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Portals of Stone: Fountains Abbey

February 12, 2015
Paul Schatzkin
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My day at Fountains Abbey in Yorkshire last October – I was there from about 10AM till 9PM – produced some of the best work I did on that trip. I’m still finding my way through the files. Here is one of the massive nave, the main sanctuary of the abbey church, from the east end looking back at the west gate. The first time I walked through the west gate, I swear, it just took my breath away…
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Fountains Abbey – Yorkshire, Englandmore at http://ift.tt/1koYz4J
@bekkymott @GreatBritain @instagood #medieval #UK #medievalworld #UnitedKingdom #GreatBritain #travel #ig_europe #photooftheday #thebest_capture #ig_masterpiece #nuriss_tag #architectur #travel #awe_inspiringshots #pro_ig #global_highlights #igworldclub #ig_select #editoftheday #capture_today #waycoolshots #featuremeinstagood @instagood #igcapturesclub #ig_masterpiece #ig_great_pics
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More “Joy Of Making Music” Thomm Jutz & Craig Market

February 3, 2015
Paul Schatzkin
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Nothing is more
beautiful than a guitar,
except, possibly, two.

— Frédéric Chopin

Last Wednesday night offered a stark contrast to the night before.

Where Tuesday night’s performance by the New Dylans at the Belcourt Theater was nearly an hour of screeching instrumentation and unintelligible lyrics, the following night at the Station in was a perfect example of how beautifully crafted songs played with exquisite instruments can produce a totally satisfying experience.

Thomm Jutz and Craig Market actually wrote together for the first time while Thomm was producing The 1861 Project. They co-wrote two songs for Volume 2, including “The Old Songs:”

Thomm and Craig kept writing after that, and over the past couple of years assembled a collection of co-writes that they’ve now released in a collection called “Nowhere To Hide.”

I was called in to shoot some promo stills late last year. The slide show above features a few of those shots and some from the CD Release Party at the Station Inn.

On stage, Thomm played a 1948 Martin D-18, and Craig played a 1937 D-18. It’s hard to describe how beautiful those two guitars sounded together. That quote from Chopin will have to suffice.

Or just listen to the CD and hear for yourself:

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G’Morning, Nashville

February 3, 2015
Paul Schatzkin
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I had a 7:30 AM meeting in Belle Meade (the Starbucks, of course), yesterday morning. The sun was rising just as I got on the Interstate at McCrory Lane (Exit 192 – Pegram), and there was a glorious shot of the orange half-orb rising over the highway. Unfortunately I was not fast enough with my phone-cam to capture that at nearly 80 miles and hour. A few minutes later I settled for this coming down Hillwood Ave in West Meade. Processed on my (new!) iPhone 6 with Snapseed.

G’morning, #Nashville.
@NashvilleTN @ #january #nashville #nashvilleguru #musiccitysunsets #igersnashville #heartnashville #nashvilleTN #nashvilleinstagram #nashvilleincrowd #nashvillegram #nashvegas #tennesseeinstagram #tennessee #musiccityliving #musiccityusa #musiccity #615 #nashvillescene #nashvillesky #nashvillelife
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Streaming Into Nashville

February 1, 2015
Paul Schatzkin
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Head-and-tail light trails on I-65 from the Chestnut Street overpass.

Streaming Into Nashville
January 31, 2015 – from the Chestnut Street bridge over I-65@NashvilleTN @ #january #nashville #nashvilleguru #musiccitysunsets #igersnashville #heartnashville #nashvilleTN #nashvilleinstagram #nashvilleincrowd #nashvillegram #nashvegas #tennesseeinstagram #tennessee #musiccityliving #musiccityusa #musiccity #615 #nashvillescene #nashvillesky #nashvillelife
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A “Band On The Brink” – An ‘Industry’ On The Edge

January 28, 2015
Paul Schatzkin
"industry", commentary, Digest, music, music 3.0
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Last night, a rogues gallery of characters from Nashville’s business and creative communities assembled at the Belcourt Theater to deliver what could be considered a start-of-the-New-Year self-assessment:

bannerThere were three parts to the evening that did a surprisingly good job of hitting any number of moving targets.

The first part was a short documentary film describing the origins, history, demise and resurrection of a band called “The New Dylans.” The film was the final, compiled installment in a year long effort to document the reconstitution of a group that broke up in the mid 1990s – and uses their tale as an object lesson on the State of The Music Industry in Nashville in the Digital Age. Read More

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Greetings, New Subscribers….

January 21, 2015
Paul Schatzkin
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…and welcome to your first edition of The Weekly Digest.

The Troubadour Logo - it's a long story...

The Troubadour Logo – it’s a long story…

(Oops. I got so wrapped up writing this this morning that I forgot to tag the relevant posts for this week’s digest – I thought I’d done that already. It should have included the first two posts below (Jeff T and Melrose Abbey) Doh!)

