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Art is not life, do the work but stay out of the results, and notes on my fav free EQ plugin
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Art is not life
Writing about your life is good, but living your life is better. Plus it gives you something to write about. 😉 Like I wrote you last…
Read moreForget inspiration and talent, observe the little things, and better output through better input
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Forget inspiration and talent
I recently came across these two quotes from Octavia Butler: "Forget about inspiration, because it's more likely to be a reason not to write, as in…
Read moreLearn your tradition, make whatever you damn like, and my review of Lauren O'Connell's new album
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Learn your tradition
Something I learned from Mary Oliver: keeping up with what's hip doesn't make for developing a contemporary voice. She recommends you steep yourself in the past in…
Read moreReflecting on my FAR-West showcase, write a song about a character in another song, and Fox Den this Friday
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Reflecting on my FAR-West showcase
I shared a couple photos of my official showcase at the Folk Alliance Region West Conference, with videos to come. I'm so grateful to have…
Read moreMy Folk Alliance showcase this Fri, stop judging your art representationally, and the well-adjusted artist
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Come see me perform at Folk Alliance Region West
This Friday, October 13 at 7pm, I have the pleasure of playing an official showcase…
Read moreBe willing to miss out, great art needs a problem, and some new stuff I worked on
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Be willing to miss out
I've been dealing with some debilitating fatigue for most of this year and have had to become willing to miss out on events, especially…
Read moreSinging with less sibilance, my favorite drum machines, and my Folk Alliance official showcase
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Welcome back to another edition of Sharing Notes! I missed last week, but I'm back on the horse now.
Singing with less sibilance
Many singers are taught to enunciate, but enunciation that makes for an evocative stage performance…
Read moreTake boredom as an invitation, write new lyrics to an existing melody, and blending chest and head voice
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Take boredom as an invitation
When I'm bored, it's so easy to reach for a low-cost, high reward activity, like watching videos or playing games, that is, until that reward…
Read moreCreate things to love yourself, Springsteen and Rilke on depression and judgment, creativity is paying attention
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Welcome back to another issue of Sharing Notes! I'm gonna start doing a little roundup of memes I found during the week at the end of these too.