To Dwell or not to Dwell?

Recently I have been working on new songs for my new "Digital  Online Cd".   I came up with this song about  not dwelling.  Not dwelling on stressful personal experiences and events that take place in most peoples lives.  Such as being late for work, people who might not agree with you or like how you look etc.  Here's an Acoustic version  of me playing it  live in my home recording studio.  I have the full video coming out on Medlovision soon.  Here's the live acoustic video:  I Will Not Dwell

New Years Eve Gigs and Booze don't mix!

I hope everyone had a safe and eventful new years eve last night! This is the second year that I haven't had a shot or a beer or even a good hangover the next morning! I did have a glass of some really good Cabernet Sovenyawn or however you spell it!
I was remenessing about all the years that I had played at Clubs on New Years Eve and how crazy it would get sometimes with all the crazy drunk people at the end of the night-- and how shitty the band would sound at the end of the night--- but still everyone would tell you how great you sounded and how tight the band was! It's kinda like the old saying "The Ugly gals always look better at the end of the night" well-- I guess the same would go for the band at the end of the night but with a twist---"The band sounds even better at the end of the night even when the band is smashed! Of course it always wasn't that way, when you played New Years at a club Where the Manager was buying rounds of drinks for the band, then it was o.k.-- but if you were playing a casual that was paying some decent money-- you remained sober as a "Virgin Monk it heat"! No matter how badly you wanted to loosen up by the last set-- you remained a "Virgin Monk in Heat" when it came to drinking, because you weren't there to get relaxed and sound sloppy!
Beer and Booze are really over rated. The problem I used to have is that "You can never get enough" especially when your chasin' Tequila" with light soda pop beer!
I've been sober for two years now and I play better, I sing better, I don't forget things and my wife and children "Still" love me! Now that's worth being sober for anytime-- anywhere!!
I hope your New years was as safe and sober as mine!

Hey Friends! I just wanted to let everyone know about our new video we're putting out. This is just one of the clips that will be edited into the movie once it is all done. This song "Silvia Lake" is a song about an actual lake called Lake Silvia that is off of highway 50 past Kyburs a little ways. It's the same way as you take if you are going to Wrights Lake. It's kind of a steep incline and a good view in the car. I back-packed into Lake Silvia with two friends I've known most of my life, we try to do some kind of pack every summer. This particular year we packed in a little bit of food, took turns carriying a case of beer in a suitcase and a bottle of Tequila. There's this flat rock up there across the lake and half-way up in with a bunch of these boulders, we commenced to sit there and drink and babble. The lake was a really beautiful lake and I had to write a song about it. So I made up a ficticious song about a woman from the 1800's that died up there and mixed in some of our obnoxious whoops and howling and how I saw Two Moons--- which was true -- I didn't see a ghost lady, I thought I heard a bear! I had to go back earlier than my two buds-- so I was elected to carry the bag of beer cans back down the mountain 5 miles--- total bear bait and badly hung over!! I definately wanted to stay-- it's a beautiful place to camp--- check it out sometime! Just make sure what you pack in-- you pack out! Check out the vid!

Learning Piano by Dave Medlo

I started playing Piano when I was six years old. My first encounter with a piano was when my family lived on this 5 acre chicken farm in Petaluma. I found a little sewing machine hammer and started banging the keys on an old upright we had in the house. After awhile-- oddly enough the middle C on the piano started getting warn down and eventually fell off!
We had that piano until we moved to Carmichael. Eventually when I was about 8 my parents bought a Yamaha Conservatory Grand. Man-- we were lucky-- I remember our piano teacher a lady by the name of Mrs. Rother was thrilled and loved playing it. At the time I was more into running around outside with my Buddy's and playing baseball--- I used to hide up in this big pine tree in front of our house when ever I would hear my mom call me to come practice---she'd get upset sometimes. I learned scales and how to read and play all the songs. I remember one of the first songs I wrote was about some farm animals-- I played it at a recital we had.
It was at this big church downtown Sacramento across from Sutters Fort. I'll never forget having someone put a pillow there for me to sit on. I was about ta go in my pants I was so nervous, but I got up there and did it and played my little song. I was pretty proud of myself!
Then--- up next after me was a kid the same age as me-- a little genius prodigy--- he whips out this Classical piece and was all over that piano like a pro!! I kinda felt like-- dang how did he get to play piano so well! It didn't' make me want to play very much--- but I kept learning piano until I started and eventually lost interest in 6Th grade.
Eventually, I picked it up again after a few years--- this time I began making up my own songs and started playing the piano 6 to 8 hours a day in the summers. I started at the beginning and re-taught myself everything I had learned but made up my own songs on the way. One summer I saved up enough money mowing lawns and washing dishes to buy an electric piano. It was a Yamaha Cp30 piano. It had a great touch to it and had different settings It lasted along time. Everybody wanted a piano player--- I had people calling me to play in their band-- but I wasn't old enough.
It seems like the older I got the smarter I became and understood music. I must have started from the basics 4-5 times before I started understanding how music works--- of course growing up in the late 60's & 70's was challenging as a teenager being around the Party till you drop-Chich & Chong mentality. The kids these days seem so much smarter and of course with today's technology--- it helps!
If you are interested in learning Piano and live in Carmichael or the Surrounding Sacramento area, Please visit my website for piano lessons at MusicPianoFun.Com You will find all the information there and how to get in contact with me. There is an Easy to follow Presentation Video showing myself performing on Piano and talking about the different aspects of why music can be a great part of your life!!

Blogger Time takes Time

Man oh Man!! Just got done setting up this whole Blog site! There is so much cool stuff in here that a person can sit here for litterally hours at a time setting up everything!
I just want to say Hello and Welcome to all my friends and New friends and Fans and people stumbling onto this Blog! There are some great features on here! Make sure you check out my U-Tube Link stuff have some good stuff with Steve Vai--Eric Clapton--Carlos Santana-- U-Tube is the best. Oh- and chek out my songs at MedloSongs.Com Heck-- download a couple songs-- their cheap only 99 cents! Of course-- I might need to lower the price-- Infact I'm going to give some of my older tunes away but have to set that up!
I have some newer songs to check-0ut here The Medlo's Band Space actually --"Ride" is the newest one and it's a few years old-- but have alot more coming up with video on Medlovision! Check it out!! See you next blog here at MedloSongBlog!!