I call Tracy Silverman “The Jimi Hendrix of the violin”. He’s no ordinary violinist. He plays a 6 string electric violin with loops and pedals and effects. He plays everything from violin concertos to rock, jazz and hip hop, and that included Hendrix and Miles Davis. He’s performed with the jazz group Turtle Island String Quartet, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Chicago Symphony, and he’s played at Carnegie Hall and the Royal Albert Hall. He’s been featured on npr and on A Prairie Home Companion, and he was profiled on CBS News Sunday Morning.

My featured song is “Moon Shot” from the album What’s Up! by my band Project Grand Slam. Spotify link.

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ROBERT’S NEWEST ALBUM:

“WHAT’S UP!” is Robert’s new compilation album. Featuring 10 of his recent singles including all the ones listed below. Instrumentals and vocals. Jazz, Rock, Pop and Fusion. “My best work so far. (Robert)”

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CLICK HERE FOR ALL LINKS

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Audio production:

Jimmy Ravenscroft
Kymera Films

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Website - www.projectgrandslam.com
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Email - pgs@projectgrandslam.com

This is a Tribute episode to Tom Lehrer, who passed away last week at age 97. For anyone unfamiliar with him and his music, he was a brilliant musical satirist who wrote incredibly clever, interesting and topical songs in the 1950s and 1960s. He was not a full-time musician. His true love was mathematics and he was employed for years as a professor at Harvard and MIT. Periodically, however, he emerged to perform and record several albums of his songs.

He was trained as a classical pianist. All of his songs were performed just with him playing the piano and singing. His lyrics were sharp, intelligent, incisive and always on point. Here are some of his “Greatest Hits”.

“Poisoning Pigeons In The Park” is about one of the pleasures of springtime.

“Be Prepared” is his Boy Scout “marching song”.

“I Hold Your Hand In Mine” is his necrophiliac ballad.

“The Vatican Rag” is his response to the Vatican’s attempt to “make the Church more commercial”, as he liked to say.

And perhaps his most famous song is “The Elements”, where he names all of the elements to a Gilbert & Sullivan melody.

Tom Lehrer will be missed.

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ROBERT’S NEWEST ALBUM:

“WHAT’S UP!” is Robert’s new compilation album. Featuring 10 of his recent singles including all the ones listed below. Instrumentals and vocals. Jazz, Rock, Pop and Fusion. “My best work so far. (Robert)”

CLICK HERE FOR THE OFFICIAL VIDEO

CLICK HERE FOR ALL LINKS

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Audio production:

Jimmy Ravenscroft
Kymera Films

Connect with the Follow Your Dream Podcast:

Website - www.followyourdreampodcast.com
Email Robert - robert@followyourdreampodcast.com

Follow Robert’s band, Project Grand Slam, and his music:

Website - www.projectgrandslam.com
YouTube
Spotify Music
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Email - pgs@projectgrandslam.com

Juancho Herrera is a World Music star. He’s a Latin Grammy nominated guitarist, producer, singer-songwriter and vocalist. His background is Colombian and Venezuelan. His music combines Latin, world music, jazz, blues, African and electronica. He’s performed in Canada, Colombia, Ecuador, US, Spain, France, Hungary and Venezuela. And at major venues such as the Kennedy Center, the Blue Note and Symphony Space. He’s worked with stars like Claudia Acuna, Branford Marsalis, the Chieftains and Arturo O’Farrill.

My featured song is “The Queen’s Carnival” from the album of the same name by my band Project Grand Slam. Spotify link.

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ROBERT’S NEWEST ALBUM:

“WHAT’S UP!” is Robert’s new compilation album. Featuring 10 of his recent singles including all the ones listed below. Instrumentals and vocals. Jazz, Rock, Pop and Fusion. “My best work so far. (Robert)”

CLICK HERE FOR THE OFFICIAL VIDEO

CLICK HERE FOR ALL LINKS

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Audio production:

Jimmy Ravenscroft
Kymera Films

Connect with the Follow Your Dream Podcast:

Website - www.followyourdreampodcast.com
Email Robert - robert@followyourdreampodcast.com

Follow Robert’s band, Project Grand Slam, and his music:

Website - www.projectgrandslam.com
YouTube
Spotify Music
Apple Music
Email - pgs@projectgrandslam.com