A Blessing (from Peter Rollins & Pádraig ô Tuama)

This past Spring, I was fortunate enough to see this being created live. Yesterday, Peter Rollins posted this on his site. I think its a well put together video that deserves a couple minutes of everyone's time.

Peace,

Ross

Oh Rar.

Hey there,

Sorry for the couple-day sabatical. I'm in Kansas City with the band. We've had a great weekend playing and just having fun! Saturday night we played an outdoor music festival in St. Joseph. It rocked. We rocked. We all had a great time.

Yesterday we hit up one of my all-time favorite burger joints, HiBoy. If you're ever in KC, take the few minutes and endulge with a double cheese!

Last night we decided it would be a great idea to go see Piranah's 3D. Well...it was exactly what I expected it to be - funny, gross, and 2 big thumbs up! After that we came home and decided we'd cap off the night with The Exorcist. AWESOME...it was Sam and Andre's first time seeing it, so i imagine they had less than stellar sleep.

We're headed out to Genghis Khan's (mongolian BBQ) now for lunch with a friend. And tonight we wrap up the weekend with another musical rendering at Jerry's Bait Shop. Come on out tonight - we go on around 9PM.

Peace,

Ross

p.s. hope you enjoy the bear hat..."rar" :-)

this weekend = shows...

This weekend I head out on the road for a couple Kansas City shows. Its been WAY TOO LONG since i've played KC, so I'm pretty excited to get back to my old stomping grounds!

Saturday night we're playing an outdoor festival in St. Joseph (Felix Street Square) at 7PM. Here's some press from this week in St. Joe news:

"...Ross Christopher, a violinist and singer/songwriter who
will be a bit of an unorthodox element fronting his acoustic rock trio.
“He’s got all these crazy pedals for the electric violin.
He does Jimi Hendrix solos behind his neck,”

On Monday night, we'll be in Lee's Summit, playing Jerry's Bait Shop at 9PM.

I keep saying "we" because I'm playing these shows full-band! I'm playing electric and acoustic guitars, and violin. My buddy Sam Wade is playing a wild assortment of keys/rhodes/etc. And drummer Andre Cataldo will be laying down the mean beats.

I really hope to see you either tomorrow or Monday!

Have a stellar weekend,
Ross

my little characters...

This is my youngest character, Olive. She makes funny faces and sounds - no quirky commentary as of yet. I will keep you posted on her progress.

But Cora is a different story...she'll throw zingers at ya' all day long. Here's a short list of some recent quotables:

(Cora walked in on a 1 year old boy getting his diaper changed)
"oh mommy, what's that?...is it a weird belly button?!"

(I ask Cora for some paper to help her with an art project)
"Daddy, I'm fresh out!"

(When we're headed somewhere/anywhere fun)
"Where-we-are-we-goin'?" (& this is usually followed
with 2 claps and sung melodiously; over & over until we get there)

(Cora hurriedly brings me her acoustic guitar; her electric guitar slung around her shoulder)
"Daddy, you can help me rock out!"

(attempting to say, "Whoopsy-daisy")
"oop's be goat!"

Have a great Thursday! Its beautiful here is St Louis...go outside and enjoy it!!!
-Ross

Nigh Tension

Yesterday I started writing an orchestral piece. Its still, very much, a work-in-progress, but I figured I'd share what I was able to brainstorm in about 30 min. of recording...

Enjoy! Nigh Tension by rosschristopher

I wrote this for a smaller ensemble...
Violin
Viola
Cello
Piccolo
Clarinet
Trumpet
Glockenspiel

Nigh Tension by rosschristopher

The Fair & Mustaches...

That's right...what completes a weekend more perfectly than a trip to the Missouri State Fair and a mustache mask? You can try and think on it, but you won't come up with anything.

Here's some of the fun pics I snapped of the fun-ness in action. Enjoy!




Peace & have a great week!
Ross

UBER-Creative Weekend Post!

As many of you know, i'm always on a quest to find all things uber-creative. Welp, I think I happened upon something that is truly unique and out-there! I saw this last week and just had to post it. Watch the short video and hopefully you too will be impressed with this dude's creativity.

Tristan Perich: 1-Bit Symphony (Part 1: Overview) from Tristan Perich on Vimeo.

Peace,
Ross