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February 5, 2018 music / sports

Why JT’s use of Prince’s image was completely tacky

For those of you who had no idea that Prince and Justin Timberlake disliked each other, you figured it out

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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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January 14, 2018 cover song / Digital Marketing / music / video / videos / YouTube

Cover songs on YouTube: What worked in 2017; My strategy for 2018

I’m uploading my first cover song of 2018 to my YouTube channel, a piano version of the Camila Cabello smash,”Havana.”

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January 9, 2018 concerts / music / Steely Dan / Yacht Rock

Breaking yacht rock news: Steely Dan announces 2018 tour

The patron band of yacht rock, Steely Dan, will be smooth sailing into a town near you in 2018. Probably.

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January 8, 2018 boz scaggs / christopher cross / concerts / kenny loggins / michael mcdonald / music / Steely Dan / Uncategorized / Yacht Rock

Smooth grooves: Your 2018 yacht rock concert calendar

As is the name of my blog, “Yacht Rock & Me,” I am an aficionado, fan and practitioner of all

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December 19, 2017 lists / music / Norman Music Festival

My 10 favorite songs from 2017

In years past, I’ve posted a best-of-the-year blog, but truth is I only listen to about one percent of all

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December 16, 2017 Digital Marketing / Uncategorized / video / videos / YouTube

5 things I learned as a YouTube creator in 2017

I have not mastered YouTube, not close — but every week I get a little better at it. So, I wanted to share with you what I learned about YouTube in 2017. Maybe you’ll find one or two helpful tidbits in here.

October 21, 2017 1970s / 1980s / music / original music / Yacht Rock

Yacht Rock Original: “Everybody’s Girl”

I’ve loved all-things yacht rock before the genre even had a name. Christopher Cross, Toto, Boz Scaggs, Michael McDonald, Kenny

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October 14, 2017 1970s / 1980s / concerts / michael mcdonald / music / Steely Dan

Review: Steely Dan’s Tulsa show a party for Walter, total fan delight

On a night when country star Jason Aldean got all the headlines for playing in Tulsa, his first gig since

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October 5, 2017 1980s / music / Tom Petty

R.I.P. Tom Petty: The 5 Petty songs I’m listening to over and over

Like many children of the 80s, struck again by the loss of one of our musical heroes, I’m up late on a Wednesday night listening to Tom Petty.

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