Music Speaks

Tuscumbia, AL

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Travels up to 90 miles

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Overview

Currently at #10 on Cashbox Magazine's Americana Chart and #1 in the singer/songwriter genre in our region at Reverb Nation. Heartfelt Acoustic music by professional performing singer/songwriters. Originals and covers, pop, rock, country, Americana and some great old standards. We have memorable harmonies and have been well received at venues across the southeast. Available for private parties, weddings, receptions as well as intimate clubs, pubs and taverns. We have an easy, gentle sound, but we can get loud and rowdy if the venue dictates that. We love being on stage, have a sense of humor which we hope is dry rather than corny. Have been know to color outside the lines :)


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Booking information

Price range: Contact for rates

Languages: English, French

Gig length: 60 - 180 minutes

What to expect

You'll be entertained, you might hear a few jokes, you and your guests or patrons will definitely be impressed with the quality of sound and the professionalism of the performance. We have a professional attitude toward every gig, show up on time and put on a great show. People have told Martha that they could listen to her all night. Add uplifting storytelling to that and you have yourself one event they will always remember YOU for.

About

We live in a high-tech, fast-paced, immediate gratification society with SO many distractions, There is a new paradigm on the horizon - the experience-based economy, which requires that the audience remains engaged. Award-winning singer/songwriters/speakers Martha and Gary Alexander provide your event with a keynote speaker AND live original music. Hiring both entertainment and speaker to kick off your event is a great way to mix things up. Set the tone with a uniquely uplifting and empowering show, which will resonate with your audience and make your event the success you know it can be.

Talk The Talk
At age 12, Gary read "The Power Of Positive Thinking," by Norman Vincent Peale. When he was 18, he read, "Lead the Field," by Earl Nightingale. His father introduced him to both. He has been a student of that way of living ever since. Gary went on to excel in the insurance industry as owner, manager and teacher of numerous continuing education courses. His flair for making others around him feel hopeful, capable, and empowered is infectious and energizing. He influenced his wife, Martha, in this way when they met and her life has never been the same!

Martha's maternal grandmother introduced her to "As A Man Thinketh," by James Allen when she was around 10. Martha has had a difficult road, dealing with major depressive disorder and anxiety, but she has held fast to her spiritual upbringing. Gary introduced her to Marianne Williamson, among other personal growth experts; "A Course in Miracles" was a Christmas gift during their courtship. Gary succeeded in reminding Martha of her greatness, which helped give her the courage to perform for the first time in front of an audience at the famed Eddie's Attic in Decatur, GA, followed by the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville.

Together they continue to be daily students of the world's most revered influencers of human potential, meditating and practicing tai chi and enjoying nature in their sanctuary in the North Georgia mountains.

Walk The Walk
Inspiration can be elusive and fleeting. The end game, through Gary and Martha's inspirational talks, is to incite mindfulness and greatness into the audience and provide them with the tools needed to tap back into that powerful energy at will, to help them achieve their personal and professional best.

The music supports the takeaway of the story. Studies show that the frequency of sound (resonance) opens receptors in the brain of the listener, which are beneficial in their ability to "playback" the event.

Through their "special delivery," your audience gets 50 years of combined human potential practice and musical performance, concentrated into one of many custom concerts, with stories and takeaways that will absolutely transform their lives.

Their message is one of personal growth, emphasizing that we can all harness positive energy to help meet our highest purpose. By reaching our full potential, we improve not only ourselves but the WORLD.

Additional booking notes

well, let's not get too technical ...

BUT

We do have two Sound systems, a small one for intimate venues and a big on for larger venues and outdoor gigs. Two voices and a guitar with some incidental percussion is what you get. But if you want a full band with drums and Bass, we can make that happen as well.

Services offered

Team

Gary Guitar & Vocal

Set list

In addition to our original material, we have a TON of covers, any of which can be dropped into the talk, specially made for YOU. This is by no means a complete list. And yes, we do have a Civil Wars Tribute set :)

20 Years - The Civil Wars
Birds of a Feather - The Civil Wars
Cest Le Mor - The Civil Wars
Cold Cold Heart - Norah Jones
Cold Hearted - Zac Brown Band
Faithless Love - Linda Ronstadt
Forget Me Not - The Civil Wars
Half Mile Hill - David Nail
Half Moon - Blind Pilot
Heart Like Hers - George Strait
Hero - Family of the Year
Home - The Civil Wars
I Told You So - Carrier Underwood & Randy Travis
I Wanna Make You Close Your Eyes - Dirks Bentley
In Color - Jamey Johnson
It Is What It Is - Casey Musgraves
It's Your Love - Faith & Tim McGraw
Its A Beautiful World - Dirks Bentley
Ive Got This Friend - The Civil Wars
Killin The Blues - Allison Kraus & Robert Plant
Learning How to Love - Hugh Prestwood
Lets Be Still - The Head & The Heart
Love Hurts - Emmylou Harris & Graham Parsons
My Father's Father - The Civil Wars
My House - Casey Musgraves
Nobody Wins - Radney Foster
Please Read The Letter - Alison Kraus & Robert Plant
Poison & WIne - The Civil Wars
Red Light - David Nail
Same Old Same Old - The Civil Wars
She's Got A Way - Billy Joel
Strangers On A Train - David Nail & Maranda Lambert
Thats the way love goes - Jewell & Merle
The House that Built Me - Maranda Lambert
The One That Got Away - The Civil Wars
Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran
To Make You Feel My Love - Garth Brooks
True Colors - Cindi Lauper
Two More Bottles of Wine - Emmylou Harris
We've Got Tonight - Bob Segar & Sheena Easton
Why Worry - Mark Knopfler
You and Tequila - Kenny Chessney

Influences and inspiration

From Alison Krauss to Warren Zevon and pretty much everything in between. Martha's silky smooth vocal combines with Gary's gritty delivery, which makes for a dichotomy of soulful sound. Think Martina McBride meets Tom Petty - it's unique, it's trendy, it's something you have to experience to really appreciate and appreciate you will!

Setup requirements

a couple of stools

amp, mics, music stand, but we have these if the venue does not.

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