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It's the Eleventh Hour at the Green Mill Lounge
Laura Adkins - There is more to life than Nielsen. There is more to life than Hindemith. When you first learn to play in a woodwind quintet, these pieces are your whole world. There are just a handful of them, and they're all you know. Now, I'm not knocking their musical merit by any means. But there is a distinct failure among woodwind quintets to move beyond these works. Sure they're great, but there's so much more. This is what we've always wanted to do with Eleventh Hour. We've all already played these standard pieces, and while we could approach them from different directions and struggle to pump new life into the proverbial dead horse, we figured we might as well find a live horse and see what it could do. So when we were offered the opportunity to play the Green Mill , we looked purposefully for new pieces, less-popular pieces, and pieces that pushed the envelope in one way or another. Eisler's quintet is often overlooked because Eisler
Eleventh Hour Logo by Shel St Clair
This is the logo I designed for the Eleventh Hour Woodwind Quintet. I looked for inspiration from the style of new music that they embrace. Since they are very artsy and somewhat avant garde I was drawn to using geometric to create the illusion of passing time. I didn't want anything to be too obvious but it needed to clearly project the message of excellence in artistic performance. Shel St Clair
Sigh...
Sigh... He exists, but in a dream. And dreaming, I draw from him What there is to draw from illusion, Life, breath, reason, insanity. I pull close only to find that I have passed through. He is afraid of reality And I must wake. Shel St Clair
5 Things You Should Consider Before Starting a Small Business
Shel St CLair Business Plans Are Vastly Over-Rated I have been starting and developing small businesses as a consultant for 20+ years and I have been paid to work on countless plans that were not worth the paper they were written on. The uncontested winner for first place in the category of most important item in starting a small business is, (drum roll) have a solid idea . That’s right, have a good business idea. It doesn’t have to be completely unique or original but it needs to be good. For example, a neighborhood grocery store specializing in gourmet deli items, not unique but if well run it will be a winner if… Well, if what? If the location and merchandising of the store are correct. If not all the best planning in the world will bomb. So what is your idea? What do YOU want to do? Would you buy it? Why would the people around you buy it? Imitate What Works Not What Doesn’t Even if your business idea is entirely original and no-one else has ever t