{"id":33,"date":"2013-10-20T10:41:14","date_gmt":"2013-10-20T10:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aivahthemes.com\/musicplay\/?page_id=33"},"modified":"2016-01-23T11:31:17","modified_gmt":"2016-01-23T17:31:17","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rvdreamtour.com\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_one_full-352b07ef7d3bc99b2e9f92e7a9e06bdb\">\n.flex_column.av-av_one_full-352b07ef7d3bc99b2e9f92e7a9e06bdb{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-av_one_full-352b07ef7d3bc99b2e9f92e7a9e06bdb av_one_full  avia-builder-el-0  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><div  class='tabcontainer av-av_tab_container-0bacd910096d11a3cec6dfb538798966 top_tab  avia-builder-el-1  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '>\n<section class='av_tab_section av_tab_section av-av_tab-894efde23c126cf9b1926e024f02a5a6'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div id='tab-id-1-tab' class='tab active_tab' role='tab' aria-selected=\"true\" tabindex=\"0\" data-fake-id='#tab-id-1' aria-controls='tab-id-1-content'  itemprop=\"headline\" >Our Show<\/div><div id='tab-id-1-content' class='tab_content active_tab_content' role='tabpanel' aria-labelledby='tab-id-1-tab' aria-hidden=\"false\"><div class='tab_inner_content invers-color'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Technology is a wonderful thing when it comes to performing live on stage these days.\u00a0 So much has changed in the past few years which has enabled us to do so much more with less.\u00a0 The equipment has gotten smaller, lighter, and more powerful than ever before.\u00a0 We have tried to keep up with the changes along the way and are constantly testing and following the latest trends in the music world.<\/p>\n<p>Automation is key for us as a duo and we are finding better ways to implement this into our show all the time.\u00a0 Gone are the days of needing a sound and lighting technician as the advances in this equipment has evolved to a point where we can achieve and control all this as we perform by ourselves.<\/p>\n<p>Consequently, this new gear is seldom ready to use right out of the box.\u00a0 Many tedious hours, days, and weeks are sometimes required to integrate a promising new gizmo to work with all our other gizmos. The winter months are usually the best time for us to experiment with our setup as South Dakota weather keeps us close the warm fire.<\/p>\n<p>Our main plan last fall was to revamp everything into a lighter and more compact setup which would allow us to accommodate areas of any size, large or small, indoors or outside, without sacrificing a quality performance.\u00a0 Reducing setup and tear down time was also a huge factor in our goals as we respect most events are on a stringent timeline, and understand everyone wants to get home at a decent hour.<\/p>\n<p>We worked closely with manufactures and distributors to engineer our current setup to escalate us to a point where many of our fans have stated it\u2019s the best we have ever looked and sounded!<\/p>\n<p>This year we are excited about introducing many of our new features to our deserving audiences.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rodandtanya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/setup.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9800 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rodandtanya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/setup-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"setup\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rvdreamtour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/setup-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rvdreamtour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/setup-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rodandtanya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/darklights.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9801 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rodandtanya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/darklights-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"darklights\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rvdreamtour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/darklights-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rvdreamtour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/darklights-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class='av_tab_section av_tab_section av-av_tab-4ab6ddf372094f0bc0a5b1a980ec715f'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div id='tab-id-2-tab' class='tab' role='tab' aria-selected=\"false\" tabindex=\"0\" data-fake-id='#tab-id-2' aria-controls='tab-id-2-content'  itemprop=\"headline\" >Background<\/div><div id='tab-id-2-content' class='tab_content' role='tabpanel' aria-labelledby='tab-id-2-tab' aria-hidden=\"true\"><div class='tab_inner_content invers-color'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>The year of 1998 was a magical time for us as we got married and started to explore our love of music. What wedding wouldn&#8217;t be complete without the bride and groom performing! Combining our experience from a wide variety of performing and technical expertise proved to be very beneficial in re-creating some of the best songs ever.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9826 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rodandtanya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/SingingAtWedding-300x218.jpg\" alt=\"SingingAtWedding\" width=\"300\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rvdreamtour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/SingingAtWedding-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rvdreamtour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/SingingAtWedding.jpg 574w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Rod had been the lead singer and keyboard player for the rock group, Silver Heart Band, in the seventies and eighties which disbanded due to the disco era and the loss of many of the old Midwest ballrooms such as the Showboat and others. { If you have any memorabilia from those days please let us know.}<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rodandtanya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/silvertheartcollage.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9783 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rodandtanya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/silvertheartcollage-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"silvertheartcollage\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rvdreamtour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/silvertheartcollage-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.rvdreamtour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/silvertheartcollage.jpg 567w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rodandtanya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/sh2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9792 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rodandtanya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/sh2-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"sh2\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rvdreamtour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/sh2-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rvdreamtour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/sh2.jpg 878w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rodandtanya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/shlogo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9784 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rodandtanya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/shlogo-297x300.jpg\" alt=\"shlogo\" width=\"297\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rvdreamtour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/shlogo-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/www.rvdreamtour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/shlogo.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 297px) 100vw, 297px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rod continued to perform solo on acoustic guitar for several years after and also recorded radio and TV jingles.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rodandtanya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/rod.