Summary: Musician and Twinbrook Branch Manager Eric Carzon talks with host David Payne about the Library of Things Music, the new instrument lending program at Twinbrook Library, as well as MCPL's many other music related resources and programs.

Recording Date: November 7, 2018

Guest: Eric Carzon, Branch Manager at Twinbrook Library

Host: David Payne

What Our Guest Is Reading:

The Daily Ukulele by Liz and Jim Beloff

Gather Together in My Name by Maya Angelou

March by John Lewis

MCPL Books and Other Resources Mentioned During this Episode:

101 Hit Songs, Alto Sax

Absolute Beginners, Guitar (DVD)

Anatomy of a Song by Marc Myers

ArtistWorks

Beatles, The White Album

Bessie (DVD)

Brave New Blues Guitar by Greg Koch

Disney Hits for Ukulele

Drum Circle: A Guide to World Percussion by Chalo Eduardo and Frank Kumor

Freegal: Download up to 5 MP3 songs for free each week.

Guitar Aerobics by Troy Nelson

Hamilton: An American Musical by Lin-Manuel M

How to Rap, the Art and Science of the Hip-Hop MC by Paul Edwards

I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

Jazz, Rock & Funk Guitar by Dan Brown

The Jazz Singer (DVD)

Jersey Boys (DVD)

Jimi Hendrix Live at Woodstock (DVD)

Learn to Play Keyboards by Emma Danes

Legends, Icons, & Rebels: Music that Changed the World by Robbie Robertson

Library of Things Music: A collection of musical instruments at Twinbrook Library that customers can check out.

Modern Times (DVD)

Music Factory (DVD): Music education videos for children.

Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell

Pitch Perfect (DVD)

The Rap Year Book by Shea Serrano

Rent (DVD)

Singin' in the Rain (DVD)

Songwriters' Toolbox: A monthly workshop/song circle that meets monthly at Rockville Memorial Library.

Streaming Music from Alexander Street: Stream popular, classical, world, jazz, historical, and many other genres of music.

Twinbrook "Make More Music" Discussion Group

The Ukulele 3 Chord Songbook

You Can Play Electric Bass (DVD)

Other Items of Interest:

Hal Leonard: Music publisher

The Lion Sleeps Tonight / Mbube

Smile: Song based on an instrumental piece used in Charlie Chaplin's movie Modern Times. It is one of Eric Carzon's favorite songs.

Song Writer's Association of Washington

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