Welcome back to the website.

Now... today I wanna include you in something very, very special, if you are gonna be in or around New York this coming weekend and you're up for it.

I have a good friend.

His name is Sid.

Now, Sid doesn't ever check the internet... so, I'm safe putting this on here.

Okay, if you've been coming to this site you know that I'm gonna be in concert with some very special guests this Saturday night, right? (More details further down the page.)

Well, Sid is living an amazing life. Seriously. He's done so much to make this world a better place it's just amazing and he keeps dreaming new dreams. (That's one reason he wanted to put his name on this new concert series at H.I. New York Performance Hall.)

But, for the few of you who don't know... Sid changed American music history forever when he introduced The Beatles to America.

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Besides that, he brought The Rolling Stones here... ABBA... countless others. He also played such a huge and underrated role in breaking the racial barriers down in this country by being the first promoter to book white and black acts on the same rock 'n roll bill. (He also made James Brown the very first rock n soul act in Madison Square Garden.) He discovered and managed The Rascals. He's also been humbly on the front lines of political activism from the rise of the Nazis, to the current corruption of the American government, from the civil rights movement to the recent assault on The Constitution... he speaks with presidential candidates and people who have no voice. And he has always spoken out where and when there's been a need. Over his lifetime, he's been some amazing places with some amazing people. (Anyway... you just hafta read his book.)

So, Sid has been a promoter, a producer, a manager, an activist for Truth and Reason... he's been immersed in the music business his whole, long life. But he's never played one note and... he's never written a song.

Until now.

Do you wanna be a part of something beautiful? This is where I get to your part.

Listen... at this concert on Saturday night, I will tell you the story about how Sid left a message on my voice mail that became the inspiration and hook-lyric for a brand new song. But, here's the thing...

Sid's gonna be in the audience that night. And, I would LOVE it if the entire audience sang this song... I mean, filled the music hall with this song. The credits on this song will read as follows.

Music: David Ippolito
Lyrics: Sid Bernstein and David Ippolito

So, this is what I did! I recorded a rough demo... a scratch track of this song for you to listen to right now so that you can get your mind and your heart around the song. IT'S NOT FINISHED!!! Some of the lyrics still need work. But you can get the idea. THEN, when you show up at the gig on Saturday, we'll really be able to let it rip with everyone else!

Cool?

Here... click on this logo to learn the song.

Okay? Now, next Saturday night at 7:30 the concert is on Amsterdam Ave at 103rd Street in the brand new H.I. New York Performance Hall. You can show up that night and pay cash at the door. (It's only $20 for any seat.) AND... it's kinda 2-for-1. Because if you show up next Saturday, you'll get a ticket to attend the first taping of the music series "What's Behind the Song" the following weekend for FREE! But there are only about 100 seats left. So, click on this thing if you wanna reserve seats right now. (This puts your name on the list at the door.)

Y'know?

I just had a great time last Friday sitting with my guest artist, Galia, to kick around some music and ideas for what we're gonna do next Saturday. Man! You guys are gonna dig her! She really makes music for all the right reasons. And, like I said... my good friend and colleague, Christine Lavin has said she would show up to do a couple of songs.

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My two musical guests, Christine Lavin and Galia - and maybe a couple of surprises.

We're gonna have a blast, the audience is gonna be filled with other artists, music people, music lovers... well, if you've ever been to one of my gigs, you know what the feeling is like. This is gonna be a typically special night. AND, we're all gonna be able to make this new venue into our musical home of sorts. Y'know, a place you can check out often to see what's going on there. this concert is just the beginning. Janet Kirker and David Marcus are gonna be on stage with me again. It's gonna be a blast.

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H.I New York Performance Hall - Amsterdam Ave @ 103rd Street
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Like I said, you come on Saturday you get FREE tickets for the show the following Friday night. "What's Behind the Song" is gonna be a 90 minute, interview/music/open-discussion show with questions from the audience all about the mysterious and wonderful Creative process of songwriting.... with various songwriters. (Who, as you know, are generally a crazy bunch of people.) This oughta be really cool. We're gonna shoot these things, edit them down and put them all on DVD.

You're invited to attend the very first one the following Friday, April 4th at H.I.N.Y.

My first guest is a great guy and a wonderful songwriter with a really interesting career.... Jake Holmes.

PODCAST TIME

HERE'S THE NEWEST EPISODE OF THE ORIGINAL PODCAST:

"I Love the Company" (Show #363)

I'm playing a song requested by a listener... a song by a special guest artist who will be joining me on stage on March 29th.

Just click on the logo, plug in your headphones, jam in your earbuds or turn on your speakers and listen. (You can always subscribe to the show and get it automatically by hitting that itunes button over there.)

SHOW 363

Cool? My musical guest on ILTC: Galia (Click on her photo to visit her website, find out more about her, where she's playing, and how to get her music.)

Galia

I'm gonna ask you one more time to call with absolutely anything you wanna say. Use this phone number for you to call to be a part of all this... right here. Use it to chime in and leave a message for either podcast, a comment, a request, an opinion, or just say "Hey" and let me know where in the country or the world your listening.

646-224-8162

NOW... the sister-podcast to the original. This show, I'm passionate about hearing from you guys today. Here it is... the most recent installment of the more politically-minded and socially conscious podcast, "Where's the Voice".

Wrote that new song... ELECTION YEAR! It's still a work-in-progress. Really want you to call the show and have some fun! I wanna know how you feel about this song! We really do live in a pinball machine.... thing happen so fast. I wanna run that new song by you!!!! Really want you to call the show and have some fun! I wanna know how you feel about this new tune!

CLICK ON THE LOGO



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Okay... gotta get rollin'

Hope I see you at the gig next weekend.

Thanks for everything.