I’m sure there’s a better name for this recurring missive, but despite my vaunted creative genius that’s the best I’ve been able to come up with so far.

I am pleased to see that there have been a notable number of new subscribers to this list in the past week – which is even more notable because I don’t know who any of you are.

Most of the subscribers to this list are friends and family – people with whom I have had some form of personal contact since I started the list several years ago. But lately, I’m seeing new subs from people I don’t know, whose e-mail addresses I don’t recognize,

I[tweetable alt=””] recall reading somewhere that your ‘fan base’ isn’t really growing until it begins to spread beyond the people that you know personally [/tweetable]– so it is gratifying to see that my reach has begun to grow organically beyond a certain inner circle.

I am involved in several realms of creative endeavors. My most recent business card (I make up new ones all the time) identifies me as:

Paul Schatzkin
writer·photographer·musician·artist

…and each of those categories represents some measure of both accomplishment and aspiration.

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The Quirang Isle of Skye

January 10, 2015
Paul Schatzkin
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Another recent submission to the Scotland From The Roadside page. This is “The Quirang,” a craggy valley on the northern edge of the Isle of Skye:

The Quirang – Isle Of Skye, Scottish Highlands @IsleOSkye @visitscotland @GreatBritain
#Scotland #photooftheday #thebest_capture #ig_masterpiece #nuriss_tag #awe_inspiringshots #pro_ig #global_highlights #igworldclub #ig_select #editoftheday #capture_today #waycoolshots #featuremeinstagood #igcapturesclub #ig_masterpiece #ig_great_pics #tweegram #picoftheday #instadaily #jj #beautiful #bestoftheday #followforfollow #f4f #like4like #likeforlike
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Portals of Stone: Fountains Abbey

January 9, 2015
Paul Schatzkin
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It seems important to remember that the monks and masons who built these enormous cathedrals were dedicated to the contemplation of the infinite and eternal.They are truly monuments to the spiritual foundations of Western Civolization.

The entire (still evolving) collection from “Portals of Stone 2014” is here.

The West Gate of @FountainsAbbey in Yorkshire, England – October 2014@GreatBritain @GetOlympus @Welcome2Yorks

#Medieval #medievaleurope #Europe #stonebuilding #castle #fortress #abbey #ruins #instatravel #travelgram #photooftheday #thebest_capture #ig_masterpiece #nuriss_tag #awe_inspiringshots #pro_ig #global_highlights #igworldclub #ig_select #editoftheday #capture_today #waycoolshots #featuremeinstagood #igcapturesclub #ig_masterpiece #ig_great_pics #picoftheday #instadaily
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Approaching The Isle Of Skye

January 9, 2015
Paul Schatzkin
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I’ve been sharing some photos to a Facebook page called “Scotland By The Roadside.” There are a lot of very talented photographers on that page. Lately their posts have reminded me how glad I am I don’t live in Scotland in the winter.

This is a photo from our trip to Scotland in October, 2012, from just after we crossed the big bridge on to the Isle of Skye:

@IsleOSkye @visitscotland @GreatBritain
Just over the bridge, coming into the Isle of Skye in the #Scotish #Highlands – October 2012#Scotland #photooftheday #thebest_capture #ig_masterpiece #nuriss_tag #awe_inspiringshots #pro_ig #global_highlights #igworldclub #ig_select #editoftheday #capture_today #waycoolshots #featuremeinstagood #igcapturesclub #ig_masterpiece #ig_great_pics #tweegram #picoftheday #instadaily #jj #beautiful #bestoftheday #followforfollow #f4f #like4like #likeforlike
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Fountains Abbey Upside Down In Space

January 7, 2015
Paul Schatzkin
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This is actually the first in what will be a short series of similar composites.

The genesis of this series started at Sweetheart Abbey in Dumfries/Galloway. I’d been on a hill above the abbey ruin waiting to see what the sunset would do for me (not much), but when I came down the hill and thru the abbey yard toward the car park (that’s English for “parking lot”), I noticed a street lamp reflected in a puddle in the walkway.

After that, I started seeing puddles every where, and set up compositions in anticipation of doing what I did with that one. Here’s one from Fountains Abbey:

@GreatBritain @GetOlympus @Welcome2Yorks @EnglishHeritage
Fountains Abbey in #Yorkshire, illuminated by electricity and starlight
The Illumination of @FountainsAbbey in Yorkshire, England – October 2014#Medievalworld #Medieval #stonebuilding #castle #fortress #abbey #ruins #instatravel #travelgram #photooftheday #thebest_capture #ig_masterpiece #nuriss_tag #awe_inspiringshots #pro_ig #global_highlights #igworldclub #ig_select #editoftheday #capture_today #waycoolshots #featuremeinstagood #igcapturesclub #ig_masterpiece #ig_great_pics #picoftheday #instadaily
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