Voices from the Small Stage

by Jeffrey Ross

Overview

Performing live music in front of an audience is fun and rewarding. These stories give the reader a "behind-the-scenes" look at what we think it ultimately takes to become a popular and successful local musician—and why we enjoy music. In this compilation of memoirs and narratives, several musicians talk about their backgrounds, their motivations, their aspirations, and their successful and not-so-successful experiences. Think of it. Musicians are performing in your town, somewhere, probably right now, as you read this. Country bands, rock groups, jazz ensembles, community bands, solo acts, duets– they're all good and they all love interaction with friends and fans. Live music is such a great part of the American experience. "Voices from the Small Stage" reveals our part in local music history.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940186071235
Publisher:	Rogue Phoenix Press
Publication date:	07/06/2024
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Jeffrey Ross, who resides in Arizona, is a writer, musician, and former full-time community college teacher. He has had four “Views” pieces published on InsidehigherEd.com, has authored and co-authored over thirty national and international op-ed articles on community college identity, purpose, and culture, and has published numerous parody poems and articles. Ross co-authored the comic and critically acclaimed campus novel College Leadership Crisis: The Philip Dolly Affair (Rogue Phoenix Press, 2011). He also authored the romance parody Love in the RV Park: A Romance for Men (Rogue Phoenix Press, 2013), the nonfiction life history about 1930s life in Scottsdale, AZ Silent Sonora (Rogue Phoenix Press 2015), a mature romance The Auroran: Cold Front Redemption (Rogue Phoenix Press 2016), and the researched policy proposal 1040 Taxes Could be Replaced by One-Cent Fees! (Rogue Phoenix Press 2018).
Many readers have enjoyed his analysis of the community college experience, At the Community College: Smiles and Reflections (Rogue Phoenix Press, 2019). Ross, along with co-authors Brian Franzen and Michael Newlun, wrote the interesting travel book Southwest by Two Stroke: Riding 350 Yamahas to California, which describes their 1973 motorcycle ride from Nebraska to California and back (Rogue Phoenix Press, 2019 ). Ross recently wrote a “sweet romance” with both prose and poetry about a professor and his student who fall in love, Dr. Hill’s Poet (Rogue Phoenix press, 2021). Ross also co-authored the epic continent-crossing motorcycle travel book Riding 500cc Two-Strokes to Canada from Arizona in 1972 and other Motorcycle Adventures with Jim Balding (Rogue Phoenix Press, 2021).