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9788 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rodandtanya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/rod-227x300.jpg\" alt=\"rod\" width=\"227\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rvdreamtour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/rod-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/www.rvdreamtour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/rod.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tanya has been trained in the world of classical piano, jazz saxophone, and guitar since early childhood. Her grandmother even taught her the harmonica! Her playing and singing talent is breath taking to say the least. She also had a few years of solo performances singing popular music with her piano skills. It wasn&#8217;t long after we got together that we started playing some duo gigs. Things like art festivals, corporate events and even a live radio show.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rodandtanya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/LakeBenton.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9608 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rodandtanya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/LakeBenton-300x140.jpg\" alt=\"LakeBenton\" width=\"300\" height=\"140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rvdreamtour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/LakeBenton-300x140.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rvdreamtour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/LakeBenton.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rodandtanya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/insidebrochure.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9786 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rodandtanya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/insidebrochure-300x153.jpg\" alt=\"insidebrochure\" width=\"300\" height=\"153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rvdreamtour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/insidebrochure-300x153.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rvdreamtour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/insidebrochure-1024x521.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rvdreamtour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/insidebrochure.jpg 1394w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It is true that \u201cit runs in the family\u201d as Tanya\u2019s 2 children, Tyler and Tracy also begin to show their musical abilities. Tracy even gave a solo performance at our wedding! Tyler later revealed his skills with his interest in drums which he mastered very quickly and thus we had a four piece band.\u00a0\u00a0 We played together as a family and called ourselves KonnectedKin whenever our schedules would allow.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rodandtanya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/KonKin-005.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9757 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rodandtanya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/KonKin-005-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"KonKin 005\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rvdreamtour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/KonKin-005-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rvdreamtour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/KonKin-005-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rodandtanya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/casino.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9755 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rodandtanya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/casino-300x162.jpg\" alt=\"casino\" width=\"300\" height=\"162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rvdreamtour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/casino-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rvdreamtour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/casino.jpg 636w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rodandtanya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/tylerdrums.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9754 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rodandtanya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/tylerdrums.png\" alt=\"tylerdrums\" width=\"283\" height=\"218\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ultimately children grow up and leave home to pursue careers, dreams and families of their own which left us to start again as only a duo. In our spare time we began building our equipment and set lists to entertain most anyone, anywhere, indoors or out. We look forward to returning to many of the places we have played in the past and are looking forward to several new venues as well. We hope to see you soon and enjoy the fun!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Share the love!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rodandtanya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/RodTanThrowback1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9747\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rodandtanya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/RodTanThrowback1-300x105.jpg\" alt=\"RodTanThrowback\" width=\"300\" height=\"105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rvdreamtour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/RodTanThrowback1-300x105.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rvdreamtour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/RodTanThrowback1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class='av_tab_section av_tab_section av-av_tab-dc0eb341349576c0569d2bebac43a54a'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div id='tab-id-3-tab' class='tab' role='tab' aria-selected=\"false\" tabindex=\"0\" data-fake-id='#tab-id-3' aria-controls='tab-id-3-content'  itemprop=\"headline\" >Dream Tour<\/div><div id='tab-id-3-content' class='tab_content' role='tabpanel' aria-labelledby='tab-id-3-tab' aria-hidden=\"true\"><div class='tab_inner_content invers-color'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>A few years ago we had dream to sell everything, buy an RV and travel the United States. We want\u00a0to see everything our great Nation has to offer and play our music every opportunity we get. Stay tuned, as we turn our dream into a reality very SOON!!!!<\/p>\n<p>Reality has arrived. We hit the road on November 5th, 2015. We&#8217;ve been able to downsize the gear and pack it all into our motorhome. Our first concert in the desert, what a magical night!!!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rvdreamtour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Sequence-01.Still001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11043\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rvdreamtour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Sequence-01.Still001-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Desert Concert\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rvdreamtour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Sequence-01.Still001-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rvdreamtour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Sequence-01.Still001-1030x579.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/www.rvdreamtour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Sequence-01.Still001-1500x844.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.rvdreamtour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Sequence-01.Still001-705x397.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.rvdreamtour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Sequence-01.Still001-450x253.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.rvdreamtour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Sequence-01.Still001.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-33","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rvdreamtour.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rvdreamtour.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rvdreamtour.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rvdreamtour.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rvdreamtour.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33"}],"version-history":[{"count":63,"href":"https:\/\/www.rvdreamtour.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12137,"href":"https:\/\/www.rvdreamtour.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33\/revisions\/12137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rvdreamtour.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}