*  iTunes-compatible CD or DVD recorder to create audio CDs, MP3 CDs, or back-up CDs or DVDs

 Windows Software

 

*  Windows XP Service Pack 2 or later, 32-bit editions of Windows Vista, or 32-bit editions of Windows 7

 

*  64-bit editions of Windows Vista or Windows 7 require the iTunes 64-bit installer

 

*  QuickTime 7.6.6 or later is required (included)

 

*  200MB of available disk space

 

*  Screen reader support requires Window-Eyes 7.1.1 or later; for information about accessibility in iTunes, visit http://www.apple.com/accessibility/

 

   1. Provided that your computer meets the specifications required to properly run iTunes®, enter your e-mail address (you can obtain a free e-mail address through many different providers online (recommended providers are Gmail (www.google.com), Yahoo Mail (www.yahoo.com), or Hotmail (www.msn.com) .

   2. Click on Download iTunes and follow any on screen directions to install it.

 

You may wonder if iTunes® will cost anything to use it. Most podcasts on iTunes are free. When registering iTunes® simply do not include any payment information if you do not wish to be charged for any downloads through the iTunes store. While most podcasts are free, iTunes® will charge for any music, movies, or media downloaded unless it is marked free. Bear in mind that iTunes® is a great way to get music videos, movies, tv shows etc. and their fees are reasonable but due to the format that ITunes® uses some media may require conversion to a different format before being used on any other portable media player besides the iPod®

 

   1. After installation you can choose the iTunes® store then click on “Podcasts” from the upper menu. You can either search by name via the search window or browse for Podcasts you wish to listen to. Then click on the image badge or title of the podcast you are interested in. If you wish to listen to your chosen Podcast on a regular basis I would suggest choosing “Subscribe”. This will automatically download the most recent episode of your chosen podcast into your “media library“ and will allow you the option of then opening up that particular podcast in the library and downloading all previous episodes as well so that you can listen to the entire series (be sure you have sufficient hard drive space to be able to store these episodes as well as future episodes and other Podcasts.  iTunes® also has the added advantage of  automatic syncing to any Apple® Ipod®, or iPhone® with relative ease to store your shows on your portable player as well. You can also view or listen to any media you download via iTunes media player directly from your computer.

   2. “Podcatcher programs are also a great way to subscribe to Podcasts and most provide great flexibility and performance. They also offer the advantage of “catching” the actual MP3 file a podcast is comprised of, which is more compatible with other MP3 players. These programs, however, require a little more experience to use due to the fact that they work directly with the actual RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feeds that distribute Podcasts on the internet. We will offer lessons and examples of how to do this on a future show as you skills become more advanced.

 

Thank you for joining us on this lesson. Please note that we will cover how to subscribe to RSS feeds directly and convert various files formats on future episodes

Please note that there is no affiliation between Microsoft, Zune, Apple, iTunes, BlackBerry, Google, Yahoo, MSN or any other entity mentioned in this lesson with the Audios Maximus Media Network or T. Mic.

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The Tour Bus Music Show - Episode# 004 9/12/2010 - Interview and Music with Big Frank

Show #4  9-12-10  The Tour Bus Music Show – BIG FRANK

 

This episode we will be featuring an interview and music BIG FRANK. This band has been performing in the southern U.S. region for some time now. They are currently in the final stages of mixing their new release, as yet unnamed. The members of the group stopped by the studio and had a great discussion with us on what is currently happening with the group, their past, and what’s coming in the near future for the group. They were also kind enough to bring in a few of their most current studio out-takes from their new album to share with you, our listeners.

BIG FRANK is: Ben Michon – Guitar & Vocals, Klipstein –Vocals, Drums & Percussion, Matt Dupre – Guitars & Backing Vocals and P. Fridge – Bass Guitar & Backing Vocals

The episode is 61:53 minutes in length.

You can find out more information about BIG FRANK at: http://www.myspace.com/getoutskimusic or http://www.reverbnation.com/bigfrank for booking information, to purchase their albums, or to get any of their cool swag. Their music is also available on iTunes

A few of their upcoming live show dates are as follows:

Sep 17 2010      

9:00P

Hollywood Bar Gramercy, Louisiana

 

 

Oct 8 2010

 9:00P

Northgate Tavern Baton Rouge, Louisiana

           

 Oct 23 2010

 9:00P

Twist of Lime Metairie, Louisiana


Thanks again to Ben, Klipstein, Matt & P. Fridge for taking the time to talk with us and their hospitality while attending their shows and being so accommodating during the production of this episode.

Look for our next show coming September 26, 2010 when we will be featuring POLTERN KINDER.

Also…Look for our shows in October when our guests will be:

October 10, 2010 – Steve Blaze of Lillian Axe

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The Tour Bus Music Show - Episode 003 8/29/2010 - Interview and Music with Jimi Hudson of 4 Mag Nitrous

Show #3  8-15-10  The Tour Bus Music Show – 4 MAG NITROUS

 

This episode we will be featuring an interview and music the 4 MAG NITROUS. They are a long standing, popular hard rock band from southern Louisiana that has been together since 2000 and are currently touring and have been continuing to record and license their music to popular cable network shows such as Monster Garage on from the Discovery Channel and major film companies including Lions Gate Films . With several albums released and their most current album "Southern Wisdom & Know How" this band is not slowing down.

 

We were fortunate to be able to sit down in our studio with Jimi Hudson, the guitarist for the group and record an interview. We were filled in on what the band is currently up to as well as shared insights into what gives this band such a unique sound.  The members of the group are: Kib Prestridge – Lead Vocals & Bass Guitar, Jimi Hudson – Guitars, and Gabe Richmond – Drums & Percussion.

 

The episode is 36:51 minutes in length.

 

You can find out more information about 4 Mag Nitrous at: http://www.myspace.com/4magnitrous  for booking information, to purchase their albums, or to get any of their cool swag. Their music is also available on iTunes

 

A few of their upcoming live show dates are as follows:

Sep 4 2010      9:00P

            The City Club of Houma           Houma, La        

Sep 11 2010    10:00P

            The Tiki Harbor            Slidell, La          

Sep 17 2010    10:00P

            Hollywoods      Gramercy, La    

Sep 18 2010    9:00P

            Kirk's Bizaar    Gulfport, MS     

Oct 2 2010      9:00P

            Kirk's Biz-zar   Gulfport, MS     

Oct 9 2010      9:00P

            Northgate Tavern         Baton Rouge, Louisiana             

Oct 30 2010    10:00P

            The Bad Monkey         Westwego, La

 

Thanks again to Jimi, and 4 Mag Nitrous for taking the time to talk with us and their hospitality while attending their shows being so accommodating during the production of this episode.

Look for our next show coming September 12, 2010 when we will be featuring BIG FRANK

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