Hello Readers,

If you enjoy reading my occasional articles here at toddfulginiti.com, there is quite a bit more where that came from.  I write a personal blog called Five O'Clock Shadow where I actually  post most of my writing.  Since…

You might see them as you drive or walk through Binns Park in Lancaster (PA).  They're often cold and hungry, and they could use some help.  They are the part of Lancaster' homeless population.  Sometimes, for a variety of reasons…

Each month I donate 5% of my earnings from Todd Fulginiti Music to a non-profit group that's doing good things in my local area or elsewhere in the world.  This month, the recipient is the Farm Sanctuary. www.farmsanctuary.org

This group…

Each month I donate 5% of my earnings from Todd Fulginiti Music to a non-profit group that's doing good things in my local area or elsewhere in the world.  This month, the recipient is the Lower Susqhuehanna Riverkeeper Association. 

I…

Sometimes it's hard to figure out what you can do to help, especially when the problems are big and out of our control.  Watching the news from Ukraine these past few weeks, the question of "how do I help" keeps…

The word "jam" has always had a musical connotation, but at this time of year it also serves as an acronym.  April is Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM), and to help celebrate it, we've lined up a special series of shows…

Years ago, my college trumpet professor asked me to make a list of my goals.  He meant trumpet/musical goals, but as I started the list, it expanded from trumpet into the rest of life.  When the list was complete, it…

Sometimes it's hard to tell how much information to give people.  If you over-explain, you most likely insult people and may even come off as condescending or a "know-it-all".  On the other hand, it's always a bummer when someone says…

If you took a look at my gig calendar, you'd see something similar to the EKG of a dead person- until April.  This month, the gigs have come in like an avalanche! 

But why?  How did we go from near…

I have a painter friend named John David Wissler.  He paints the sky.  Beautiful skies that change and flow just like the real thing.  Rather than imagining the skies he paints, he goes out into the world with his canvas…

Fulginiti Family Band is proud to share our 3rd annual holiday single with you, Wexford Carol.  It's a beautiful Irish melody, sung by Bailey & Ally, against a backdrop of handbells, flugelhorns and bass, played by Tom Herr and I…

As has been mentioned a zillion times by everybody since the pandemic hit, the slower lifestyle/cancelled gig calendar caused by Covid has made it easier to find time to do some this things we always talked abut doing but never…

The first bad sign was that the wedding was on Halloween.  But on other hand, I thought something like that could turn out to be pretty cool.  I love Halloween! 

It started with an unknown guy texting me, looking for…

Musicians are experiencing a new kind of whiplash this spring as robust gig calendars have been completely annihilated by coronavirus social restrictions.  Some, like Todd Fulginiti Music (TFM) artist Bailey Fulginiti & bassist Tom Herr, are using the time to…

Tellus 360 and Todd Fulginiti Music are proud to announce a brand new classic jazz series!   

We kick things off this month, on February 23 at 2pm, with Todd Fulginiti Quartet performing Chet Baker's iconic 1954 album "Chet Baker Sings"…

I walked into a stranger's garage in the fall of 2011, to rehearse with a band for an upcoming, "once-and-done" gig at the Whitaker Center in nearby Harrisburg.  It was just going to be that one rehearsal and that…

The Fulginiti Family Band is set to release our version of Blue Christmas on Tuesday, November 26, 2019.  Proceeds will benefit Meals On Wheels.

The track is a blend of country and New Orleans jazz influences, featuring the vocal harmonies…

Toddy Waddy!  Not a nickname I would have picked for myself, but that's how Kenny greeted me every time I came into rehearsal, usually followed by a hug or fist bump.  He said it with such joy and warmth that…

Everybody has energy that washes all over us every time we’re around them.  We can’t help it.  Some people bring us up, others bring us down- whether we’re doing it consciously or not.  Gary Miller was one of those people…

Zembo Mosque.  Even the name sounds cool!  But if you've ever been in the place, you know that's just the beginning.  Vinyl Groov played a private event at the mosque this past Saturday night and I was once again reminded…

Get to Roots & Blues this weekend!  I won't waste my time trying to think of a more creative way to say it- just go!  If you've been absent over the past several years and don't know, Lancaster Roots &amp…

All the way to Lancaster? What?! When I first moved to Lititz from Lancaster about 18 years ago I was surprised to hear that phrase over and over again.  All the way to Lancaster? What does that mean? 

People seemed…

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…

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…

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…