The first Steel Bridge Songfest in June, 2005 was a one-day affair. Steel Bridge2 added a 3-night bar crawl and more great performing songwriters. Last year's SB3 hosted the return of Jackson Browne, and welcomed Jane Wiedlin of The Go-Go's, Cory Chisel, Freedy Johnson, James Hall, Jonathan Spottiswood, Emiko, Todd Carey, members of P-Funk including Kim Manning, and Eric McFadden and many more... A mix of international and regional artists attended the songwriting intensive in The Holiday Motel and played the nine venues in historic downtown Sturgeon Bay as well as the festival mainstage on Saturday afternoon.

Luckily, I was smart enough to accept the invitation to the first year of the Constrction Zone by pat mAcdonald, I met Anna Sacks, Chris Aaron, Liv Mueller and many other extraordinary talents. I had the great fortune of writing with Cory Carlson the classic Bridge Song, "What Can I Do To Change Your Mind" written and recorded in The Holiday Music Motel. Gaining track one on Steel Bridge Songs Vol 1 featuring songs by Jackson and pat and many other greats.

AudioCinema was a word I created to describe a place where independent artists could utilize every aspect of musical and visual production in one location. It was an idea I shared with my good friend Ilan Laks when he was living in San Francisco. He liked the idea so much he decided to pack up shop in The City and move to Portland, Oregon to finance the company. I networked all of my contacts with artists, bands, nightclubs, breweries, corporate sponsors, and video and audio producers that I had built over my 5 years as General Manager of Dante's through the space building relationships with the community. I was the liason to the Portland Fire Dept. when the PFD only allowed non-assembly buildings 6 events per year making an art collective nearly impossible to maintain. By the time I left we changed that number to 24 events per year and the art community in Portland will benefit for years to come because of it.  Ilan and I parted ways after a year and a half but Audiocinema is still a part of the burgeoning Portland scene. You can visit the site here: www.audiocinema.org


If you go there, tell them Adam said Hidey Ho!