Tag: 3rd coast
It’s the Journey, not the Destination, Mr Valentine
by shuehli on Jan.04, 2010, under General, Interview

Alan Valentine, CEO-President Nashville Symphony
Nashville the music city travels under the noms de guerre ‘3rd Coast’. A case of the expression ‘small but dynamite’ with no pun intended.
According to the wiki entry, the term ‘3rd Coast’ is “used to describe several coastal regions distinct from the West Coast and the East Coast of the United States. While lacking an actual coast, the city of Nashville is sometimes referred to as the ‘3rd Coast’, implying that its cultural significance rivals that of the traditional American coasts.
Aha you say. Despite the size of the township which gave off an intimate almost provincial-like setting, this 3rd coast had only just begun to bedazzle me.
Nashville: Prelude to a journey into the 3rd coast
by shuehli on Dec.07, 2009, under General, Musings

On the road to Nashville
I set out to investigate Nashville two months ago; an idea that came about from a chat with Tom Brislin (Spiraling).
On the balmy evening of August 21st 2009, Tom and I had positioned ourselves upstairs at the serving area of Bar East Ale House in NYC. I had just met with NJ band Suspyre, their manager and UsaProgMusic editor Jill Hughes Kirtland, and Tom himself, for the article Age of Aquarius; Renaissance Raising.

Texture in Fall

Contrast of red and green
With ‘brew’ in hand, we began an extended conversational ‘trip’ that looked into the depths of ourselves as musicians, but more so about the searching for that success which only each motivated individual can define. Where do we go from here, we asked each other rhetorically.
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