This past year was my rookie season in the “record sales” department. The Cat’s Pajamas Old School Jazz Band released an album over the summer, and the Fulginiti Family Band released a holiday single for charity. Both were fun and…

Do you know who Nick Foles is?  If you’re a football fan you probably do.  If you’re an Eagles fan like me, you definitely do.  But even if you think football is a complete waste of time, you should really…

Winter needs a new publicist.  A social media director.  A new marketing scheme.  It’s as mysterious and misunderstood as Severus Snape.  It’s like the worker who excels at doing the toughest tasks yet never gets Employee Of The Month.  Every…

Aren't there enough versions of Jingle Bells already?  We don't think so!  The Fulginiti Family Band is proud to announce the release of our first annual holiday single- Jingle Bells.  This year, all proceeds are going to Music For Everyone…

As humans, we're all born with a few "not-so-adorable" traits that really get on other people’s nerves.  It's ok though.  Hopefully we've all learned to tolerate each other and to get along well for the most part.  But despite our…

George W. Bush was president, Andy Reid & Donavan McNabb were Philly’s inseparable couple, and My Love was Justin Timberlake’s current hit.  It was December 2006, and I was playing a simple brass duo gig, strolling the outlets at Rockvale…

What comes to mind when you think of Halloween music?   Michael Jackson’s Thriller?  The Addams Family theme song?  The 1962 hit single Monster Mash?  How about something from The Nightmare Before Christmas?  All good stuff, but the orchestral composers of…

After much controversy and drama, Brett Kavanaugh now has a seat on the United States Supreme Court. And no matter how you feel about that, there is a lot to dislike about the events of the past few weeks. Most…

As a kid growing up in Lancaster, we lived a block or two away from what was known as “Cabbage Hill”.  There was a large population of German-Americans on that hilly section of town, including my mom's extended family.  My…

I was walking across town through Lancaster in the winter of 1987, armed with a Holton student model trumpet in a black case.  I passed the Elks Lodge on Duke Street where a man was standing by the front steps…

As a life-long introvert in need of some serious recharging time, I was “all-in” for a night of just hanging out at home with the family and a close friend.  It was perfect until we decided to pile into the…

Several years ago I was playing a gig with my friend Tom Hayden in a band called Back In Motion.  We were between sets and Tom was talking about a successful food drive he had worked on at his day…