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Hi!
Welcome to Jolly Old Bingland. I make nice video!
My webpage is located at BingFutch.com
J.O.B. Entertainment is the audio/video production company that I founded in 1984. Everything from wedding videos to short films, we do it. I also am a songwriter and compose original music for movies, t.v., live theater, attractions and web content. Exciting though that may be, performing live and creating music in the moment is what I love most.
As an instructor and performer of the Appalachian mountain dulcimer, I conduct workshops at various festivals and perform at events ranging from rock clubs to weddings. If you're interested in having me appear at an event, here are links to: workshops, as well as resources for lessons and private video sessions , which are available through AIM, Yahoo Messenger and Skype.
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BING FUTCH: Dulcimer Rock
Mountain dulcimer like you've never heard it before. This is a collection of tunes ranging from Indian ragas, Native American rhythms and world-beat arrangements to catchy roots and pop-rock dance tracks filled with luscious melodies and stacked harmonies.
BING FUTCH: Dulcimerica Volume 1
Bing’s first solo mountain dulcimer release features instrumental arrangements of traditional tunes along with some modern originals and American classics.
MOHAVE: Clear Blue Trickling
Bing's band Mohave serves up a uniquely alternative Americana blend of slave chants, Native American rhythms, blues, jazz, country, Celtic and roots-rock styles with pop hooks, timeless stories and electrified mountain dulcimer.
BING FUTCH: 70mm
Described as "an electronic theater-hopping experience", this instrumental album by Mohave founder Bing Futch is a freewheeling excursion through a sonic landscape of moods, memories and magic.
I live in Casa de Milagro in Orlando, Florida with my wife Jae , our cats Blackjack Savage and Sluefoot Sue, a ball python named Monty and our border collie Bella Dolce.
"Create each day anew by clothing yourself with heaven and earth, bathing yourself with wisdom and love, and placing yourself in the heart of Mother Nature." - Morihei Ueshiba
"Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you. Bless those who curse you. Pray for those who mistreat you." Luke 6:27-28
"Luxury is being understood." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you." - Jesus The Christ .
May the road rise to meet you.
May the wind be always at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face.
And rains fall soft upon your fields.
And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the hollow of His hand. - Old Irish Blessing
"Today, like every other day, we wake up empty and scared.
Don't open the door to the study and begin reading.
Take down the dulcimer." - Djalal ad-Din Rumi
"Somehow I can't believe there are any heights that can't be scaled by a man who knows the secret of making dreams come true. This special secret, it seems to me, can be summarized in four C's. They are Curiosity, Confidence, Courage, and Constancy and the greatest of these is Confidence. When you believe a thing, believe it all the way, implicitly and unquestionably." - Walt Disney

My Interests

activism, Africa, alternative thinking, animation, animals, art, angels, Australia, blues, books, Buddhism, cats, Celtic music, conspiracy theories, cooking, comic strips, cuisine, demons, directing, Disney, dogs, dolphins, dulcimers, faeries, filmmaking, folk, gardening, Germany, God, graphic design, Guinness, Hawai'i, history, independent music, invention, Ireland, Jesus Christ, Key West, life, light, love, magick, movies, music, musicals, Native American Flute, Norway, painting, photography, piano, pirates, podcasting, producing, rollercoasters, Scandinavia, Scotland, screenwriting, Seminole Indians, singing, songwriting, southwestern U.S., spiritualism, sushi, theme parks, the ocean, travel, tribalism, videography, Wicca, writing, etc.

I'd like to meet:

Kate Bush , Ron and Russel Mael of SPARKS , T-Bone Burnett and his wife Sam Phillips , Peter Gabriel , Noodle from Gorillaz (because she's really Tina Weymouth , at least on the first record) and Jessica Rabbit .

Stories, music, video - The Mohave blog

The Dulcimerica Video Podcast

My other blog

Music:

Kate Bush, Sparks, U2, Movie Soundtracks, Midnight Oil, Michael Jackson, Steve Taylor, Peter Gabriel, Johann Sebastian Bach, Igor Stravinsky, Jean-Michel Jarre, John Williams, James Horner, Basil Poledouris, Lalo Schifrin, Elmer Bernstein, The B-52's, Harry Belafonte, Bob Marley, Kurt Weill, Todd Rundgren, The Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, Big Pig, Madness, Youssou N'Dour, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Oingo-Boingo, Willie Nelson, Genesis, Pink Floyd, Tom Petty, Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, The Beatles, Wendy Carlos, Laurie Anderson, The Rutles, Cyndi Lauper, T-Bone Burnett, Sam Phillips, Prince, The Statler Brothers, Garth Brooks, K.T. Oslin, Talking Heads, O-Joe Taylor, Terry Scott Taylor, Daniel Amos, Indigo Girls, Tiffany, Tonio K, Randy Newman, Aerosmith, Crumbacher, Yello, a-ha, Falco, Barenaked Ladies, Michelle Shocked, Johnny Cash, Meatloaf, Ozzy Osbourne, David Bowie, Gorillaz, Neil Diamond, Barbra Streisand, The Iguanas

