My Name Is Robbie Parker

Our guest today is Tony Simon. Tony is the owner of Simon Says Train and The 2nd is For Everyone: Diversity Shoot (2A4E).
After the Sandy Hook tragedy the extreme anti-gun legislation in New Jersey motivated Tony to get involved in the 2A movement. In 2015 he started “The 2nd is For Everyone: Diversity Shoot. This program has grown since the first event from 6 attendees to having trained HUNDREDS of people from every possible demographic.
1) We are excited to have YOU as our guest as we celebrate our 400th Episode! 
Your Social Media posts are some of the most educational and thought-provoking of the hundreds of 2A Advocates I follow. Have you always had that “voice” or did it develop over time?
2) 2015 is when you started 2A4E...we are now in 2023...how is it going?
3) Over these years, what has been your biggest hurtle or frustration with 2A4E and your 2A Advocacy in general? And what has been your most encouraging moment?

4) You will be traveling all the way across the US to be one of the speakers at the 10th Annual Celebrate & Protect the 2A Rally Event on Saturday, February 18, 2023 at the AZ State Capitol. Tell us why that is such an important event to lend your voice to.

GunFreedomRadio EP400 Simon Says Speak Up with Tony Simon

Being haunted by the opening music soon after the Sandy Hook school shooting in 2012, I captured the 1st half.  Then the 2nd half during the early days of the Covid-19 lockdown in 2020 being haunted by the coda.

Expectant parents sing a lullaby to their unborn child. Once born (2nd phrase), the child quickly learns to move beyond stepwise motion into leaps. Soon, they're running into school with other kids, where they play and learn together, until they are tragically disrupted. 
For the distraught parents, their child is frozen on the pivotal note of A, until that note becomes a demand to seek legal redress in court and government.

  Musicians for this performance:
Hai-Xin Wu, violin 1
Rachel Harding Klaus, violin 2
Michael Chen, viola 1
Jasper Zientek, viola 2
Damon Coleman, violoncello
Rick Robinson, double bass

Recorded LIVE by CutTime Simfonica® at Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit Film Theatre Oct. 7, 2022
Music copyright © 2020 by Richard A. Robinson (ASCAP)
Music published by CutTime Players Publishing (ASCAP) All Rights Reserved.
www.cuttime.com

Music For Interesting Times

Let The Children Play Part 1

Let The Children Play Part 1 DIA premiere

This sequel to "Let The Children Play Part 1" follows up 5 years later with the struggles of a Sandy Hook shooting victim's parents with 3 other kids. This is about how they're balancing love for all their kids (including a toddler), struggling with difficult and intrusive emotions, plus the desire for freedom from harassment, celebrating their little lost one, and efforts to prevent similar tragedies.

 Musicians for this world premiere:
Rachel Harding Klaus, violin 1
Hai-Xin Wu, violin 2
Michael Chen, viola 1
Jasper Zientek, viola 2
Damon Coleman, violoncello
Rick Robinson, double bass

Recorded LIVE by CutTime Simfonica® at Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit Film Theatre October 7, 2022
Music copyright 2021 by Richard A. Robinson (ASCAP)
Music published by CutTime Players Publishing (ASCAP)
All Rights Reserved. Visit cuttime.com

Music For Interesting Times world premiere

archival

Let The Children Play Part 2 DIA premiere

This was a terrible tragedy and it tore my heart up that these people had to say goodbye to their babies and my heart goes out to everyone affected, and my deepest sympathy. This is my newest version, piano vocal. Thank You God Bless!!!

How Could They Know  Sandy Hook Tribute (remix)

Marcmoon and the Rainbow Press plead for common sense

Thoughts N Prayers(revised)

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Co-hosts, Dan & Cheryl Todd and their weekly guests Engage, Educate and Inform on the topics of guns, hunting, sport shooting, politics and issues around the Second Amendment. #GunFreedomRadio

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To play and adapt classical music for a career have been my greatest joys. Then I began creating new music to share with broader communities in new ways.

While playing in the Detroit Symphony Orchestra for decades, I began to put classical newbies at the center of my music-making with two unique ensembles; CutTime Players and CutTime Simfonica®. Together, we began to reset classical music (esp. public domain) so everyone knows what to actually do with it.

Originally a symbol meaning fast and lively, CutTime® means to create shortcuts into classical music.
Because if to most Americans, classical music seems so European, ancient, exclusive, restrained, dry and somewhat pointless, then we the musicians need to smarten it up, and show immediate benefits for regular people that stick, esp. outside of the arts bubbles.

Concert halls and traditional concerts are designed to maximize the potential personal impact for the greatest number. The sonic blanket of acoustic instruments is warmest with quiet, theater rules. 
But a good counterpoint to this environment is "casual classical," background or foreground, well-produced or cheap, that can reset the classical arts IRL. So let's make "clam" gig-gil-y fun, sexy and instantly profound, and stick it everywhere!

CutTime® plays symphonic and classical music with as few as 4-8 players. We show up everywhere, make classical active, rewarding and "info-taining." We amplify lightly, and often add a drummer and audience participation. Live classical can now work almost anywhere, from living rooms to popular venues, naturally schools and churches, but also shaded summer streets and backyards. 

Sexy movie music, mad counterpoint, and street beats meet in my compositions City of Trees, Pork 'n Beans, Gitcha Groove On!, Phantom Detroit and First Grief. Modulations, drama and fugatos make VERY sexy action music.
Drums and historic grooves let us rock dramatically. The folk music of our time refreshes the 19th-Century sonata forms. Then, we should be ready for some Brahms.

Thanks for listening! Be sure to share. I'm done with Twitter. 
Search for "cuttime" on YouTube.
- Rick

Hi I'm an indie singer songwriter. I've written many songs and am inspired by many great artist. I especially write and perform folk guitar and piano ballads. All my songs on soundcloud are my own originals, I hope you like them. Thank you for your support!!

New tracks tagged #Sandy Hook