Finishing A Recording Session

Working in my studio finishing a recording. One thing I can tell you for sure, if you want to record music you must put all of you patient's together and then some.  In the end if you are lucky you can end up with a great song.

Tony Watson 

Drumming With Your Religious Gifts

The ability to play and the ability to perform via playing an instrument are special gifts in life.  Like this drummer, playing the drum is part of his religion, and therefore he applies the Rattan Bundle of sticks to the beat that has religious content and overtone.

The Timeless Instrument

The picture to our left is a Carlo Bergonzi violin that I purchased on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.  One of my hobbies I have, which make for great stories to tell from a musical and a collecting point of view.  Or should I say it for what it really is, and that is rescuing instruments I find.  Just like the Bergonzi, which the famous craftsman made himself in 1733 in Italy.  Interesting thing about instruments, verses people, they can out live just about everyone.  I sat for many hours holding, and viewing the instrument in every angle to really study the instruments perfection, and obvious imperfections from being hand carved.  Doing this you will see all of the fine qualities carefully crafted into each square inch of this timeless instrument.  I hope and pray that each of us can have fine qualities that we carefully craft, even with our imperfections to leave something behind so that someone in the future can admire them and study them.

Amazed Again,

Tony Watson,

I f you give it much thought, most songs would not exist without instruments.  Being able to pick and choose how to twist a blend of instruments to make the sound that is enjoyable to an audience in the form of some sort of arraignment.  In most cases I would say that it falls back on the composer, and what he or she hears when composing the song.  Some of my favorite songs have had only a single guitar in the entire song.  That is probably how the composer heard the song at it’s best.  When the burning desire is there to deliver the vocals and music with let’s say a single performer and his or her instrument, it is what you hear in any help article, “presentation is nine tenths”.  This being said many famous recording artists have done just this thing with the most powerful delivery of his or her single instrument, and in many cases also their voice.   It can be very pleasing to the ear hearing their voice and instrument in unison giving us a song you will never forget.  The late John Denver was a master of this technique.  Many times on his TV show John would preform one of his songs for the night in just the simplest of setting where it was just John his guitar and a song, it was magical.

Simple Music, Can Be Magical,

Tony Watson



Celebrating Mother’s day at the Eastern Shore of Maryland.  This is a photo of the water out in front of our home in Cambridge MD.  Trips to the blue waters of the Caribbean seam to get us through all bad weather we endured during the winter, but I don’t believe there is another place on earth which bears the beauty of the Chesapeake Bay.  We have been living here for over 11 years, and it inspires me on many fronts.  It also prepares me for my work coming up in the next week, and prepares me for how I feel about life in general.  I am looking foreword to a summer of boating, fishing and family gathering.  None of this would be possible without the mother of my children, not to mention (T’s) mother and my mother.  Honestly, where would any of us be without them?

Happy Mother’s Day,

Tony Watson

Time to think and compose

During my recent stay in Key West just the calm evening of a sunset cruise, the only noise you hear is the wind forcing itself around the sails.  It can give one time to think without urban noise why we are here on earth.  Each person has their own connection to any place you may be, it is just the moment you realize life can be simple even if it is just for a couple of hours, like being on a sail boat.  On a sail boat not only can you feel the wind on the ship, but you can feel the energy of the wind moving it along with that same rhythm.  It had me thinking that our life has the same simple rhythm if we just have, or take the time to experience it.  You don't need to be on the ocean to feel the great experience of the wind, and a beautiful sunset.  That sort of thing happens nearly every day.  So in my opinion you can have quiet time if you try, and you can have that in your own back yard.  This might be just the best place on earth for “your moment”.

I am certain that this calm and solitude time I was blessed with during my time off from work on a great holiday in Key West awarded me with much more than time off from work.  This time I am certain has given me the inspiration to write new music.  Most importantly this holiday taught me to appreciate quiet time for one’s self.  Not sure if it is coming from my ability to take it all in due to my being on earth much longer than I thought I would thirty years ago.  Take this from Tony, cease the moment whenever you can, it will deliver great things in your life.

Happy Easter,

Tony Watson



Sunset Cruse Key West



One of the greatest things to do in Key West is to take the sunset cruse on the Jolly Roger.  The crew really does a great job of informing the patrons.  They even bring extra ice chest to keep your favorite drinks cold, and will bring them to you if you should ask them to.  My wife (Terri) took a lot of the best pictures, like this one which is good enough to frame in a large setting. I am sure we wouldn't go to Key West without taking the sunset cruse. It is definitely the best way to see the perfect sunset, not to mention having a chance to be on a large sail ship out on the ocean.

Vacation is good for the spirit!

I just spent the past week in Key West FL.  If you have never been there I must tell you it is quite the amazing spot.  We rent this cool little Conk House on Havana Lane.  It is one of the only times within the year that I feel like I really shut down to a minimal amount of energy. My favorite thing to do is to spend time with my wife and all of the great surroundings.  As you can see, just hanging out at Havana Lane is a great place to be.

One of the best ways to get around Key West is to ride your bike.  This is a bike I bought last year during our March 2010 visit to Havana Lane.  I left it with our neighbor, and sure enough one year later it was still chained to a tree in the alley waiting for me to return and ride it.  I have spent many cool hours just peddling around the small island soaking in the great water scenery, local people and Key West houses.










If you want to experience one the greatest places on earth, Key West is virtually the last large plot of land between the U.S. and Cuba, 90 miles as the crow flies.  In Key West we would say as the Rooster Flies.

Music Makes The World Go Around

From The Sheet Music of Tony Watson:

During my incredible span of life, the thing I can pass along for sure is music has always been there for me my whole life. No matter how badly I feel just humming a tune will change your life and all of your emotional feelings at that moment, and for the rest of the day. So I am passing on to all of you, hum a tune and change your life for the moment, the day, and possibly your remaining time on earth.

Music Makes The World go Around,

Tony Watson,

Music Makes The World Go Around

From The Sheet Music of Tony Watson:

During my incredible span of life, the thing I can pass along for sure is music has always been there for me my whole life. No matter how badly I feel just humming a tune will change your life and all of your emotional feelings at that moment, and for the rest of the day. So I am passing on to all of you, hum a tune and change your life for the moment, the day, and possibly your remaining time on earth.

Music Makes The World go Around,

Tony Watson,

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