Back in the day, my man and I found ourselves living very Nashville lives. He was finishing up college and playing keyboard/loops for Riki Michele, and I worked for a record label. We were quite poor, crazy busy, and erm, well, I still had a lot of growing up to do. But we made some […]
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For a musician, I sure haven’t been listening to much music lately. I realized this when my brother asked me last week if I’ve heard anything good lately. Nothing came into my mind at the moment, and I realized I haven’t been much of a music consumer for the last two years or so. It’s
Ah, kids music. It’s the genre I love to hate. There are exceptions, of course….there is some good music out there. It seems like so much kids music, though, is inane and/or annoying and/or inappropriate (Kidz Bop, anybody?). The Musician and I were talking about this the other day. We both like to bounce with
Does everyone sing to their kiddos this much? Pre-baby, I heard lots of friends sing to their babies, and my mom and mother-in-law both mentioned singing to their children. However, the past four months have taught me the amazing power of song. I mean, really, we should bottle this stuff and sell it. Oh wait,
On the way home from a mini-vacation this weekend, Paul and I listened to Let Them Eat Cake on WRVU. I’d heard and enjoyed the show before then, but yesterday was the first time I really took notice of it. The fabulous DJs had programmed a mix specializing in the Cold War and related topics,
So, I have my first jazz gig Tuesday night. Several students from the Nashville Jazz Workshop will be performing at Edgehill Studios Cafe on Tuesday, March 4. We’ll be there from 6:30pm to 9pm. I’ve taken two classes at the Nashville Jazz Workshop, and I’ve had a lot of fun. I’ve never performed jazz in
Right now I’m trying to lose some weight. I feel like I need to lose about 10 pounds to be healthy, about 30 to be the weight I would love to be. I haven’t changed my eating habits much, but I am trying to eat more fresh fruits and vegetables. Mostly I am trying to
I like going to concerts, but lately I have been too old too grown-up too busy to go to many. Well, it looks like I have my chance to catch up on everything I have missed with Next Big Nashville. NBN is a 5-day event with over 130 bands, with a heavy emphasis on local
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There are scoffers out there who doubt the quality of music education in this great state. Some non-natives are shocked, for instance, that Tennessee fans seem to know only one word to their fight song: “Whoo!” Nonsense. They are just too drunk to remember the rest of the words. All native Tennesseans learned them in
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This is an embarrassing admission, but it is part of my past, and I feel it is important to acknowledge. For much of my early life, my music of choice (and of ignorance) was easy listening. That’s right. Not just cheesy music — a certain amount of cheese (Bon Jovi, ELO) is respectable for any
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