John Penny and the Virtual Band Performs at Lake Harriet Bandshell Wednesday August 28

John Penny creates dense musical textures using virtual instruments. These crafted arrangements accompany John’s singing and guitar playing on original and other compelling music. It’s John’s latest project, and comes after years of writing movie scores and soundtracks for TV commercials, and playing World jazz on the guitar. John performs Wednesday August 28 at 7:30 at the Lake Harriet Bandshell in Minneapolis. In a conversation with Phil Nusbaum, John Penny first address why he composes music.