Terressentials Street Party featuring Wings that Buzz!

Such a great shot, and such a great sound!
Come catch this performance before this group buzzes away!

Are you ready for the tingly feeling you'll get in your hands once you applaud Wings that Buzz at their Terressentials Side Roads Sounds Project Street Party? You should be! Because your fingers will buzz with that feeling as much as your ears will from their great music during their upcoming performance!

Wings that Buzz will be performing outside of our 100 East Patrick St store in downtown Frederick, MD on November 16^th from 6 pm to 9 pm.

Bio:
Wings That Buzz is an original band from Mercersburg, PA consisting of Sean Grove on bass guitar, Klaus Funk on electric guitar, and singer-songwriter Jason Kipe. Their unique blend of memorable melodies, warm textures, and organic song structures offer the listener varying moods and terrains to explore. They have recorded two self-released albums of original songs. Their debut album, Aloft, was released in 2012 followed by, My Beaten Heart, in 2013.

Want to learn more?

Wings that Buzz website:
http://wingsthatbuzz.com/

Wings that Buzz Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Wings-That-Buzz/129338623898?fref=ts

Wings that Buzz YouTube channel:
http://www.youtube.com/user/jatrichojas

RSVP to the Facebook event and invite your friends to come too!

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Terressentials/88195496840

To learn about the Terressentials Side Roads Sounds Project, check this out:
http://sideroadssoundsproject.blogspot.com/2013/09/side-roads-sounds-project.html

 

Terressentials Street Party featuring Past Deux

 

Be ready to be charmed and delighted by these dashing gentlemen! 

 Mike (left) and Norm (right) 

Soft Touch Photography by Cynthia, Inc.

Are you ready for holiday cheer with Terressentials? Past Deux is prepared to charm and delight you during a Terressentials Side Roads Sounds Project Street Party on December 21st! They will be outside of our 100 East Patrick Street store from 5 pm to 7:30 or 8:00 pm (ish).

Bio:

Past Deux is a musical partnership of Norm and Mike which has existed for 29 years. We have a tight, full sound with harmonizing vocals, archtop guitar and electric bass guitar. It is hard to categorize our music selections into one or two genres since we play songs from every decade from the 1930's to present day. We love to play and it is evident during our performances. Norm and I are very personable and can assimilate to any venue and we will work with event planners/organizers to provide the musical experience you are seeking.

 

Another great shot by Soft Touch Photography by Cynthia, Inc.

Check out their Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Past-Deux/193446814042777

Check out their webpage:

http://www.reverbnation.com/pastdeux

RSVP and invite others on Facebook!

https://www.facebook.com/events/293017707503589/

Learn more about the Side Roads Sounds Project:

http://sideroadssoundsproject.blogspot.com/2013/09/side-roads-sounds-project.html

Terressentials Street Party featuring Johnny Rusmore and Tim Meese!

 

Look at those emotion-filled faces! So soulful!

Tim on the left, Johnny on the right.

Are you ready for the next installment in the Side Roads Sounds Project? Come to our Street Party outside our 100 East Patrick Street store on Saturday, September 28^th, from 6:00 pm to 8:30 or 9:00 pm (ish).

We will be hosting Johnny Rusmore and Tim Meese, a guitarist duo that will blow you away! Between the both of them, there is little they haven't done!

About the Musicians:

Johnny Rushmore was the lead guitarist for the Power Trio from Hell back from 1988 until 1994 on Warner/Reprise records. Johnny also recorded for Freddie Mercury of Queen on his solo album The Great Pretender - Hollywood records 1993. Then he toured through Scandinavia and the UK with former members of Roger Daltrey band in 1995-96 (The Who) and toured with metal bands Prong and Mind Funk. He then toured with Blues and Boogie Woogie Artist Daryl Davis as well as fronted his own heavy powerhouse virtuoso guitar blues band (Johnny Rushmore) that toured on the East Coast. Check out his smokin' blues CD entitled Boogie Man! That CD along with a visit from Michael Lang (promoter) to a showcased VA jam got Johnny on the emerging artist stage at Woodstock '99. Johnny Rushmore started Rushmore Custom Guitars in 2007 and makes amazing one-of-a-kind custom electric guitars and a new invention/innovation – each guitar is made all from one piece of wood. He hand picks the wood he uses from trees in the Pennsylvanian Hills, then hand carves these unique and individual masterpieces. Some of the wood he uses includes walnut, ash, and maple. He also uses exotic woods like Brazilian mahogany and other Latin American and African woods with the highest standards of guitar craftsmanship hardware, pickups and high-end audio components and are considered as some of the finest handmade guitars in the world. Johnny Rushmore joined the prestigious Richard Underwood of the Johnson Mountain Boys legendary bluegrass band and received an endorsement from Martin Guitars in Nazareth Pennsylvania in 2008 and continues to play and perform all around in the MD, VA, DC, Pennsylvania New York East Coast region of the US .

Tim Meese has played in various bands since the 1980's including The Shakers, Herbie and The Love Bugs and now with The Johnny Rushmore project!!

Check out the Facebook event page!

https://www.facebook.com/events/634579423243539/

Check out these links to learn more about the artists!

Johnny's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/johnny.rushmore.1?fref=ts

Johnny's YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/JohnnyTsak316

Johnny's Website: Rushmorecustomguitars.com

To learn more about the Side Roads Sounds Project:

http://sideroadssoundsproject.blogspot.com/2013/09/side-roads-sounds-project.html

Terressentials Street Party featuring The Booby Traps!

 Check out (from left to right) Matt, Jan, and Jim!

Are you ready to be serenaded by these fine gentlemen? Hubba hubba!

Do you love music? Do you love Frederick? Now combine the two!

