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  • montana + adventures of the mind I’ve just returned from the great state of Montana where I performed at an amazing event–Adventures of the Mind.  I’ve spent little time in the Pacific Northwest so I was very excited about the opportunity to go. Adventures of the Mind is a foundation founded by Victoria Gray and hosted by Phyllis and Dennis Washington in Missoula, MT. Teachers nominate high school students they feel are exceptional regardless of learning disabilities, socioeconomic levels or other barriers that may deter their potentials.  Students who are runners up in national competitions are also nominated.  Around 160...1June 27, 2011

    Adventures of the Mind + Montana + Twizzlers

    montana + adventures of the mind I’ve just returned from the great state of Montana where I performed at an amazing event–Adventures of the Mind.  I’ve spent little time in the Pacific Northwest so I was very excited about the opportunity to go. Adventures of the Mind is a foundation founded by Victoria Gray and hosted by Phyllis and Dennis Washington in Missoula, MT. Teachers nominate high school students they feel are exceptional regardless of learning disabilities, socioeconomic levels or other barriers that may deter their potentials.  Students who are runners up in national competitions are also nominated.  Around 160…

  • TOUR DATES UPDATED: 11/3  Pittsburgh, PA, Club Cafe, 8pm  (with Scott Simons) 11/4  Morgantown, WV, So.zo, 8:30pm  (with Scott Simons) 11/5  Wheeling, WV, Jesuit University – The Rat, 9pm (with Scott Simons) 11/9  Vienna, VA,  Jammin’ Java, 7pm (with Scott Simons & Curtis Peoples) !!! I’m playing at 7pm SHARP at Jammin’ Java and am playing a short set so BE ON TIME!!! 11/10  NYC,  Canal Room (with Scott Simons and Allison Veltz) 11/12  Fairfield, CT, Fairfield Theater Company – Stage One (opening for Howard Fishman) 11/?  Boston, TBA (with Ingrid Gerdes) ISTREAM, USTREAM?  CHAT IT UP THIS WEDNESDAY… I...15October 11, 2010

    Filming Glee + Chris Colfer + Me = obesity

    TOUR DATES UPDATED: 11/3  Pittsburgh, PA, Club Cafe, 8pm  (with Scott Simons) 11/4  Morgantown, WV, So.zo, 8:30pm  (with Scott Simons) 11/5  Wheeling, WV, Jesuit University – The Rat, 9pm (with Scott Simons) 11/9  Vienna, VA,  Jammin’ Java, 7pm (with Scott Simons & Curtis Peoples) !!! I’m playing at 7pm SHARP at Jammin’ Java and am playing a short set so BE ON TIME!!! 11/10  NYC,  Canal Room (with Scott Simons and Allison Veltz) 11/12  Fairfield, CT, Fairfield Theater Company – Stage One (opening for Howard Fishman) 11/?  Boston, TBA (with Ingrid Gerdes) ISTREAM, USTREAM?  CHAT IT UP THIS WEDNESDAY… I…

  • CHRIS FEATURED ON E! NEWS TONIGHT! Set your DVRs Kid–I *think* i’m being featured on E! News The Daily 10 tonight (?).  I guess they heard about the “I want your sex” videos and are featuring them in the “Now Hear This” segment.  I honestly don’t know what they’re going to say–i hope it’s good.  How awesome would that be if they hated them and I told everyone to watch?!   “Hey everyone!  Watch me get bashed!  Woo hoo!”  Hopefully not. Apparently it was supposed to run last Monday but the segment got bumped cause Lindsay Lohan went to jail or...37August 2, 2010

    Chris sings Office Max commercial.