Movies:

Citizen Kane, Rollercoaster, Tron, The Rescuers Down Under, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Little Mermaid, Time Bandits, Raiders Of The Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Ratatouille, Casablanca, V For Vendetta, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, Yankee Doodle Dandy, Waking Life, Speed, Death of a President, Who Killed The Electric Car?, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across The 8th Dimension, South Pacific, Robocop, Airplane!, The Blues Brothers, The Prestige, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, All Dogs Go To Heaven, Ragtime, The Untouchables, Showboat, Dances With Wolves, The Color Purple, Dark City, Pollock, As Good As It Gets, About Schmidt, A Mighty Wind, This Is Spinal Tap, Prizzi's Honor, Elvira Mistress Of The Dark, Blade Runner, Rattle and Hum, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Jurassic Park, South Pacific, Memento, The Rocketeer, One-Hour Photo, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Monty Python's Life Of Brian, Monty Python's The Meaning Of Life, Yentl, From Noon Til' Three

Television:

I don't watch television.

Books:

Like Buddha Like Christ, The Bible (without man's fingerprints all over it), Many Lives Many Masters, To Ride A Silver Broomstick, Autobiography Of A Yogi, The Gnostic Gospels, Siddhartha, Illusions, White Noise, Lucky Man, Hammers and Nails, Neither Wolf Nor Dog, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, The Heart of a Witch, Utopia, Fast Food Nation, 1984, Disney's World, Hitchikers Guide To The Galaxy, The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe, Life The Universe And Everything, So Long And Thanks For All The Fish, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, Fahrenheit 451, Breakfast of Champions

Heroes:

Walt Disney, The Edge, some guy named Captain Bucket and anyone who wants to take America BACK!

My Blog

Good to be back home again

"sometimes, this old house feels like a long lost friend..."I love the road, and dulcimer festivals, meeting people and eating poorly at every Mexican restaurant that I insist on hitting; it's nice ev...
Posted by Bing Futch on Mon, 30 Jun 2008 02:06:00 PST

Zanesville Times article and photo gallery

Dulcimer workshop playing loose, from the heart | zanesvilletimesrecorder.com | Zanesville Times RecorderCOSHOCTON - There were dozens of dulcimer workshops Friday during the Heritage Craft & Dulcimer...
Posted by Bing Futch on Sat, 28 Jun 2008 03:55:00 PST

Coming Home

This is my third time to Kentucky Music Week. The first time, I was a paying student and learned a lot. The second time, I was a paid teacher and videographer. This time, I repeated last year's cas...
Posted by Bing Futch on Sat, 28 Jun 2008 12:13:00 PST

Last Stop: Bardstown, Kentucky

I've been driving in circles all around this region and it's kind of funny. Down Interstate 70, across and then up I-71, over to S.R. 35, whatever the hell they call it here, state roads, county road...
Posted by Bing Futch on Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:26:00 PST

Back To Coshocton

Connectivity has been spotty and time sort of precious these past few days since leaving Morris, Illinois. The Gephard Woods Dulcimer Festival was an absolute blast - a beautiful setting and a whole ...
Posted by Bing Futch on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 01:52:00 PST

Adventures both expected and non

I've known Denny and Rose Brouse for a good long time, since 1995 when we were all members of the Prodigy community. We literally ushered in the internet, chat and instant messaging and had a real go...
Posted by Bing Futch on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:16:00 PST

Rest for the weary

Wow, I'm getting old. Feeling a little pooped already after one weekend festival and about 1200 miles of driving.Okay, so maybe that would make anyone feel a little creaky in the bones.We jammed unti...
Posted by Bing Futch on Mon, 09 Jun 2008 10:53:00 PST

Music and love is flowing

I woke up Friday morning and went down to the Ohio River, took off my Crocs and dangled my feet in the cold water while sipping coffee. The muddy brown expanse slipped past me, the occasional flotsam...
Posted by Bing Futch on Sat, 07 Jun 2008 07:11:00 PST

Starting off with a bang

Los Reyes Mexican RestaurantThis mural represents the pre-hispanic history of the beginning of Colonization. Before the Spanish came to Mexico there was the Aztec Kingdom . From this comes the take of...
Posted by Bing Futch on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 11:46:00 PST

Love In Passing

The walls are beginning to look like bleachers, blurring along 180 degrees to either side. Nose low to the ground and drafting the wild wind through Orlando; it's a stormy ride on the back end of the...
Posted by Bing Futch on Wed, 04 Jun 2008 01:07:00 PST