You can look for every opportunity to contradict. Every possible space there might be where you could interject a “Yeah, but!”… Instead of truly listening and contemplating what others are saying, you can self-centeredly pre-fashion your counter argument to back up your opposing point of view while they are talking. And you can punctuate all the shortcomings of a simple life lesson with the tiny special circumstances that are meaningless anomalies. [continue reading…]
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Many of you are probably already aware that on Monday, Amazon offered a deal on Born This Way, the new album by Lady Gaga. For one day only-Monday, June 23rd, Amazon featured Born This Way in it’s entirety for 99¢. I took them up on the offer, and purchased my first ever Lady Gaga album.
I half-jokingly made this comment on Twitter and Facebook post-purchase: “The entire new Lady Gaga record is on Amazon today for only 99¢. And for that reason only, I’m gonna own my first ever Lady Gaga record.”
A few of my friends/followers jabbed at me with some playful sarcasm for buying the record. I understand that a lot of people like to turn their noses up at Lady Gaga. And in all honesty, I’m not really a Lady Gaga fan. Yeah, it may make a few people raise an eyebrow when a rocker/shoegazer such as myself buys a pop album. But I’m also a professional record producer/artist developer/marketer/etc. An artist that is making this much of an impact and pulling in this much cash is worth taking an hour or so to gain some familiarity with. Actually, it should be required by someone like me, even if this is not the field of music I specialize in. [continue reading…]
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As I was headed to a coffee shop meeting this afternoon, I was listening to Vanderbilt University’s radio station, where they were playing a recorded interview of songwriter Sunny Clapp from, my guess is, 50 or more years ago.
In the middle of the interview Clapp made a brief remark about record sales that really got me thinking. He said, “In those days [the 1920s], a hit record was a million records [sold]. But today, it’s only about 300,000 [copies sold to have a hit]. That’s because more people are writing more often, and putting out more records.” [Note: this is a paraphrase, as I can't recall exactly what Clapp said.]
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Mother/Father-Physical Heaven
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Mother/Father-Self Titled EP
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Mother/Father-7" + CD Package
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Wes Sp8-Please EP
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Shut Up (Lead, don’t scorn)
by stinson on October 12, 2011
Where did you hear that the world is a fair place? When, in all the years of your experiences, did you ever get the impression that human nature is to ignore that which is popular, and devote all their attention to the things that are socially important issues?
No, it’s quite the opposite.
And furthermore, there’s a margin to which the specifics of what is “socially important” is subjective. Who are you to decide what is “socially important”? [continue reading…]
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