Some years ago, I discovered Reverb.com , an e -commerce site dedicated solely to buying and selling music gear, including instruments,...

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In 1973, I was a 16-year-old boy drawing cartoons on an airplane. My family was flying to Acapulco for a short vacation. My dad was an...

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I always hold my breath when reviews of one of my new albums are about to hit the internet and the news stands, don't you? Of course, I...

By Karen Weeks karen@elderwellness.net http://elderwellness.net Image courtesy of Pexels According to a study on the neural, emotional,...

Or, How One Song Turned Into a Video with 100 Indie Collaborative artists By 2018 we had been doing Indie Collaborative (the IC)...

I had been writing songs for my next record, entitled APPALACHIA: AMERICAN STORIES, since I finished my previous album, DUST BOWL:...

I used to write songs about topics, or an idea. Sometimes the idea came from a title line or a melody or even some chords that I stumbled...

After spending the better part of the last 45 years writing songs, I feel like I am finally starting to get good at it. Maybe. It's a...

I am not complaining about having to work alone these days because of the virus. Yes, I really miss doing live performances. A whole...