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About Me

Volkert has been playing guitar since he was about 12 years old. He's been writing songs fairly seriously since 1969. He's been writing and playing silly little love songs more recently. Sometimes they make perfect sense, too!

Volkert has overcome his fear of taking his precious guitar on the plane after purchasing one of the above cases. Take a look. Since purchasing my Clam, my guitar has made trips to and from San Diego, Santa Barbara and San Jose with no problem (my faith in taking my guitar on the plane has been restored).

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/30/2006
Band Website: http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/volkert"
groups.yahoo.com/group/volkert
Band Members:
I play guitar and sing and sometimes I write songs. I like to jam with my friends and sometimes they appear on stage with me, and sometimes I appear with them. It's a simple life, but I like it.
Influences:

The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, The Theotokos, St. Peter, St. John, St. Paul, St. George, also John, Paul, George and Ringo, Peter, Paul & Mary, Bobby (Zimmy), Elvis, not Elton, Simon & Garfunkel, my sister who turned me on to the radio when I was a little kid, some of my music teachers, but not the little old lady who rapped my wrists with a ruler. Also my mother (Moeder) who listend to Bach while she ironed clothes and I played at her feet, my brother who came home from the Army with recordings by Glenn Miller, my other brother who took me to art galleries and taught me about guys like Vincent (not Allis, but Van Gogh), my eldest sister who always had chocolates in candy dishes at her house, my other sister who taught me that there's life after divorce, and my father (Vader) who taught me how to alphabetize. Then there's the nice lady at the Montlake Public Library who showed me the "Cowboy Sam" books. But mostly I'd like to thank Saint Nicholas for showing me the way back home. I'd also like to thank "Diva" for becoming my best friend and the love of my life. Out of the ashes have sprung love, joy and peace.

Sounds Like:

Someone just told me I sound like a cross between Willie Nelson and Jack Johnson. I think it was meant as a compliment. Someone else just told me I sound a bit like James Taylor. Now, that's a compliment. Besides, the one who told me is good looking!

Record Label: Harry Miller Productions
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Changes in songwriting subject matter

The last song I wrote, just after Christmas, was a new melody for the 23rd Psalm (King James Version). I find myself wanting to shift away from writing songs about relationships (divorce, being alone,...
Posted by Volkert on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 08:01:00 PST

Thanks to everyone who came to Paul Simon Night!

Thanks to everyone who came to our 3rd annual benefit concert for the Snohomish Food Bank! We had a wonderful time listening to, and singing along with, some outstanding local acoustic musicians doing...
Posted by Volkert on Mon, 21 Jan 2008 03:53:00 PST

Paul Simon Night - Food Bank Benefit Concert - Jan. 20

Paul Simon NightBenefit Concert for the Snohomish Food BankWired & Unplugged CoffeehouseSunday, January 20, 6:00 PMThe following artists (in alphabetical order) will be appearing at this 3rd annual be...
Posted by Volkert on Thu, 03 Jan 2008 06:08:00 PST

New Song: "Better Things To Do"

I am in the final stages of a new song that I started earlier this week. This one is a real depature from the personal nature of my output over the past two years. Last weekend I was in San Diego, and...
Posted by Volkert on Sun, 28 Oct 2007 01:59:00 PST

New Songs Posted

Last weekend I was in the studio and recorded three songs. I did a cleaner version of "Diva (If I Wrote a Song For You)" than the one that was posted here previously. I also did the latest version of ...
Posted by Volkert on Fri, 12 Oct 2007 06:30:00 PST

New song up: "Diva"

I wrote a song last June that was inspired by a friend who is a trained opera singer. In the song, I speculate on what it would be like for a folk singer like me to write a song for a formally trained...
Posted by Volkert on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 07:17:00 PST

New song up: Thirty-Five Years

Well, I finally got a different song posted up here on MySpace. It's called "Thirty-Five Years."I began writing it on December 26, 2006, on my 35th wedding anniversary, which I spent alone. It took a ...
Posted by Volkert on Sat, 11 Aug 2007 12:57:00 PST

Photos of my monastery visit

I just posted photos of my 15-day stay at the Monastery of St. John of San Francisco to my Flickr site. If you want to see them, they can be viewed athttp://flickr.com/photos/volkert/If you want to se...
Posted by Volkert on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 02:55:00 PST

New Song

I attended an Orthodox Church conference this past weekend in Portland and sang in the choir. During that experience I was revisited with the desire to compose music for the church. When I came home,...
Posted by Volkert on Wed, 04 Jul 2007 11:09:00 PST

Dancing With God

Someone recently sent this to me. It fits perfectly with where I'm at right now. I don't know the source. Dancing With God When I meditated on the word Guidance, I kept seeing "dance" at the en...
Posted by Volkert on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 12:49:00 PST