Archive for January, 2019

Our February performer is a fabulous entertainer: Marc Sengin. 

He will perform for us on Monday, February 11, 2019 at 7 pm at the Medford Memorial Community Center, 21 South Main Street, Medford, NJ.
Guests and Visitors $10 at the door. 
Admission is free to current SJARMS members. 
Info on membership: please see the membership tab at the top at www.sjarms.com
Please park in the gravel lot behind the Center and enter the building through the back porch entrance.
Of course we will have an all-level acoustic jam after Marc performs until 9:25 pm. 
As always, we can utilize the various rooms on the first floor of the Center for jamming.

Just a reminder, SJARMS is allowed to use the first floor only. We do not have access to the 2nd floor of the building.

Some information about Marc:

In 1974 Marc Sengin graduated from the University of Hartford HARTT COLLEGE OF MUSIC (now The Hartt School) with a degree in Music Ed, as a clarinet major. After graduating, he performed full-time in nightclub & disco bands on sax, flute, clarinet, and vocals, later followed by years of performing in “wedding” bands while maintaining a day job.

Following a revelation in 1987, Marc became passionately involved with fine wine. His quest for knowledge and experience was insatiable. In 1999 he began to recork “Old & Rare” wines for collectors. His tasting experience includes several thousand bottles of these wines, some dating back as far as the mid-19th century. This experience is unique and unequaled and his knowledge is extensive. For over ten years, he represented importers & distributors of very high quality small-production wineries from France, Italy, Australia, Germany, Austria, Portugal, and the US. He has visited many of these wineries, frequently staying at the homes of winemakers. He is available for consultation.

Marc’s love of musical performance was re-initiated in 1995 after years of absence, only now it was something different altogether. He combined his eternal love for singing with self-taught acoustic guitar accompaniment. The selections are the “Folk & Pop Songs of the 60′s & 70′s”, some of the greatest songs ever written in this genre. You know… the songs of Bob Dylan, Cat Stevens, Joni Mitchell, Beatles, John Denver, Crosby-Stills-and Nash, etc. The addition of a vocal harmony pedal in 2016 has produced extraordinary results, sounding more like an acoustic group with very tight vocals than a soloist.

These songs need to remembered and kept alive through performance. In addition to the music, the messages can be profound.

Marc now performs as a solo artist and his musical services are available for private parties, restaurants, events of every kind, concert performances, background music, retirement communities, coffee houses, etc.

For those interested tonight @ SJARMS…

SPECS:

Martin HD-28V (“V”intage Series structurally unique) with factory Fishman Ellipse Matrix Blend electronics.

Bose L1 Compact PA

Mackie ProFX8v2 mixing board

Sennheiser e935 mic

TC Helicon “Harmony Singer”

 

Dear SJARMS friends and members,


Happy New Year to all of you! Hope you all had wonderful Holidays!

We will have our January 2019 meeting on Monday, January 14, 2019 from 7 pm to 9:30 pm at our usual location: Medford Memorial Community Center, 21 South Main Street, Medford, NJ. 
Guests and Visitors $10 at the door. 
Admission is free to current SJARMS members. 
Info on membership: please see the membership tab at the top at www.sjarms.com.
Please park in the gravel lot behind the Center and enter the building through the back porch entrance.
This month’s format is Open Mic. 
Sign-ups start at 6:45 pm. 
Open Mic is limited to current members (you can bring up others to perform with you if you want). 
We usually have to limit the number of performers to about 8 or 9 (to do 2 songs each) so that the Open Mic part of the night doesn’t run too long. 
If we have more than 9 people interested in performing we can have each performer do 1 song each.
That will be determined that night when we see how many people sign up.
 
Of course we will have an all-level acoustic jam after the Open Mic until 9:25 pm. 
As always, we can utilize the various rooms on the first floor of the Center for jamming.
 
Just a reminder, SJARMS is allowed to use the first floor only. We do not have access to the 2nd floor of the building.
 
February 11, 2019– we will have SJARMS member Marc Sengin as our featured performer. More info about Marc is forthcoming very soon.
We have some great performers for March, May, and the rest of the year. More info to come soon. 
It looks like April, 2019 will be the next Open Mic after January.
 
Hope to see you on Monday January 14, 2019!
Karen
for SJARMS