It is truly a privilege as well as a treat to preview and review a new album that comes out of the Nashville community. There is additional perspective in reviewing one when it is by someone whom I consider a dear friend. Performing songwriter Shantell Ogden has issued two previous collections of critically…
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By Randy Lewis “It’s the most wonderful time of the year,” says one of the most popular songs of the season. Yet good cheer isn’t what everyone experiences during the holidays. With that in mind, Pop & Hiss hoped to compile a list of the saddest yuletide songs ever recorded. We can’t claim these are definitively the saddest, because…
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BLACK FRIDAY does not seem to ever go away…and not only that, it is evolving into Black November! 2013 is starting to display even more online deals and “doorbuster” events before the sun comes up on Thanksgiving Day! And no doubt will creep into the rest of the week before you realize it……
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Here is the video of Bill Cosby on The Daily Show as he was interviewed by Jon Stewart. Early on in the interview, the Cos talked about a benefit show appearance by him and Stewart in New York City for the wounded warriors called “Stand Up For Heroes.” But in true Bill Cosby fashion,…
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When Army and National Guard veteran Todd Foster talks about his songwriting therapy sessions at the Alvin C. York VA, his eyes light up and his hands become steady. Once a week on Friday, Foster goes to the VA and meets with seven or eight other veterans, a songwriter and a music … Click to…
Read MoreThe United States Marine Corps is 238 years old today! Ooh-RAH!!! Presenting John Philip Sousa’s Semper Fidelis March, the official march of the U.S. Marine Corps and the oldest official song of the U.S. Armed Forces. THE TITLE It cannot be inherited, Nor can it ever be purchased. You and no one alive Can buy it for any…
Read More10 Tools For Your Songwriting Process ~ Tim H. Swanson http://www.timhswanson.com Wed, 30 Oct 2013 14:39:00 GMT Being passionate about songwriting, I rushed down to the stage to help. I had little interest in helping clean up. I really wanted to meet Shane, and ask him a question that had been burning in my mind….
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How many innovative power trios can you name off the top of your head? Let me try… Cream. Jimi Hendrix Experience. Thin Lizzy. Emerson Lake & Palmer. Rush. The Police. Kings X. Green Day. Nirvana. Dirty Loops. That’s right, I said it – Dirty…
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Thought this was interesting and wanted to share it with you. I am putting it in the file for future reference. ~ Dean The 13 Most Insidious, Pervasive Lies of the Modern Music Industry The 13 Most Insidious, Pervasive Lies of the Modern Music Industry. http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/permalink/2013/20130925lies.
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By Dean Olson On this day — September 17th, 2013 — you and I, as proud Americans, celebrate the 226th anniversary of the formal signing of one of the grandest documents ever conceived by human hands … The Constitution of the United States of America! Or as many have called it, the Supreme Law of…
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