Greetings From Nashville
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Greetings From Nashville

"Concept is everything…some writers write themselves into a circle and wait for the main idea. Sometimes they get lucky. But if you have the concept right from the start the songs write themselves.”

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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to The Airport....
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to The Airport....

The streaming revolution has been a gift to users. We can access as much music as we want, whenever and wherever we want it. For ten bucks. And, we can put our selection back on a shelf and opt for something else if for any reason we aren’t satisfied. That’s a pretty good deal. One would think that for an all-you-can-eat buffet, the value of music would have risen, not declined. 

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Farewell CD
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Farewell CD

There was just something a bit more tangible about handing someone something that wasn’t invisible…something they could touch…that took up space. 

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Straddling the Old and the New
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Straddling the Old and the New

I am of a certain age and they call my generation, "digital immigrants" for a reason: we had to adapt to the digital world, unlike the young "native" millennials who were born into it. They make it look easy. But I'm determined.

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Dear Daughter....
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Dear Daughter....

When I woke up on the first morning after delivering you to college it was quiet.Really quiet. Just as I thought, nobody was in your bed. I knew you weren't at a sleepover. Or on a school trip. This was for real.

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Confessions.