NEW!! Talk Of The Music Forum
 

Should be interesting. Let's get some threads going

So...what is YOUR song?

For me..Strawberry Fields Forever.

Now, understand - I buy lots of music..from current stuff (I just got Ariel Pinks' new CD)...to stuff I learned to love with my dad (Miles' Kind of Blue)...to sensual tunes (Waters of March)...to difficult listens (Radiohead/Messian/Ornette Coleman)..and silly stuff (the Sherman Brothers songs for Disney). But...it was Strawberry Fields that made music real for me. And for you it is....?

Perfect. I was about to retire from TOTV because of the BS people have been complaining about lately. This will keep me going. This site could be the cyber space "Woodstock" Peace and love.

Miles Davis - "So What" -1956 - I was 16 and he was brand new (to me at least)

My song? Jimmy Buffetts A Pirate looks at 40, closely followed by come Monday & Margaritaville :bigbow:

Always have had music in my life starting with my parent's 78 RPM records...Glenn Miller, Rosemary Clooney, etc. But music became all encompassing with The Beatles I Wanna Hold Your Hand. Still thrill every time I hear it. Transports me back to innocence.

OK, hope my post qualifies for this, just have to get this out. Probably many of you here not only enjoy listening to all types music but get much satisfation from playing a musical instrument. Weather you play well or not I believe the effort is well worth it for your health and quality of life and here in TV there are multiple opportunities to learn, perfect a skill and perform if you so desire. One reason we ended up here (after the decision to retire to Fl) was for me to have the chance to participate in the Villages String Orchestra. All of you band and vocal folks can relate. My current listening fav? A string quartet with piano playing "All My Love" originally by Led Zepplin. Other favs: about anything by Bonnie Raitt, soundtrack to Pride and Prejudice (great solo performance of Rondo by Purcell), Vertigo by Jesse Cook (guitar) and Old English Hymns by Craig Duncan.

I agree with The Dancing Queen. I also love all types of music. I remember when I bought three 8-tracks (LOL) Led Zeppelin, Glen Campbell and The Four Seasons. Quite a variety.

its going to be a good good nite

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And also Love Me Do - the very, very beginning

OMG...Dandy Girl, these are the songs I remember the most. I can remember when I hung out at Shoney's in Charlotte outside where you could order from your car, the song I Wanna Hold Your Hand was the most popular.

If you like singing folk songs, there is a folk song group that plays Monday nights at Lake Miona. I think they start at either 6:30 or 7:00. There is a large group of a variety of instruments - guitars, banjos, ukeleles, harmonica, etc., that play ,and people in the audience can sing along. They have sheet music books you can borrow for the night so you have the words in front of you. Its a lot of fun.

The Villages Orchestra (formerly The Villages String Orchestra) is performing its Spring Concert on Friday, April 11th, 6 p.m. at New Covenant United Methodist Church. Come enjoy full orchestral arrangements conducted by Mr. Kenneth Hay and presented by your friends and neighbors, all Villages residents! A variety of selections from Classical and Opera, Pops and Musicals will be presented. Special guest vocalist will be Robbie Riddle. Reserved seating tickets will be available at the Villages Box Office on March 6th for $15 and $10 benefitting Wildwood Food Pantry and the Soup Kitchen.

Newer music for me
 

Reflective of the fact that I am probably 15-20 years younger than most people on this forum or in TV, I like the 70's to current music. Michelle Branch, Alicia Keys, One Direction, Gotye. Never did care for Country and Western...seems depressing to me, although there are some fabulous Country singers out there. .Once in a while I get a smile when I hear the music my parent's used to listen to.....Glen Miller, Pasty Cline, Herb Albert. Kinda fun to be taken back to when I was a little girl. Music is fun and we are lucky there are so many talented artists out there providing us with many varieties to listen to!

April 14th Church on the Square
 

Chance to hear an excellent Soprano (and a couple great of Tenors) April
14th at Church on the Square. I've heard the Soprano and on a scale of 1-10(with 10 being the best) she's a 10!
Bob

For all of our followers and anyone else interested in hearing beautiful music, The Villages Orchestra is performing our Spring Concert on Friday, April 11th, 6 p.m. at New Covenant United Methodist Church. Reserved seating tickets will be available at the Villages Box Office on March 6th for $15 and $10 benefitting Wildwood Food Pantry and the Soup Kitchen. Various selections from Classical to Opera, Pops to Musicals along with Special Guest Vocalist Robbie Riddle will be on the program.

Life without music just would be so sad .I do not remember a time music was not part of my life. I njoy all types but country music my love. I look forward to pursue my love of music

ANYTHING at all ................. as long as the credits show Lennon & McCartney

I love almost all types of music except for rap.

My latest favorite is "The Prayer" with Celine Dion and Josh Groban.

THE PRAYER with LYRICS - CELINE DION & JOSH GROBAN - YouTube

Announcement of auditions for ‘millennium master chorale’
 

So happy to see this forum; here is a great opportunity for those who love authentic choral music.

ANNOUNCEMENT OF AUDITIONS FOR ‘MILLENNIUM MASTER CHORALE’
Lisa Elliott, Director of the newly formed Millennium Master Chorale, is pleased to announce that auditions for interested singers will be held from 2:00 – 6:00 pm on Tuesday, September 30 and Tuesday, October 7, 2014. For an appointment, please contact Lisa via email at lisa.mmccf@gmail.com (preferred), or via phone at 858-437-7469.

Singers with some experience singing in a choral group and who have a ‘good ear’ and enjoy choral singing are encouraged to schedule an audition. The group will perform major works and master works.

The auditions will be held in the choir room at Morrison United Methodist Church, 1005 West Main Street, Leesburg, FL 34748. Choir rehearsals are to begin on Tuesday evenings, starting on October 28, 2014.

