Greetings my dear friends! As with most things related to the pandemic, time seems to move quickly yet not at all. More on that on another post later. If you made it this far, I hope you have already enjoyed my latest video project “Entering Marion” by the composer John Forster. I wanted to share some fun stories about the production of this little video.

Where did this song come from? Well, as you most likely know, I have often enjoyed participating in the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival Cabaret program (I think it is called something else now, but you get it) under the brilliant teaching of Ron Drotos, who sent me looking for this song. I proceeded to reach out to John himself. He generously sent me his piano score and the rest is history :) Back in 2019 we performed it as part of FSAF, and you can see the original performance linked on this web site.

Did you really go to all those towns? How long did it take? YES Lisa and I really did drive to each of those towns on a recent early fall vacation to Cape Cod. It took a LOT of planning, and Lisa spent hours on Google Maps looking for the exact locations of the signs. We spent much of 3 days of our vacation driving around recording the drive by videos and then turning around to pull over into mostly safe locations for the snap shots. There was much giggling and even more laughing out loud!

What is with that map? Knowing that I am dating myself, the map used in the video is a old AAA TripTik map from days long before MapQuest, let alone Waze. This map in particular has been in a box somewhere in my home since the summer of 1991 when I took a car tour of the USA to visit all of the Major League Baseball stadiums. I just KNEW lugging that junk around for 30 years would pay off one day!

What is next for Mike Brose Music? I am working on a project right now that involves some original songs. I cannot wait to share.

Until then, stay healthy and safe!

— Mike