Mel Bearns 9/29/24 Mel Bearns 9/29/24

Pinball is Flippin’ Awesome

“Pinball has a really interesting history and it’s been knocked down several times, but it always comes back and I expect it will go through dips and surges again, but in the end it will always rebound.”

Mel Bearns 8/22/24 Mel Bearns 8/22/24

“Taiko is all about hitting big drums with big sticks, as hard as you can, and feeling it!”

“I was told at one point by a surgeon that I'd never be able to do sit-ups and needed to stop playing taiko drums. So I said ‘okay’ and I kept on playing since this very practice helped me through the cancer episodes.”

Mel Bearns 6/6/24 Mel Bearns 6/6/24

Keeping The Beat Going

“If we could time-travel back just half a decade, there’s no way I could’ve predicted that today I’d have an FM radio show and a newspaper column dedicated to local music.”

Mel Bearns 5/17/24 Mel Bearns 5/17/24

Rockin’ in Concord

“Carole is a real-life wizard; she has a bank of mouthpieces for every single instrument that comes through and she’ll test it to figure out right away what needs to be done. You know, there’s nothing that Carole works on that she can’t play? She’s amazing.”