Highland Games June 13, 2010
Posted by Mimi » add a commentWe had SUCH a great time headlining at the Indiana Highland Games this year. We were invited by Tessa from the Wallace Clan to play next July at Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina, which we are more than delighted about. http://www.gmhg.org/
The band and this line-up are like nothing I’ve come across before musically, they are outstanding.
We will have new recordings up very soon.
We met the folks from Hogeve Navvy
http://www.hogeyenavvy.com/fr_hogeyenavvy.cfm
REALLY lovely group of people, their harmonies are spot-on and they have a fantastic amount of cheer to them.
Saturday the 19th we play Broadripple as a gift in benefit for two of our band mates who will be working with the Children’s Choir of Fort Wayne as they tour in China during the month of July.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iC-1_8fYDUo
June 26th we headline the Pretty Lake Acoustic Music Festival in Kendalville.
Updates, Music, Life and Grief June 6, 2010
Posted by Mimi » add a commentHello, it’s Mimi!
The band are all excited to be headlining next week’s Highland Games at IPFW. http://www.scottishsocietyftw.org/highlandgames.htm
We will be back in the studio within the next few months recording the new band. They are amazing and have elevated the sound far beyond anything you’ve heard yet.
Thank you to all of those who participated in last weekends event for the filming of the music video for Gypsy Dance, it was great fun. My special thanks for Stephanie Long, Jesse Christopherson and Nathan Reitz for filming. Photos from Al Mozena and Kim Wilkinson.
We have a new song coming out on a commercial for a hear aid company named HearCare. The song is named Sweet Sounds and it is sung by our friend Craig Lyons http://craiglyons.com. It will be available for download in about a month.
I’ve met with a director for our upcoming Rock Opera and I have also met with Dar Williams who is a grief counselor here in the area. My research on death and dying should offer some fantastic ideas and hopefully be helpful for our audience in allowing further healing during the grief process.
A few people I feel you should know about this week. First is my great friend from long ago and a professor at Wesleyan, Mister Jacob Bricca. He has a new short film out called PURE. It reminds me of all the best scenes from the Blues Brothers, in a time space of 3 minutes.
Second is a band named Derek Trucks whom many of you, I am certain, have heard of…for those of you who’ve not heard of him, check out this song http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=51447833
Mike Mattison has a such a sexy voice. So very raspy and intimate.
Finally, our good friends from the band BROTHER are back out with possibly the hottest album I have heard in a very long time. http://brothermusic.com/ come over and listen to the clips. Muy Caliente!!!!!
Goodbye to our young friend Anjali, may your dancing be abundant from now on beautiful!
http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/anjali
Please pick a charity in your life to give to!
Blessings to each of you.
ATTENTION! We desire dancers and wild women for our music video!!!! May 12, 2010
Posted by Mimi » add a commentWe are filming our music video for our song Gypsy Dance on the 29th of May, Saturday. 7 am until 11 am (please be prompt), at the Franke Park Woods in Fort Wayne. Meeting place is the parking lot by the BMX track up the hill from the duck pond. We need women of ALL ages in dresses, skirts, gowns, ball gowns, fairy outfits, scarves, costumes, traditional outfits or a whole lot of scarves, all of which will help to promote our upcoming Rock Opera set to open Nov 2, 2010
The crew will arrive about 6 am if anyone wants to come early. Great attitudes prevail! We are also looking for a drum circle, if you have a drum, please bring it! Lastly, we need extra footage, please bring your digital video camera if you have one that you would like to help take a few shots! Desire more info? contact Mimi Burns directly mimi@mimiburns.com If it is POURING rain, the date will be postponed, but we are expecting lovely weather, (perhaps a bit of fog for extra feel)~ also, please be okay if your outfit gets a bit dirty! We look forward to seeing you!
Highland Games, Rock Opera, Train and more! March 27, 2010
Posted by Mimi » add a commentHello! Spring has almost SPRUNG, though it seems to be on the fence at the moment here in Indiana. Our buddies from Train will be in Europe next week, check their listing and come out for a great show http://www.trainline.com/us/home
Thank you to Highlander Celtic Radio for the radio play! http://www.myspace.com/celticradio
We are headlining the Indiana Highland Games at the IPFW campus near their new bridge!!!!
http://www.scottishsocietyftw.org/highlandgames.htm
We’ve been playing for more than 12 years and this year we have the most amazing line-up EVER of musicians. Mister Derek Reeves is joining us (lead chair for the philharmonic), both Sir William Brown as well as Sir Bryan Nellems of the Afro-Disiacs Show are our ‘in the pocket’ players holding down the rhythm section. Though Andy Kramer is not able to make the show, expect to see him for the Rock Opera opening in November.
Welcome aboard to Stephanie Long. She has been doing a lot of research for the Rock Opera. Our current scene we’ve been looking for information on is the Boat of Charon. Anyone who has photos, please forward! We found a great site here, http://www.lenntech.com/water-mythology.htm
We are headlining the Indiana Highland Games June 12th located on the IPFW campus in Fort Wayne.
Springtime and inspiration March 9, 2010
Posted by Mimi » add a commentJust getting started on phase two of the rock opera~ this is my distraction!!!
