I recently did a livestream broadcast for the Alan R Pearlman (ARP) Foundation, the entirety of which can be found HERE, but here is an excerpt focused on my explaining the Godin guitar which I play and on me playing 2 pieces, an improvisation on my tune called “Inner Spaces” from the Chapters album, Andy […]
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My First Guitar
OK, it wasn’t really my first guitar. My first guitar was a Stella steel string acoustic my family borrowed from friends to see if I would actually stick with the guitar. Then I borrowed a classical guitar from a relative. and on it went… Me with my Stella in 1960 Me with the Stella in […]
David Mash – Accidental Music Maven
From the Voltage Connect 2017 Concert Program: David S. Mash: Accidental Music Maven – By Dr. Thomas Rhea David Mash is a maven of music and music technology-an expert and connoisseur. In fact, he is much more: an experienced performer-composer; a distinguished music teacher; one of the earliest innovator-experimenters who adopted contemporary electronic music technology; an AppleMaster; […]
Applemasters
From 1997 until 2001, I was honored to be part of the Applemasters program with Apple Computer. I was initially invited by Gil Amelio (CEO in 1997) and continued upon Steve Jobs’ return to Apple. I was a featured presenter during Steve’s comeback keynote at Macworld San Francisco 1998. Here are some photos:
How To Get Funky Lesson by Sinbad
When I was getting ready to retire from Berklee, the college threw me a surprise party at the NAMM show in January 2017. There were a few special presenters from my career that meant so much to me, Scott Tibbs from Roland presenting me with a special lifetime achievement award for music education, and my […]
Pamelia Stickney (formerly Kurstin) Plays Mash piece at TED
OK, this isn’t exactly a new recording, but maybe the first time you’ve seen it, This is Pamelia Sticky playing my piece “Listen the Words Are Gone” on Theremin, with me on guitar synth (never on screen), and Makoto Ozone on piano. This was filmed at the TED conference in Monterey, CA in 2002. Enjoy!