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GOOD MOOD MAKES A DIFFERENCE?

A good mood sets the day. A bad mood? Everyone has one, but not everyone shares it over and over. And over. Is there a huge difference between the two?

BRANDED BLOGGER: WHO IS ON BRAND

Every branded blogger works their site like a farmer. They prep the page, sew the seeds (words,) and irrigate. But the best branded bloggers do more than irrigate. They irritate. It goes like this:

NEEDY PEOPLE NEED DANCE MUSIC

Needy people, and who isn’t one, have their favorite toe tappers. Some are sad, some defiant, some just lost in the shuffle. But we all remember the one song that hit at just the right time. Then another for another time, and another and another and another. Whew, it’s needy time.

BEATLES BREAK UP REASONS REVEALED IN GET BACK

The Beatles break up runs through the Get Back documentary. The lads joke about it, work through it, and eventually the end is near. Why the break up of the greatest band ever assembled? They weren’t as happy together as they were alone.

AGING MUSIC FOR COUPLES TO GROW OLD BY

I first heard aging music from the Beatles. When I’m Sixty-Four came out when I was thirteen. Why would a young band contemplate being 64 years old? It seemed weird. Until I turned sixty-four.

GUITAR RELATIONSHIPS? IT’S NOT THAT COMPLICATED

Guitar relationships are like any other. Some are better than others, and we remember them all. The best part about guitar relationships? They last a lifetime. Can’t say that about every relationship, unless there’s a guitar link. There’s something about music creating the ties that bind. But where does it start? By making something that […]

FUN TIME BALANCES REGRET AND REMORSE

A fun time is the break in the clouds, a ray of sunshine on an otherwise darkened day. How’s that working this week? We all having a fun time yet? If not, why not? Maybe we need a new soundtrack, new songs for this space in time? (Thank you Ten Years After.)

JOHN PRINE: WORDS FOR ASMR CALM

I heard of John Prine in 1972. This is his first album cover. He’s a guy sitting on a hay bale like it was just another day. Then he became the Mark Twain of songwriters.

WILLIE VLAUTIN SAVES LIVES

Richmond Fontaine is the name of Willie Vlautin’s band. Like Creedence Clearwater Rivival was the name of John Fogerty’s band, and Foo Fighters is Dave Grohl’s band, Willie is a musician comfortable without his name in lights. There’s no me, me, me with some guys and it’s a relief. They let their work speak for […]