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Category Archives: Writing
Go To Your Studio & Make Stuff
There’s every reason on earth to enjoy the creative things you enjoy as often as you choose to. We see ourselves in definitive ways & at various times or ages in our lives we allow ourselves to have & be … Continue reading
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Tagged creativity, creative life, song writing, writing, songwriting, Kate Chadbourne
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Brenda Ueland on Creative Work
I think there is something necessary & life giving about creative work. A state of excitement. And it is like a faucet: nothing comes unless you turn it on and the more you turn it on, the more comes. But … Continue reading
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7 Thoughts on Teaching and Learning Guitar
Knowledge speaks, wisdom listens. When I listen, I can hear whether my students are ready to absorb what I have to offer. First I need to know they believe in their ability and, at the same time, that they’re willing … Continue reading
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You go forth from time to time, place to place, open & eager for all you can feast upon, dancing with words to have the resources to peal through for things to sing, songs to write, thoughts to share.
Making the Most of a Spark (excerpt)
“Essentially, I want good company in my creative life, and I want to provide that to my fellow creators. I want to help other people love their work so that they keep going and give it the very best attention … Continue reading
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Life Story
“And now it is your Life Story and it is you who play the leading roll. The stage is set, the time is now, and the place wherever you are. Each passing second a new link in the endless chain … Continue reading
Dream Machines
When I was a teenager I wanted a “Dream Machine” where I could record all the musical ideas in “me head” & hear them “beck” all at the same time. I was using two cassette players & bouncing tracks while … Continue reading
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Tagged music, engineering, songs, creativity, writing, studios, recording
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Why Music Matters
L Pass ~ my favorite bits from Why Music Matters Karl Paulnack, Director, Music Division The Boston Conservatory Given what we have since learned about life in the Nazi camps, why would anyone in his right mind waste time and … Continue reading
Your Life Depends On It
“Hopefulness only makes sense when it doesn’t make sense to be hopeful. This is your century. Take it and run as if your life depends on it.” ~ Paul Hawken
More Amazing Music
Check out my friends & their music. They’re quite the song masters. Elizabeth Lorrey Jesse Ruben Will Knox Sarah Burrill Anthony Barden Johnny Nicholson
Peak
Let’s time eat more When Rise moon sing Laugh you dance me Smile possess Start wanna clap some doggie’s fun doin’ Mention yours mention ours Heaps jollys Now expect, hearts connect, cheeky doing Peak!
Let the Beauty We Love Be What We Do
Today, like every other day, we wake up empty and frightened. Don’t open the door to the study and begin reading. Take down a musical instrument. Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds of ways … Continue reading
Creative Friends
I worked with a fabulously creative friend & lyricist, Stefanie Mis from 1981-1994. Among our 31 songs, we have a song called “Sad Cafe” that has the line, ” I want to be a part of something, somewhere, now”. As … Continue reading
Speak To Me
One of my just keep your pen moving blurbs that could almost be a poem Sept. 9, 2002 If I rearrange the letters I can sculpt new words & how delicious it would be to take power over my own … Continue reading
Elizabeth Gilbert ~ Swallow The Sun
Elizabeth Gilbert is a superb author who’s voice & spirit I deeply enjoy. She has the intelligence, humor & playfulness combination that seriously tickles me. Here she talks about all of us & the creativity we use & the courage … Continue reading
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Natalie Goldberg on Writing
1 Zen and the Art of Writing — Natalie Goldberg 2 Old Friend From Far Away 3 How To Write
Wild Geese
I love the sound of Geese, like clarinets in the sky. I have recorded them as they flew over head & put them in my song, All The Words. Wild Geese by Mary Oliver You do not have to be … Continue reading
Creative life
Once you get a feel for being submerged in music & in your self created life nothing compares. It’s always getting better & hard to go back.
A few great books and films
A Few Great Books Writing Down the Bones – Natalie Goldberg The War of Art – Steven Pressfield The Well Of Creativity – Julia Cameron, Natalie Goldberg & others The Artists’ Way – Julia Cameron The Courage To Create – … Continue reading
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Writing Quotes
I think there is something necessary & life giving about creative work. A state of excitement. And it is like a faucet: nothing comes unless you turn it on and the more you turn it on, the more comes. – … Continue reading