Kurt Scobie Music - Blog

"SCO[O]B Tube" - New Video Each Week in June and July 

Earlier this year I had the opportunity to perform on WUGA Radio in Athens, GA. Not only was my performance aired on the NPR station, but the show was recorded and then played on local Athens Cable. I had a friend touch up the videos with a little editing, and I have nine movies of nine original songs which I performed that day.

I decided to upload a different video each week for the months of June and July. Below is a link to the first video! You can find the rest of these videos in coming weeks at www.kurtscobie.com/vids or on YouTube at: www.youtube.com/kurtscobie. Enjoy!

Click here to see video

Surf Scobie's Site & See Scobie Sing Songs 

So, how are you doing? Are you ready for the warm weather? It is on the way! Here in Georgia we have had a few 70-80 degree days (7 days after it snowed) and I am ready for it! I am ready to get outside, play some music on your favorite restaurant’s patio, and enjoy the southern sun! Get ready for it.

In addition to the warmer months ahead, I am also excited for a couple other things. As you may have heard (and some of you have already checked it out), I have been working on the new website for the last month, and it finally went live this weekend. I am pumped about it getting off the ground, and I hope you’ll go check it out and let me know what you think. You’ll find pictures, song lyrics, downloads, reviews, and a whole lot more. AND I am working on a couple more additions that will be up shortly. So click over there and check it out!

I also want to remind you of my show schedule (on KurtScobie.com as well). I have some great appearances and performances lined up for the coming months, including: Eddie’s Attic, Kavarna, Dakota’s, Cielito Lindo, and Abbott’s. You’ll have plenty of opportunities to come see me in the weeks to come!

In other Kurt Scobie news…I joined a gym. Yup! Time to burn off that extra winter baggage! The trainer said that I was in pretty good shape, but my recent experience on the treadmill suggests otherwise. Now, I’m not too concerned about that, because I have been a runner since middle school. What I’m not so thrilled about is the lifting. Probably the last place on earth I would like to be is on the bench press. I know the guys are all impressed when I pump those 100 pounds of iron into the air (with great effort), but I’d much prefer to keep my guns at home. Yeah, I went there. That’s right -guns.

Nevertheless, I will be sticking to the fitness plan as well as the music plans. There are exciting times on the horizon.

Again, please drop me a line to let me know how you’re doing! There is actually a contact form on the new site where you can just message me directly. And I certainly hope to catch up with you at a show!


Peace.

-Kurt

2-25-09  

Good things. Good things. Mazel Mazel!

Good things have been keeping me from updating you. The problem is that if I am busy doing a lot of things I find it difficult to make time to sit down and update my friends. But, if I do have time to write anything, I end up running out of information to write about.

Well, I have indeed had quite a bit happening that has limited me to insufficient twitters and facebook status updates. Today I fill you in.

The National Association for Campus Activities (NACA) is an organization that hosts conventions, conferences and festivals every year. College students from across the country, from many different schools get together and select the talent they want to have at their schools. Musicians, artists, comedians, magicians, and other forms of talent present their best for the students and advisers who attend.

The NACA National event this year was held in beautiful Nashville, TN. Elizabeth and I celebrated Valentines Day early this year because I had to be in Nashville on February 14th. And the National convention ran for several days at the massive Opryland Hotel. If you have never been, I highly recommend it.

There were thousands of students representing hundreds of schools at this event. It was incredible. Amazingly, I ran into some people from my humble little hometown (Blissfield, MI).

Well, the event kicked off on Saturday with musical performances and emcees and a few comedians. They were all very talented. I did not perform at this event, so my main focus was meeting people and beginning to get connected to the NACA world.

The Marketplace, or Campus Activities Market Place (C.A.M.P) was my whole reason for existence that week. If you've been to a bridal show, this is similar. If you have never been to a bridal show, this is still similar. I was set up with some CDs and flyers in a booth (among hundreds of booths) so I could chat with the representatives (students) from different schools as they walked around and "shopped" the different talent. It was awesome! In addition to musicians and comedians, there were companies who had inflatable games and even a synthetic ice rink!

