50 musicians in 50 days

No, he's not the lead singer of Train, but his band has been one of Central New York's longest running trains with neither band nor man are showing any signs of slowing down.

This young drumming phenom is still a senior at Oneida City High School and is making some sizeable waves in the music community despite his age.

If you ever meet Jay, he comes across as being really quiet and reserved, but put a guitar in his hands or ask him about the things he loves and he just comes alive. Jason Schnitt has been a  fixture of the Utica area 'underground' scene for decades

One local musical legend spent years partying it up in the Florida Keys, what most of us consider to be the perfect vacation, but now his idea of vacation is right at home with his wife and kids tucked away under the snow in Old Forge.

Unlike the burgeoning cover music scene, Rick champions a cause that has struggled to gain traction in the Utica area, but it's just as valid if not moreso. He started the Rick Short Band in order to get his originals to your ears

From Fuel and Target in the 70's to holding down the drum chair with longtime buddy, Vinnie Esposito in their duo DVD, Dean Blask is no has-been... He's still all over the place!

Gary Johnson is a legend to the residents of Sylvan Beach where he grew up and is on a mission to see how far the ripples can spread from where the pebble was dropped 30 years ago.

Normally this column would be accompanied with audio from an interview and some contagious smiles but today is different. I'm sad to say that I've just gotten word that Frank DeRocco, our friend, fellow musician and the guitar player from the band Soul Injection lost has passed away.

Molly is almost 19 years old and has already done more than most musicians do who are more than twice her age! She's a college student who picks up a guitar and wows crowds both big and small, locally and nationally while trying to fit in her studies on the road.

If you haven't met the guy behind the bass in the band Classified, then you're not going to want to miss this! I've seen Greeley Ford play many times but never had the chance to really have a good conversation with him and I'm blown away at his story...

In my ten short years on the live music scene here in Utica, John Kelsey's name has popped up numerous times, but our paths have never crossed until now!

Max Scialdone moved heaven and earth to make it into the studio and finally made it in after a couple days of car troubles when a record-breaking ice cycle fell from the sky through his windshield!