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The Joys of Classical Music
Right after high school, I attended the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago. It was major American music school founded in 1886. I was a piano major, voice minor and…
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River
Joni Mitchell is one hell of a songwriter. And James Taylor is one hell of a song interpreter. From the September 9, 2015 live guitar/voice session (see previous posts).
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Gentle Rain
From the September 9, 2015 live guitar/voice session (see previous post).
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Spooky
One day, while driving back from delivering the carpool kids to their high school, I heard this song on the radio. I’m always scouting around for something new to sing,…
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Ave Maria
Ah….the quest for perfection. These days in recorded music, musicians are used to being able to “fix” just about every aspect. If I waited for perfection, I would never post…
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Aureus at Wells Fargo Lounge…
…Moline, IL on June 10, 1975. 1st gig. I was 19, attending American Conservatory of Music in Chicago (piano major, voice minor), and looking everywhere for a band to join.…
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Yes….this is Now
So if you look at the posting dates, you’ll see that the previous posts were from 4 years ago, when I began this project for a lesson in my web…
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Morning Prayer
Here’s what I’ve found: if you wait for the perfect opportunity to record a song, it never happens. It takes hours of prep, charts, studio setup, etc. But if you…
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Going Gray
Gray hair showing up early in life runs in my family. My dad’s cousin was all white in her late 20s. But I didn’t even think about why I was…
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Being in the PTA
When my now 12-year-old daughter started kindergarten, I wanted to know everything that was going on at her school. So I joined the PTA and went to a couple of…
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Being a Musician
I was one of the lucky ones who saw the Beatles on Ed Sullivan that fateful Sunday evening in 1964. It made me want to be in a band. So…