As part of the Terressentials Side Roads Sounds Project, we are hosting a Street Party featuring the Frederick-native band The Booby Traps!

The Terressentials Side Roads Sounds Project Street Party will be on Saturday, October 19th, from 6:00 pm to 8:30 or 9:00 pm (ish). The Street Party will be in front of our 100 East Patrick Street store in downtown Frederick.

BIO:
We are The Booby Traps: a high-powered conglomerate of herculean-physiqued lady slayers. Operating out of idyllic and historic Frederick, Maryland, The Booby Traps are available to play at your next event.

We bring several decades of musical and performing experience to bear, blending soulful vocal harmonies with our distinct musical sensibilities to produce a unique and enjoyable experience for our fans. The band is fronted by Matt and Jan Eden on guitars and vocals, who craft fluid and funky melodies, styled after contemporary acts in the vein of Ben Harper, Los Lonely Boys and Dave Matthews. Rounding out the group, percussionist Jim Pohlhaus holds everything together with his rock steady beats.

The Booby Traps are here to rock your world! We are Frederick's Bluesy Band of Brothers!

Want a sneak peek? Check out these links!

The Booby Traps website:
http://www.theboobytrapsband.com/

The Booby Traps Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/theboobytrapsband

The Booby Traps YouTube channel:
http://www.youtube.com/user/TheBoobyTrapsBand 

Check out the Facebook Event Page:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1385898451641180/


Learn more about the Terressentials Side Roads Sounds Project here:
http://sideroadssoundsproject.blogspot.com/2013/09/side-roads-sounds-project.html

Side Roads Sounds Project Picture Contest

We need photographs of Frederick!

We want to use a photo taken by YOU for our Side Roads Sounds Project web page:
http://sideroadssoundsproject.blogspot.com/

As you can see the page looks pretty boring right now. We want to see interesting landscape or cityscape photos taken around Frederick County – any place is game! Photos that include humans will also require a model release.

If you look at the format of the page, the center of the photo will be covered, so make sure the sides of the photo are interesting!


We like artistic photos, so feel free to take a dramatic night-shot in the rain

How to submit your photo:

1. Go to the Terressentials Facebook Page
2. Go to the Side Roads Sounds Project Picture Contest event page.
3. Post your photo on the event page wall
4. Say where you took the photo!

BUT

Make sure you keep a high resolution copy of the image.
If you win, we’ll want that high resolution copy, not the Facebook copy!

You can submit as many photos as you like!

Submissions due by 11:59 pm Eastern Time on October 15, 2013
Terressentials will chose our favorite picture and notify the winners.

There will be three winners:

1st place will win a $50 Terressentials gift certificate
2nd place will win a $35 Terressentials gift certificate
3rd place will win a $20 Terressentials gift certificate

Questions? Email Michelle: mk_terressentials@mailworks.org

Grace Dan & The Fam performance at Terressentials was a great success!

If you missed out on Grace Dan & The Fam's performance in front of our East Patrick Street store in the evening on Saturday, July 20th, you missed a great show! Grace sang beautifully, as her brother, Dan, and father, Joe, accompanied her on percussion and guitar (respectively). She sang covers of crowd favorites including “I'm Yours” by Jason Mraz, “Little Lion Man” by Mumford & Sons, and “Little Talks” by Of Monsters and Men. It was quite nice to see the little crowd that gathered around the Westminster family as they shared their love of music with the East Patrick Street community and those who were just passing by. A Downtown Frederick Partnership employee even stopped by to take some great pictures!
 

This was just the first of the Side Roads Sounds Project performances, though. If you want to learn more about the Side Roads Sounds Project, a Terressentials initiative to bring more vibrancy and music to the “side roads” of both downtown Frederick City and Frederick County, check out this post from our Terressentials Side Roads Sounds Project.

Side Roads Sounds Project!

Who doesn't love music? Listening to and creating music is a great way to de-stress, a fantastic outlet for personal expression and for directing energy.  Best of all, good music makes people happy!

The Side Roads Sounds Project is an experimental initiative of Terressentials developed as a way for our small business to give back to the Frederick County community.  We are artisan handcrafters of USDA certified organic body care products and we support many Fair Trade artisan crafters worldwide and Fair Made USA artists. As several of our Terressentials team members are artists and/or musicians, we think it would be great to host local musical artists at our Frederick location and, in the future, at our Middletown location to support our local arts community. For our new experimental musical venture, we coined the name “Side Roads Sounds Project” to emphasize that we want to bring more foot traffic and good energy to other parts of Frederick City other than just Market Street and Carroll Creek (in downtown Frederick), and to more than just downtown Frederick.  Most importantly, however, we hope that our Side Roads Sounds Project will inspire folks to realize that one can often discover great treasures and experience exciting adventures when one takes the road less traveled.

So, what genres of music are we looking for?  If you've got a great, original upbeat sound, a world beat, or your energetic music makes people smile, dance or clap their hands — we want to hear from you!  We welcome acapella singers — we know that man-made instruments aren't always necessary to make truly good music!  On another note, we do also appreciate unusual and handmade instruments. We'd like to share that, as our Side Roads Sounds Project is a family/community-oriented project, at this time, we seek more accessible music so hard rock, metal, rap, grunge, acid rock, etc., is not being considered.

Don't be shy! If you are interested in participating in our project and would like us to consider you or your group, please email us a link to your web site so that we can learn more about who you are and to hear examples of your musical art. Feel free to drop your CD and any of your band art/brochures at our Frederick store at 100 East Patrick Street. If you have a wide variety of music, please direct us to specific songs on your CD/website that you feel best represent your work and that will fit with what we are looking for.  We hope to hear from you soon!