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It is a pleasure to welcome you to my blog "Creative Entertainment Productions". My hope is to have an interesting conversation about creativity and the power of brainstorming to help inspire innovation. We will explore new and interesting entertainment elements including the use of new media platforms to inform and identify trends. Finally, we will take a closer look at stage and television productions and discuss new presenting ideas as well as technologies. These topics are a passion of mine and I hope you find the conversation interesting.

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My entire life has been filled with a passion for the performing arts. I graduated in Communications and General Business at Western Michigan University. After college, I travelled to Chicago and performed in several summerstock theatre productions across the United States. I performed in the National Tour of The Pajama Game, and sang for Gaylord Entertainment's Fiesta Texas in San Antonio. After moving to New York City I became a Manager for several Shubert Broadway Theatres. Finally, I moved to Orlando, Florida to work as a Production Assistant for Walt Disney Entertainment. My current role is Producer for The Disney Event Group. We produce corporate entertainment events. I am on the Board of Directors for the Garden Theatre in Winter Garden, Florida. I am a voting member of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. My future plans include graduating with my Masters degree in Entertainment Business at Full Sail University and developing creative entertainment content for television and emerging media platforms.

Friday, December 17, 2010

Inspiring Ideas For A New World



It is incredible when you find something or someone that inspires you.  Recently, I have been checking out the TED.com website and its “Best Of The Web” speeches.  If you have not checked this site out, I would highly recommend that you do!  TED’s Executive Director, Chris Anderson has helped launched a site for organizations and individuals to share video of their inspiration or ideas with millions of viewers online.  This is a monumental time of change in the way we communicate and TED.com is an incredible way to share ideas with the world.  It is very powerful!
One of my favorite innovators, Bobby McFerrin has a video that was posted on the  “Best Of The Web” site.  Bobby appeared on a panel at the World Science Festival in 2009. He is featured demonstrating audience participation with the ubiquitous nature of human understanding of the pentatonic scale.  He sings and dances, and has the audience sing while following his movements.  Wow!  He is an amazing innovator and has captivated the audience.  I have posted the link at the end of my blog so you can take a look for yourself.
Bobby McFerrin has been inspiring me for years.  When I was working on my undergraduate degree at Western Michigan University, I performed with McFerrin with my college vocal jazz ensemble, Gold Company.  He was at the top of the charts back then with his well-known hit “Don’t Worry Be Happy”.   I remember that he had the audience captivated with his vocal abilities.  One of the audience favorites was his performance of the Wizard Of Oz in five minutes.  He sang and performed a recap of the classic film live on stage.  It was one of the most creative and entertaining moments I have witnessed on stage. 
As a vocalist, McFerrin often switches rapidly between modal and falsetto registers to create polyphonic effects, performing both the main melody and the accompanying parts of songs. He makes use of percussive effects created both with his mouth and by tapping on his chest. McFerrin is also capable of multiphonic singing; as observed in his song "Drive" from the 2005 DVD Live in Montreal.  I really do not know anyone else in the world capable of singing two notes at the same time.  He is truly an inspiration to the music and vocal jazz community.
 
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