On February 22, Forgotten Song Music, in collaboration with Jazz for Peace, celebrated the Midnight Muse project with 10 of the 12 visual artists involved in the Midnight Muse project who displayed their art for the evening. The artists in the gallery that evening were: Anya Peterson, Flor Mendez-Osman, Tanja Nickolic Nobert, Jennifer Main, Karla
The MIDNIGHT MUSE project found some interesting history about the Vegas Jazz Society that was founded by Monk Montgomery back in the 1970s. It was an honor to work with the group of dedicated individuals: Carolyn Freeman, past-president of the Vegas Jazz Society, Judy Tarte, current president, Frank Leone, president of the Local Musicians Union
The making of the CD set for MIDNIGHT MUSE project has been a great learning experience and collaboration. T-Bone Demman of Son Song Studios has been a true treasure to work with on the whole project. We have had some fun reunions and met some new friends along the way this year while recording all
Well folks, it's a wrap! We interviewed over 48 musicians and singers from the MIDNIGHT MUSE project and the film wrapped in January. We will be having a special Red Carpet Premier in March to preview the film, the venue and date are set! See more here: Midnight Muse Las Vegas. It has been
Things are about to get colorful! We are just about finished loading the art and photos of all the musicians, singers, artists and poets who contributed to the Las Vegas Jazz, Blues and Big Band documentary and MIDNIGHT MUSE project onto the website. Jake Naylor, our web design guru, has done a fabulous job in creating
THOMAS “T-BONE” DEMMAN, guitarist/engineer, loves playing his guitar, but being a recording engineer and owning a recording facility is his job of practical choice. He is known by many as the man behind their successful scene of music when you need your project recorded, mixed or mastered. T-Bone was born and raised in Las Vegas has
LANNIE COUNTS, vocalist, was born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona. He has been singing and performing since he was 12. He moved to Las Vegas 20 years ago and has been on the Las Vegas music scene ever since. In addition to performing in different venues in Phoenix and Las Vegas, Lannie was the lead
SOPHIA LELIS, vocalist, was born in New York City’s Manhattan and learned to sing practicing with records. She was shy and often was chosen to play opposite roles in high school plays to help with her shyness. Sophia performed in a rock n roll band in high school as well. With her mother’s permission, Sophia
RICHARD JONES, bass, grew up in North Carolina and joined the band in eighth grade to be with a girl. He started by playing tuba, then clarinet and finally bass at age 16. He studied music at East Carolina University and then joined the USAF field band at Langley AFB in Virginia. The Diplomats (a
KEEN NICHOLS, poet, began writing in 2007 after a sudden burst of inspiration awakened his consciousness, allowing him to write a 8 stanza poem entitled, "Your Essence Isn't Evanescence". In time, this single poem that explores the vastness of ontological inquiry, became the impetus for his leaving his 12 year career in local government. Keen
