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THE KING OF TEARS - How a journalist renewed my respect for traditional country

The author Malcolm Gladwell gave me a renewed respect for traditional Country songwriting.  

You may have heard of the popular author Malcolm Gladwell.  He’s written 5 NY Times Best Sellers including Outliers, The Tipping Point and Blink, all…

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I CHOPPED OFF PAUL STANLEY’S HEAD!

I remember it clearly.  Back in 3rd grade I had to create a shoebox project of “what do you want to be when you grow up”.  Now most of the normal kids had things like Fireman, Policeman, Teacher, etc…

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WHY SHOULD WE BE, ‘NOT AFRAID TO BLEED’?

I’ve found that in life, the anticipation of getting hit is usually worse than the actually bruises themselves. 
Especially in the long run if it prevents you from living your life fully. 

That realization has been quite liberating, so…

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OUTLIERS

Here is copy of an email I sent to a voice teacher of mine after reading a few things that really pertained to what we have spoken about in class regarding the importance of consistent quality practice. Goes way beyond…

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DAVE'S 5 MINUTE SUMMARY OF ALL "CLASSICAL" MUSIC HISTORY

So you want to know the entire history of classical music but don't have time to do a 4 year music history program at Julliard?  No problem here's my synopsis of all classical music over the last few hundred…

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