Band Life

Stolen Guitar

OK, I'm gonna try this out. Thanks to everyone who has shared and understand how close to my heart my axe is...I love you all! Please go ahead and share this post also and maybe approaching this situation with love and hopefulness will be the key in me getting my baby back :) I truly believe that whomever took my guitar did not know who it belonged to...so I'm gonna loose the anger and just hope that this person has a conscience. Obviously the music community is on the watch for my git. It's not pawnable as I have talked to every pawn shop in town and they have a picture of it. Same...

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Tom Hess music career mentoring program review

Tom Hess, instructor, mentor and music savant has been an invaluable asset to Troubadour North. Lee Gattenby, Troubadour's lead guitarist, vocalist and manager has been mentored by Tom since 2005. Much of the band's success is due to the advise given him from Tom. It is only fitting that a Tom Hess review appear on the band's website. "It takes more then just the ability to play your instrument to be a good musician."  There are many things that musicians/bands overlook that separates the good from the phenomenal.  Its one of the first and lasting lessons that Tom teaches that has made a huge...

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Vagabond Inn 11/11/11

Troubadour North Jamming Up Child Trafficking & Slavery As part of more than 300 simultaneous concerts in over 30 countries, Troubadour North is jamming Soldotna, AK for the GLOBAL TRAFFIC JAM Event on 11-11-11 to fight the worldwide trafficking, enslavement and exploitation of children On the 11th of November 2011 (11-11-11) an amazing global collaboration is taking place. Bands, solo artists and a variety of other musicians are coming together in harmony for a historic worldwide stance against child trafficking and slavery. Human trafficking accounts for approximately 30 million people enslaved...

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Local Band thinking big!

By Karen Garcia Peninsula Clarion While the band members of Troubadour North love playing at venues around Kenai, Soldotna, and the like, they have their collective sights set on something bigger. Eric Doucet (lead vocals/ rhythm acoustic guitar), Rusty Singleton (bass), Scott Stahlecker (drums), and Lee Gattenby (back-up vocals/lead electric guitar) started collaborating in November 2010 as what Gattenby refers to as a "throw-together band." As time rolled on and the positive feedback rolled in, though, the group's eyes got wide with the prospect of moving...

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