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I recently started a music therapy blog to talk about some of the things I have been exploring in this area.  I have downloads and some articles here too..  the site is:

http://sonicyogi.com

I believe sound has the power to heal. As a musician I had always thought of music as art, and a way to entertain, but I have now started to look at music and sound in a new light.

During an experience with extreme anxiety, I found…

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An interview and performance clips from the show "Backstage at the Doudna".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grrxT_5V0qw

A little while back, we were thrilled to present our music along with the artwork of Heather Wilkerson at a concert in Atlanta.  Heather painted 3 beautiful pictures that were inspired by our music!!  My personal favorite is the one she painted to our newest song "A minor funky" (pictured below). These pictures are much bigger in person and it's a bit hard to get the full scope on the computer screen.  Visit Heather's site to see the other pieces she has painted to out music and other…

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In 2011 We created a "Tour Compilation" that we sold at our live shows. It contained some tracks from our previous albums as well as new tracks that we hadn't released officially on any other albums. We are offering that album for the holidays here, so if you'd like to give Montana Skies as gift this year, here's a link for purchases. We are also…

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I flew back to Milwaukee for a concert at the University of WI in Kenosha this weekend and I thought I’d tell you a little about packing, checking, and flying with my acoustic cello.  My electric cello is small enough that I bring that on board as my carry on.  Occasionally, I am able to buy an extra seat for the cello, but most of the time I use the flight case here.

 

Here is the process I use for flying with my cello:

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We've set up 3 open groups for Cello, Guitar and Duo's. 



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We recently started using Skype on the road to stay in touch with family and friends back home. As the video and sound quality on the internet have improved we both thought it would be a great way to work with musicians who might want learn more about our styles of playing.

 

Sharing our thoughts and ideas on music is something we've always loved to do, but we haven't had time to keep a teaching studio going in one geographic spot. The best thing about Skype is we can do it…

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We've had a few people email and ask how we feel about taking video at shows. Our feeling is yes, by all means! In fact, if you want to upload your videos to YouTube we'll be glad to give you a free album download (of your choice) for your efforts.

 

Also, if you tag your video with (montana skies cello guitar) it will also automatically show on our website on the "Latest Youtube Videos" page.

 

You can also login to this site and post your video directly via the…

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Jenn will be featured in a Steinberger ad in Strings Magazine's April issue.  Wahhhooo!

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We recently met with Corey Redonet of Ned Steinberger Instruments after a concert we did in Natick, MA. Jenn has been playing Steinberger electric cello's for several years now and we look forward to working more closely with them. Here's an interview that we recently recorded for their website.



Click here for the interview:



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