Area instructors and musicians Steve Barone, Frank Singer and Linda Kobler offer views on the changing music instruction landscape and online instruction.
The Erie Philharmonic will present the world premiere of "Harriet: Journey to Freedom" by composer Timothy Adams as part of its May 14 concert at the renovated Warner Theatre. "The Blacklist" actor H…
In the 1970s and early 80s, the biggest bands of the time played at the Erie County Fieldhouse. Musician and editor Chip Schell gives his list of the most important shows there.
There are two painted portraits of Chris Vrenna hanging in his living room in Alabama. One features the Erie native and 1985 McDowell High School graduate with tightly cropped platinum-blonde hair, and the other much darker in every aspect depicts him with long jet-black locks framing his face. The significance of the paintings becomes evident once you see the signatures and personal messages inscribed by the artists: David Bowie and Marilyn Manson, respectively.
If these decorations are a hint to a life lived at the highest echelons of the music industry, the Grammy Award and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame trophy sitting atop a bookshelf across the room leave no doubt about the success of Vrenna’s career. It’s a career that has taken the 54-year-old around the world, playing drums with Nine Inch Nails (1989-1997), keyboards and drums for Marilyn Manson (2004-2011), and touring with Gnarls Barkley as their drummer in 2006 as their single “Crazy” was topping the charts.