Merry Mariposa, 2018

Dear Instrument Petting Zoo,
Thank you for being at Mariposa, will you be at Hillside?
I thought the 3 price tags and one corner banner from Long and McQuade was a nice subtle sponsorship.  I think that's such a good fit to encourage zoo participants to continue involvement with musical instruments!!  And, having amps and electrics was nice!  And a few flutes for sale was fun too.  Please do let me know where the zoo will be set up next!

Here are some other highlights:

I liked hearing how professional and specific some performers can when sound checking.  I really enjoyed the Steve Poltz "memorial-worship." I especially liked hearing Danny Michel's new material - one song is Music Monday suitable and the other one is my new fave, Purgatory Cove.

I heard he is releasing new tunes monthly, which is perfect in today's music industry landscape. And I really enjoyed how most of the workshops at Mariposa this year were real workshops, true jams and not just songs in the round from a group of performers.  I was also impressed to finally see water bottles as artist merch, as I think it is a perfect and important item. I hope the artist will always have one on stage and never accept bottled water instead...  so happy the festival was plastic bottle free!