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The world is so still
The world is so stillI can hear the clouds comingFalling all over each otherTo see which one can dumpTheir water on me first Read more
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ASCAP
Last Wednesday I attended the 2024 Membership Meeting of ASCAP, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. If you are a songwriter, you should do yourself a favor and join. When it was founded, in 1914, you had to read and write music to be a member but after an exception was made for Read more
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Happy MLK Day 2024
Martin Luther King said this in a speech the night before he was murdered: “Men, for years now, have been talking about war and peace. But now, no longer can they just talk about it. It is no longer a choice between violence and nonviolence in this world; it’s nonviolence or nonexistence. That is where Read more
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This will be our year
Took a long time to come. Every year that passes leaves memories in its wake and they are always a mix of good and bad ones. Each year passes its milestones: birthdays, anniverseries, graduations, marriages, births and deaths. As the years pile up, so do the milestones and memories. In a relationship, all those memories Read more
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2024: Beware!
No matter what happens, 2024 is guaranteed to be a monumental year. Before this year is out, Donald Trump is likely to be a convicted felon, president-elect, or both. The wars in Gaza and Ukraine (not to mention Myanmar and a number of simmering African conflicts) will claim the lives of thousands of people, most Read more
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