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December 9, 2021 music / music review / songwriting / YouTube

‘Hotel TV’ from Lawrence: My favorite album of 2021

The Grammy nominations are littered with talent. Its album-of-the-year category features what I think is the best album of the

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November 2, 2019 music / songwriting / soul music / video / videos / YouTube

Ryan’s Playlist No. 5: Nothin’ But Damned Great Music

The month of October has came and went, and just like that we’re faced with the onset of 2020. What

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November 6, 2018 Digital Marketing / music / original music / songwriting / video / videos / YouTube

The secret to small-channel YouTube growth? More about ‘subscriber’ than ‘creator’

Combing through my October reports on YouTube, and one thing is clear: I did something right last month. I’m a

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October 28, 2018 country music / music / original music / songwriting / YouTube

YouTube songwriter discovery (Oct. 28): Emily Schultz, Andy Tunstall, Bill Fonner + more!

Life as a YouTube creator has at least two parts: the creation and the participation. To grow a channel in

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August 12, 2018 music / songwriting / videos

My 10 favorite songs from the most awesome band in the world, Barenaked Ladies

Before I made the trek from Tulsa to Oklahoma City the other night, one of my colleagues at the station

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July 27, 2018 Korg / music / original music / songwriting

Ready to get a new keyboard, considering a Korg Kronos

It’s been nearly two decades since I’ve bought a new keyboard. Seriously. I think I got my Yamaha S90 in

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June 26, 2018 music / songwriting

Songwriter’s notebook: Perfection is the enemy of good

Perfection is the enemy of good. Perfection is the enemy of good. Repeat it and repeat it. It’s not that

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January 20, 2018 jazz / music / original music / smooth jazz / songwriting

Best new contemporary jazz sound comes from sax player Justin Young

This is a totally self-serving post. But if you enjoy contemporary jazz or smooth jazz and haven’t given saxophonist Justin

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December 20, 2017 music / original music / songwriting / YouTube

This YouTuber kills it with a Casio on ‘Cheat Codes’

My dad used to tell me you’re only as good as the piano you’re playing on. Tell that to Stefan

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October 6, 2017 original music / smooth jazz / songwriting / YouTube

Ticket To Fly: #TBT ‘Smooth Jazz’ tune I had completely forgotten (video)

But it was a comment from a YouTuber named Hector that caught my attention tonight. He wrote on one song of mine that he was responsible for at least 50 of the 362 views of an original tune I posted called “Ticket To Fly.”

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