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The Compelling Reasons
Why are we driven to do the things we do? I can only speak for myself and what are my compelling reasons. Need I have to play music, record and associate with like-minded people. There is no choice. How do I know? There have been seasons when I have not been musically involved. The results…
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Music As History
Looking into music as history allows me to see the past, encountering persons, places and timeline; these things help me to develop a better understanding of where I have come from, present circumstances, my future destination. History impels me to consider matters which reveal the challenges of great artists, their successes and flat out grit.…
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When Bryan Was In Pharaoh’s Land
The People Who Understand Me
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Hyberbole, Standard Operating Procedure
Aggrandize, to increase the power or reputation of something. For me, it implies some sort of exaggeration. It is endemic in the world of music. Please understand, I am as guilty as the next person when it comes to past pretence. I see it in Facebook adds. I see it in band names. How…
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Prodigy
We are always going to run into someone who is a prodigy. A Child Prodigy Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. So I’m hanging in the lobby waiting for my lesson, listening to what I perceive as a high school student laying down a super congruent groove. I’m saying to myself, ‘Man, I wish I could have played…
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It’s All About The Gravy
Things I’ve Learned From Otis Trust Your Friends It’s all about the gravy. There are many different ways to enjoy it. Otis has good friends. Smokey comes to visit from down the street, leaping and bounding because he is so excited to see his buddy Otis. I have never seen two cats so comfortable with…