The Marketplace only happened a couple times a day for about an hour each time, so I ended up with quite a bit of free time in Nashville. I was able to catch a show at 3rd and Lindsley, hang out in a few of the 'honky-tonks' on Broadway, and visit with my Nashville buddies. I also performed at the Commodore Grille on West End.

A few cool people I met include: John Bataglia (Beauty and the Geek - image consultant), Ralphie May, Zac Brown Band (ok, didn't actually meet him, but he was there), Brian Brushwood (Bizarre Magic), and other great artists, magicians and comedians!

It was a great time in Music City, to say the very least. It was also a very busy one. I made it home to Atlanta on Thursday at about 4 a.m. Then, I geared up for a few performances on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Needless to say, my health got a bit poor but, it was all worth it!

My first NACA experience was fantastic and I met a lot of cool people. Let me rephrase that. My first NACA experience was fantastic BECAUSE I met a lot of EXTREMELY cool people!

Expect to hear more good things from me.

Mazel Mazel!

-Kurt

Mazel Mazel 

Good things. Good things. Mazel Mazel (rhymes with 'nozzle').

Good things have been keeping me from updating my Blogspot. The problem is that if I am busy doing a lot of things I find it difficult to make time to sit down and update my friends. But, if I do have time to blog, I end up running out of information to blog about.

Well, I have indeed had quite a bit happening that has limited me to insufficient twitters and facebook status updates. Today I fill you in.

The National Association for Campus Activities (NACA) is an organization that hosts conventions, conferences and festivals every year. College students from across the country, from many different schools get together and select the talent they want to have at their schools. Musicians, artists, comedians, magicians, and other forms of talent present their best for the students and advisers who attend.

The NACA National event this year was held in beautiful Nashville, TN. Elizabeth and I celebrated Valentines Day early this year because I had to be in Nashville on February 14th. And the National convention ran for several days at the massive Opryland Hotel. If you have never been, I highly recommend it.

There were thousands of students representing hundreds of schools at this event. It was incredible. Amazingly, I ran into some people from my humble little hometown (Blissfield, MI).

Well, the event kicked off on Saturday with musical performances and emcees and a few comedians. They were all very talented. I did not perform at this event, so my main focus was meeting people and beginning to get connected to the NACA world.

The Marketplace, or Campus Activities Market Place (C.A.M.P) was my whole reason for existence that week. If you've been to a bridal show, this is similar. If you have never been to a bridal show, this is still similar. I was set up with some CDs and flyers in a booth (among hundreds of booths) so I could chat with the representatives (students) from different schools as they walked around and "shopped" the different talent. It was awesome! In addition to musicians and comedians, there were companies who had inflatable games and even a synthetic ice rink!

The Marketplace only happened a couple times a day for about an hour each time, so I ended up with quite a bit of free time in Nashville. I was able to catch a show at 3rd and Lindsley, hang out in a few of the 'honky-tonks' on Broadway, and visit with my Nashville buddies. I also performed at the Commodore Grille on West End.

A few cool people I met include: John Bataglia (Beauty and the Geek - image consultant), Ralphie May, Zac Brown Band (ok, didn't actually meet him, but he was there), Brian Brushwood (Bizarre Magic), and other great artists, magicians and comedians!

It was a great time in Music City, to say the very least. It was also a very busy one. I made it home to Atlanta on Thursday at about 4 a.m. Then, I geared up for a few performances on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Needless to say, my health got a bit poor but, it was all worth it!

My first NACA experience was fantastic and I met a lot of cool people. Let me rephrase that. My first NACA experience was fantastic BECAUSE I met a lot of EXTREMELY cool people!

Expect to hear more good things from me.

Mazel Mazel!