This series of four lectures begins online November 10; topics are Leonard Bernstein/Arlo Guthrie, The Women Of Motown, Stephen Sondheim/Jackson Browne, Andrea Bocelli/Shakira/Ariana Grande.
Here's our fall concert, recorded live on the Osher/FAU Lifelong Learning stage for streaming December 2 at 7 pm. The Humdingers are Bill Meredith, Doug Lindsay, Brad Keller, John Smotherman, and myself.
Next week begins Songwriting With Rod MacDonald, a six-week interactive workshop on zoom. The dates below are wrong, and facebook won't let me change them, but we have rescheduled it to accommodate people's schedules; it's each Tuesday 4-5:45 pm EDT, 9/15-10/20, six weeks. For info or signup: https://www.rodmacdonald.com/workshops-3/
Recently I led two workshops at Common Ground On The Hill, who sent me these student comments afterward:
• "Best song writing instructor I have had at Common Ground. Able to analyze songs and give great feedback.
• Loved working with Rod, as always. Very helpful, and informative!
• Great performance suggestions and advice. Rod is a wonderful teacher, and the course worked remarkably well, despite having to switch to online format. "
Well it was fun and apparently useful, so I'm offering a songwriting workshop 4-5:45 pm the week of September 14-18, limited to eight participants. For info please go to
https://www.rodmacdonald.com/workshops-3.
Hi everybody...many thanks for all the good wishes. I am feeling better than a couple of days ago, when I got my C19 test Saturday they prescribed some medications that have headed off any severe symptoms, at least so far. So if you have symptoms, get tested, and be pro-active, it seems to work. Still waiting for the test results, but I am feeling ok and hopeful my family hasn't gotten it from me. Stay safe everyone!
Hi folks...sorry to have to cancel tonight's live show, I have fallen sick and am in quarantine. Not doing too badly, mild fever and that overall ache that makes it impossible to sit up and play the guitar for any length of time. Got a C-19 test yesterday, won't know for a few days if that's what it is (what's up with that? a week to get results?), but in the meantime am taking the night off.