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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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An open letter to the air (part 2)
All my sorrow And my shame Float away on you All my confusion And my pain Float away on you All my memories And my love Float away on you All my failures And my dreams Float away on you All my living And my death Float away on you Read more
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An open letter to the air (part 1)
Dear you, How long has it been? It’s at least a few years since I gave you serious consideration. After all that you do for me, that seems ungrateful. How have you been? Like the rest of us, you have been through a lot in those years. Even as breathing has gotten more difficult for… Read more
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