    CHRIS FEATURED ON E! NEWS TONIGHT! Set your DVRs Kid–I *think* i’m being featured on E! News The Daily 10 tonight (?).  I guess they heard about the “I want your sex” videos and are featuring them in the “Now Hear This” segment.  I honestly don’t know what they’re going to say–i hope it’s good.  How awesome would that be if they hated them and I told everyone to watch?!   “Hey everyone!  Watch me get bashed!  Woo hoo!”  Hopefully not. Apparently it was supposed to run last Monday but the segment got bumped cause Lindsay Lohan went to jail or…

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  •  HAPPY NEW YEAR 2012!… I hope everyone celebrated in style and rung in the new year appropriately…even though it IS the end of the world!  But let’s not get caught up in all that.  2012 is going to kick ass.  Let’s all do something this year we’ve always dreamed of.  Go nuts!  I’m going to… Thanks for another year of love and support!  Your support of my music and journey motivate me to soldier on.  It’s very inspiring.  I can’t wait to share what i’ve got up my sleeve this year!  Looking ahead on a new year I like to...<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://www.chrismannmusic.com/2012/01/happy-2012-2011-year-in-review/' addthis:title='Happy 2012! + 2011 year in review ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>

    Happy 2012! + 2011 year in review

    Posted on January 2, 2012 | No Comments
     HAPPY NEW YEAR 2012!… I hope everyone celebrated in style and rung in the new year appropriately…even though it IS the end of the world!  But let’s not get caught up in all that.  2012 is going to kick ass.  Let’s all do something this year we’ve always dreamed of.  Go nuts!  I’m going to… Thanks for another year of love and support!  Your support of my music and journey motivate me to soldier on.  It’s very inspiring.  I can’t wait to share what i’ve got up my sleeve this year!  Looking ahead on a new year I like to...

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  • Nature wins the beauty contest… I came across this video today and it’s really breath taking.  Its easy to forget that the most beautiful things in the world aren’t man made at all.  Look at how this flock of birds…thousands of them…fly together with the changing winds.  It’s remarkable.   Before I left Cali for the holidays I went on a hike near my place.  The sun was setting behind the hills and it was too awesome to let go.  I used this new app on my iphone called 360 cam (or something)…how cool is that?!  you can just scan your...<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://www.chrismannmusic.com/2011/12/hippie-granola-nature-mann/' addthis:title='Hippie, Granola, Nature Mann ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>

    Hippie, Granola, Nature Mann

    Posted on December 5, 2011 | No Comments
    Nature wins the beauty contest… I came across this video today and it’s really breath taking.  Its easy to forget that the most beautiful things in the world aren’t man made at all.  Look at how this flock of birds…thousands of them…fly together with the changing winds.  It’s remarkable.   Before I left Cali for the holidays I went on a hike near my place.  The sun was setting behind the hills and it was too awesome to let go.  I used this new app on my iphone called 360 cam (or something)…how cool is that?!  you can just scan your...

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  • Hover Comes Alive…well, he CAME alive, rather… I had an amazing time performing in the Iama Theater Reading Series west coast debut reading of “Hoover Comes Alive” last Friday. This hilarious work was written by the same team who wrote Broadway’s “Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson” so it was a real honor to be a part of this new work.I read the part of former President Harry S Truman who is now ridiculously bad tempered and foul mouthed.  This part allowed me yell insane profanities at the top of my lungs–which I’m awesome at so… Thanks to those who came to...<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://www.chrismannmusic.com/2011/11/ill-take-that-bentley-im-president-ya-heard/' addthis:title='I’ll take that Bentley + I’m President, ya heard? ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>

    I’ll take that Bentley + I’m President, ya heard?

    Posted on November 21, 2011 | 2 Comments
    Hover Comes Alive…well, he CAME alive, rather… I had an amazing time performing in the Iama Theater Reading Series west coast debut reading of “Hoover Comes Alive” last Friday. This hilarious work was written by the same team who wrote Broadway’s “Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson” so it was a real honor to be a part of this new work.I read the part of former President Harry S Truman who is now ridiculously bad tempered and foul mouthed.  This part allowed me yell insane profanities at the top of my lungs–which I’m awesome at so… Thanks to those who came to...

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