Let's face it - if the label doesn't say Lennon/McCartney - it isn't really music.

Great! I still have a working eight track player. The freshest thing I've heard lately is Live At The Rainbow 1974 by Queen. Play the Blue Ray concert DVD and discover how good the band is live. If you are not a Queen fan, listening to them live will probably change your mind.

Of another genre of music, The Villages Orchestra conducted by Mr Kenneth Hay is presenting a concert at New Covenant Methodist Church on Monday, November 3rd at 6:00p.m. From Opera and the Classics to Broadway, you'll enjoy them all! Guest vocal soloist is Mary Jo Vitale singing O Mio Babbino Caro and I Dreamed a Dream. The Villages all resident orchestra will play Brahms, Fiddle Faddle, Mozart's Divertimento in D, A Salute to the Big Apple, Saint-Saen's Bacchanale and more. Reserved seating tickets are $20.00 and $15.00 available at The Villages Box Offices

Rock and Roll guitarist/Singer needed
 

Preferably bass, although rythm a possible. we practice at my home.
60s 70s and current. We hit it pretty hard.
Must know songs and have experience.
Call Bill 352-633-6044

Maynard Ferguson big band doing McArthur Park on the Live at Jimmy's album. Early to mid 70's as far as I can remember.

Fiddle/Irish music?
 

Hi all - great forum!! Was wondering if anyone on here plays fiddle and could play some Irish tunes at an assisted living on St. Patrick's Day? It would be a noon-time event. Let me know if you are interested and/or if you know of anyone. Thanks! Becky

Looking for someone in The Villages who teaches piano, violin, mandolin, banjo, or hammered dulcimer.

Two FREE tickets for April 29th Jefferson Starship performance at Savannah Center. Aisle seats in balcony. This is a salute to veterans so prefer a veteran get them. But, first come first served! Please PM or reply here so I can get them to you. Thanks.

US Navy Retired!!

I contacted Harold Melvins Blue Notes "The Love I Lost" and asked if he would come to entertain us in TV and replied would love to. He contacted TV Entertainment Dept.did the paper work and is waiting for them to reply to him. I will be the first one to buy a ticket!

My husband and I will be moving into TV in February and would love to hear everyone's recommendations for bands/music to hear for the happy hours at the Town Squares. We both love the music from our era (we were both born in the 1950's) but enjoy all kinds of music.
Also, is there a good jazz club around the villages? what about a piano bar? my husband plays the piano so we love to listen to pianists.

There are three bands that are what I would call showcase bands and draw huge crowds, they almost always play on market night or at Brownwood on a Friday or Saturday. Rocky & the Rollers is the most famous, they've been here for years, one of their singers was with the Platters, they have a horn section and the crowds for them are huge. There travel all around the country to perform and even have special cruises they book.

The second band is fairly new, having just started performing here last spring and they come from Orlando. That would be Johnny D and the Starlights. They perform the more rocking songs from the 50's and 60's, especially Buddy Holly. The singer has performed in the play the Buddy Holly Story and even was picked to lead the national version but had to turn it down due to time commitments.

The third band might be a little too new for you. I would say they were the second fiddle until Johnny D arrived on the scene. That is Uncle Bob's Rock Shop. They perform mostly 70's rock and late 60's. Anything from the Beatles to the Eagles, Tom Petty to Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin.

Another band that's in that same vein and had appeared here many times but were absent for a year or more, but I now see they are back at the squares. That would be Cactus Jack and the Cadillacs. They are similar to Uncle Bob but also do a lot of late 60's psych-rock, one hit wonders, etc.

I believe Jazz and or Blues is mostly performed at McCalls Tavern, which is at Spanish Springs next to one of the bowling alleys about a block off the square. If you go on youtube.com and search these names, or just music at The Villages you'll find video of almost every band performing here.

Piano Bar
 

Welcome! You can join my wife and I in our efforts to get somebody at a restaurant to understand the benefits of a piano bar! So far, no luck. The closest thing we've gotten is a Dueling Piano act which is not our idea of a piano bar. It seems that most of the restaurants that provide music think everyone wants to dance or listen to people sing. While that's fine, a nice quiet piano bar would be most welcome, by us anyway!

If you like jazz I think you will appreciate a cut by Ricardo Silviera titled Tango Carioca. Cool groove, very articulate playing. In this case, be sure to listen to the studio cut, NOT the youtube live version. The live version is a little sluggish and misses a key element to the "hauntingness" of this song: an accordion!!

A good jazz piano experience occurs, sporadically, at Garvino's. I play drums in a trio with pianist Dave Flanagan and bassist John Huber. We are at Garvino's on February 16 from 7-10!

Listening to music
 

I still listen to records and I still buy records. I just picked up some great albums by Phil Woods, CSN & Y, Robert Fripp and selected pieces by Tchaikovsky. CD's and Tidal streaming also occupy my collection. Anyone think a music listening group would garner interest in The Villages? There is a classical music lovers club and I think there was a jazz lovers club. Anyone like to talk about stereo equipment and check out various stereo systems? Maybe there would be interest in an audiophile club. Your thoughts, please!!!

I am always looking for new sheet music for piano, classical and pop. I play at the hospital lobby. I have found a few books online. Would like to hear if anyone has suggestions for finding piano music.

For me, "Oldies" means 50's, 60's, 70's, doo wop and music. I am so happy that I have found people who want to keep this music alive and we are all able to dance and sing along with it. Oldies make me feel happy. Is it the simplicity of the lyrics and the joy of harmony?

Are you looking for full score sheets I.E. right and left hand parts. I have thousands of fake sheets in various forms. Example I have a folder of 6000 + songs for muse score. But these are in the form of melody and chords - no left hand rhythm.