It was my honor to be invited to ACAFEST this year in Nashville, TN. Thursday I co-taught a class on recording acappella music. Saturday morning I co-taught a class on mixing/mastering acappella music with Melissa Lancaster. Melissa is the daughter of Keith Lancaster, the founder of Acappella. Christy and I had a great time Saturday night attending the 25th anniversary concert that featured members from the group present and past. What a great time seeing some of the originals singing some of the music that I grew up on! Wayburn Dean and Rodney Britt are two of my all time favorite singers and it was great being able to see them again. Over the past few months I've also been able to get to know Keith on a more personal level. He is a great man with more talent than one person should have. Connecting with Keith has been possible through the friendship of a longtime friend, Matt Straughn. It has also been great re-connecting with Matt as well. Matt and I spent many years singing/recording Acappella's music. Ahhhhhhh the memories! Matt recently did a 5K run in Hendersonville, TN where he came in first place, and beat the second place runner by over 3 minutes (or about 1/2 mile lead.) He also ran the Boston Marathon this year. Way to go!
2 comments:
I am so excited for you that you and Christy got to do something this cool for your birthday! Wish I could have been there too.
Hey dude- Thanks for the reference! It was a great week. I look forward to catching up with you and Keith again when I'm back in Nastyville!
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