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Joey Stuckey's Alive Day 2024: Music & Community - Part 2
29-09-2024
Joey Stuckey's Alive Day 2024: Music & Community - Part 2
Welcome to Joey Stuckey's Alive Day 2024 that Celebrates Life Through the Power of Music & Community!   Joey Stuckey is an award-winning blind guitarist, songwriter, singer, composer, producer, radio and television personality, music columnist, educator, and sound engineer. He cohosts our Big Daily Blend podcast every 4th Sunday. Joey has released several albums and is the owner and sound engineer of a recording facility, Shadow Sound Studio in Macon, Georgia. He is currently involved with students, instructing them on guitar, voice, music theory, and sound engineering. Joey and his band perform nationally. He also happens to be the official music ambassador for Macon, Georgia, the “Southern Rock Capital of the World.”   As an infant, Joey lost his sight and sense of smell as the result of a brain tumor.  Sept. 29, ALIVE DAY, celebrates the day the brain tumor that he wasn't supposed to survive was successfully removed. It was thought that he wouldn't make it, or if he did, he would never walk or talk. Though the tumor left him blind and with a host of other health challenges, his is most gloriously alive and so grateful for the life he does have and for his friends, family and for the gift of music! More about Joey at https://www.joeystuckey.com/  Alive Day has typically been a live concert in Macon, but this year we are celebrating by bringing musicians together with two Big Blend Radio podcast panel discussions, a music playlist of 290 inspiring and motivating songs, plus a musical online jigsaw puzzle. Check it all out here: https://blendradioandtv.com/listing/joey-stuckeys-alive-day-2024/  MUSICAL GUESTS ON THIS EPISODE * JOHNNY SCHAEFER https://hearjohnny.com/  * PAMELA BEDWELL https://pamelabedwellandpke.com/  * THE CRAVENS BAND: https://cravenmusic.net/  SPOTIFY PLAYLIST OF 290 SONGS TO MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4w1bGfyI3ju3MMSvl7Cstl?si=941adec36cd04ce2
Joey Stuckey's Alive Day: Music & Community - Part 1
29-09-2024
Joey Stuckey's Alive Day: Music & Community - Part 1
Welcome to Joey Stuckey's Alive Day 2024 that Celebrates Life Through the Power of Music & Community!   Joey Stuckey is an award-winning blind guitarist, songwriter, singer, composer, producer, radio and television personality, music columnist, educator, and sound engineer. He cohosts our Big Daily Blend podcast every 4th Sunday. Joey has released several albums and is the owner and sound engineer of a recording facility, Shadow Sound Studio in Macon, Georgia. He is currently involved with students, instructing them on guitar, voice, music theory, and sound engineering. Joey and his band perform nationally. He also happens to be the official music ambassador for Macon, Georgia, the “Southern Rock Capital of the World.”   As an infant, Joey lost his sight and sense of smell as the result of a brain tumor.  Sept. 29, ALIVE DAY, celebrates the day the brain tumor that he wasn't supposed to survive was successfully removed. It was thought that he wouldn't make it, or if he did, he would never walk or talk. Though the tumor left him blind and with a host of other health challenges, his is most gloriously alive and so grateful for the life he does have and for his friends, family and for the gift of music! More about Joey at https://www.joeystuckey.com/  Alive Day has typically been a live concert in Macon, but this year we are celebrating by bringing musicians together with two Big Blend Radio podcast panel discussions, a music playlist of 290 inspiring and motivating songs, plus a musical online jigsaw puzzle. Check it all out here: https://blendradioandtv.com/listing/joey-stuckeys-alive-day-2024/  MUSICAL GUESTS ON THIS EPISODE * TOM RULE: https://tomrule.info/  * THE WALK-A-BOUT BAND: https://www.facebook.com/walkaboutband1/  SPOTIFY PLAYLIST OF 290 SONGS TO MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4w1bGfyI3ju3MMSvl7Cstl?si=941adec36cd04ce2
Welcome to Musician Joey Stuckey's Alive Day 2024
29-09-2024
Welcome to Musician Joey Stuckey's Alive Day 2024
Welcome to Joey Stuckey's Alive Day 2024 that Celebrates Life Through the Power of Music & Community!   Joey Stuckey is an award-winning blind guitarist, songwriter, singer, composer, producer, radio and television personality, music columnist, educator, and sound engineer. He cohosts our Big Daily Blend podcast every 4th Sunday. Joey has released several albums and is the owner and sound engineer of a recording facility, Shadow Sound Studio in Macon, Georgia. He is currently involved with students, instructing them on guitar, voice, music theory, and sound engineering. Joey and his band perform nationally. He also happens to be the official music ambassador for Macon, Georgia, the “Southern Rock Capital of the World.”   As an infant, Joey lost his sight and sense of smell as the result of a brain tumor.  Sept. 29, ALIVE DAY, celebrates the day the brain tumor that he wasn't supposed to survive was successfully removed. It was thought that he wouldn't make it, or if he did, he would never walk or talk. Though the tumor left him blind and with a host of other health challenges, his is most gloriously alive and so grateful for the life he does have and for his friends, family and for the gift of music! More about Joey at https://www.joeystuckey.com/  Alive Day has typically been a live concert in Macon, but this year we are celebrating by bringing musicians together with two Big Blend Radio podcast panel discussions, a music playlist of 290 inspiring and motivating songs, plus a musical online jigsaw puzzle. Check it all out here: https://blendradioandtv.com/listing/joey-stuckeys-alive-day-2024/  SPOTIFY PLAYLIST OF 290 SONGS TO MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4w1bGfyI3ju3MMSvl7Cstl?si=941adec36cd04ce2  TO HELP PROVIDE DISASTER RELIFE FROM HURRICANE HELENE: - https://www.redcross.org/donate/dr/hurricane-helene.html  - https://appvoices.org/helene-relief/
Director Marc Saltarelli - Studio One Forever
12-09-2024
Director Marc Saltarelli - Studio One Forever
This episode of Big Blend Radio's TOAST TO THE ARTS Show features Marc Saltarelli, an award-winning director with work in both narrative and documentary filmmaking. Hear about his latest film, STUDIO ONE FOREVER. A beacon of dancing and freedom for gay men looking for identity in a world that saw them as outcasts, Studio One was a haven and the blossoming center of nightlife in West Hollywood. From merging the gay community and Hollywood elites like Bette Davis and Jimmy Stewart to being at the forefront of the LBGTQ+ rights movement and the fight against the AIDS crisis, the venue was more than just a disco, it was a movement. STUDIO ONE FOREVER, the untold story of America's iconic gay disco, world premiered at Outfest Los Angeles in July 2023 and was selected by over twenty festivals to date, garnering several audience choice awards.  It was an Austin Film Festival jury award nominee for best documentary and won Best of Fest at the 2024 Palm Springs International Film Festival. Watch the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuHmJhq_LJI  STUDIO ONE - Coming soon to Theaters, VOD & BluRay:  September 13-19 - Landmark Sunset in West Hollywood October 3rd - Laemmle NoHo - with Q&A October 8th - Available on all VOD platforms Full details at https://marcsaltarelli.com/   This episode is also featured on Big Blend Radio's "Big Daily Blend" Podcast. Check out our network of shows, here: https://www.podbean.com/podcast-network/bigblendradionetwork