Steve Ellis Guitar and Mandolin Lessons

07/21/2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SL8RVWxLy1A&list=RDSL8RVWxLy1A&start_radio=1

Blues Dog is my best friend

04/08/2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRN8HEdz7HU

My Dad often said this with his best laid back California beach voice. I try!

04/08/2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTxOyRGe7LI

Maybe we are more the same than different. Let's treat each other that way! Enjoy our song.

03/01/2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnX5yQa-J94

Regardless of your position, migrants sacrifice a lot to make the trek for a brighter future. Our ancestors migrated here, unless you’re Native American your...

02/14/2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nu1GNl59Cy4
Happy Valentine’s Day! Enjoy this new Ellis & Stumph song, Why Don’tYou Love Me (Like you used to do)? A love song for the ages. Then like it on Spotify and other streaming services, and head on over to iTunes and download it to your music library! Thanks for listening!

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11/09/2024

I have a show coming up with my good friend David Stumph, aka Uncle Barnaby, on November 16 at Mother Tucker Brewing in Louisville. David and I have been busily writing and recording songs for the last 2 years. We will be debuting those songs at this show, in anticipation of beginning to release them on the web in the very near future. It's been a while since we've performed together, we hope you can come and see us.

10/15/2024

https://open.spotify.com/album/2fRoIwxyhnMrsg0TcbECTS?si=5OnOqv7rRpK0t0RX2PeEBQ

Steve Ellis · Single · 2024 · 1 songs

08/20/2023

06/12/2022

The Grammy-winning master offers some of the best wisdom any musician could hope to hear.

01/05/2022

“ In Washington DC, at a Metro Station, on a cold January morning in 2007, a man with a violin played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, approximately 2000 people went through the station, most of them on their way to work.

After about four minutes, a middle-aged man noticed that there was a musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds, and then he hurried on to meet his schedule.

About four minutes later, the violinist received his first dollar. A woman threw money in the hat and, without stopping, continued to walk.

At six minutes, a young man leaned against the wall to listen to him, then looked at his watch and started to walk again.

At ten minutes, a three-year old boy stopped, but his mother tugged him along hurriedly. The kid stopped to look at the violinist again, but the mother pushed hard and the child continued to walk, turning his head the whole time. This action was repeated by several other children, but every parent - without exception - forced their children to move on quickly.

At forty-five minutes: The musician played continuously. Only six people stopped and listened for a short while. About twenty gave money but continued to walk at their normal pace. The man collected a total of $32.

After one hour:
He finished playing and silence took over. No one noticed and no one applauded. There was no recognition at all.

No one knew this, but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the greatest musicians in the world. He played one of the most intricate pieces ever written, with a violin worth $3.5 million dollars. Two days before, Joshua Bell sold-out a theater in Boston where the seats averaged $100 each to sit and listen to him play the same music.

This is a true story. Joshua Bell, playing incognito in the D.C. Metro Station, was organized by the Washington Post as part of a social experiment about perception, taste and people’s priorities.

This experiment raised several questions:

In a common-place environment, at an inappropriate hour, do we perceive beauty?

If so, do we stop to appreciate it?

Do we recognize talent in an unexpected context?

One possible conclusion reached from this experiment could be this:

If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world, playing some of the finest music ever written, with one of the most beautiful instruments ever made…

How many other things are we missing as we rush through life?”

The Love Rabbi-Yisroel Bernath