Alex Meixner

Grammy Nominated Musician & Producer

Catching Up With Everything!

I’ve been so busy lately, I’ve barely had time to think- let alone get a new blog out!!! Firstly I’d like to thank all the parents and kids that
participated in this year’s Madcap Jazz Camp– it’s a lot of work for all of us, but I really enjoyed the week again this year… The Alex Meixner Band had some nice regional concert gigs in Buckingham and Hollidaysburg, PA. It’s always fun to play in these communities with our mix of music– even if we’re dodging potential weather!! (Luckily it held out in Buckingham– and the rain came earlier in the day for Hollidaysburg!)

Of course, this week- finds the band out in East Lansing, MI performing for 2 days at the Great Lakes Folk Festival (Fri-Sat) and then doing our traditional closing day performances at Musikfest in Bethlehem, PA on Sunday (Volksplatz 3-4:30 and Festplatz 7:30-11pm before and after the fireworks). Hope to see ya there…

The new record, Stay All Night, is out! We have it on Cd baby but digital distribution isn’t finalized. We’ll have more info on it soon— stay tuned!

alex

Christkindlmarket in Mifflinburg!

This weekend I got to make my annual trip to Mifflinburg, PA for their wonderful German Christkindlmarket. I first discovered this town about 3 years ago when I passed through on my way home from another central PA school— and earned my first speeding ticket there! Upon sending in my fine—I found out that they had an old German community and that they had this Christmas festival…. Low and behold, I got called to perform that year…. Now—this is a real authentic market environment—which means- it’s outside…. So is the entertainment!!! Well, luckily, Friday starts with a performance for the elementary kids at the school… always a fun time… also—Friday night, we’ve moved the performance inside to a church. This was a very nice setting for Roger Latzgo and I to perform completely acoustic. The audience was nice and receptive as we told tales of German Christmas lore and performed some of the traditional and more contemporary Alpine Christmas music.

On Saturday- we performed outside from 1-2:45…. After putting on about 4 layers of clothes—it was pretty bearable to play… The audience was a nice crowd—sometimes dancing or singing along—but mostly appreciating the repertoire, in between checking out some of the great food (yeah—Scrapple sandwiches and Sauerkraut chowder!)

Looking forward to coming back next year…
In the meantime—I have a bunch of “Holidays around the world” school presentations and 1 more band job before getting some time off for the winter. (There are a few select January and February dates that will be announced soon—but stay tuned to the websites for more info…)
Don’t forget there’s still time to pickup Family Tradition cds for Christmas gifts at www.cdbaby.com/meixneralex.

Merry Christmas Y’all,
Alex