Music in the Mountains

Rock and I had the opportunity to go to the Jon Schmidt concert at Wolf Mountain over looking beautiful Ogden Valley Saturday night. It was amazing! What a talented artist/composer/pianist! Some of the cool things he did besides shake the entire mountain with his cool music and sound system:
Played Billy Joel's Rootbeer Rag in 2:27. Joel's time posted on the internet is 3:03.
Made up a "time of day" song by asking an audience member for the exact time (9:18) and using those notes in the scale for the base of the melody. Beautiful song he made up on the spot!
He also asked for a volunteer in the audience that would like to do a little improv with him. He asked if anyone knew a specific Jazz scale (the name of which I didn't know in the first place, let alone could I remember it). A young man raised his hand. Jon asked him to name the notes in the scale. He did and Jon waved him on down to the piano beside him and away they went! This kid was from Kaysville Junior high and he's improvising an amazing jazz number on the piano with Jon Schmidt!
We had a blast! If you ever hear of or get the chance to go to a Jon Schmidt concert - do it! Thanks to our friends Kim and Travis for the VIP tickets!