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Lately I’ve become dissatisfied with the way my social media is organized. Back in the day I made a point of separating my music making persona — at least the one that I use for most of my current creations — from my “conventional” life. At the time I thought …
A talented young songwriter and singer from the Fredericksburg area, Sarah Perrotto, recently performed her first original solo show downtown. I’d met her months earlier at a late pub night hang with a mutual friend who introduced us. Sarah has a warm, vivacious personality, which made opening a conversation so …
I’m warning you in advance: this story doesn’t have a happy ending. If you stick around, it’s on you.
There are precious few reviews of the Unsit Treadmill on the web that are truly independent. Most are on consumer review sites (and you have no idea whether they’re genuine). The reviews that turn up highest in searches are by a firm that you can’t really call independent — they’re …
Our band formed an LLC last year. Now, in January of the following year, it’s time to put it to use. The point of the LLC was to fairly distribute taxes on earnings to all band members. The tradeoff for that is maintaining the books, and filing the right paperwork …
There’s a player on a sports team who wants to become a team captain in the offensive team that she’s on. But she’s never been a team captain before. The team’s offensive coach suggests mentoring, and gives her a name and a number to call. After the usual introductions and …
This weekend I decided in a foolhardy moment to upgrade the server that runs this blog and other domains I maintain. I moved the system from CentOS 7 to the new CentOS Stream 9. Everything is apparently in good working order now, at least as far as I can tell. …
Asked precisely no one, at least if the album comes from me. But nevertheless I think this might be the year when I’m going to put together enough new, original music to complete an entire album. Since the beginning of 2020, I’ve spent a lot of time learning about synthesizers …
I haven’t put anything on this blog in forever. It seemed like just pointless spewing with no sign anyone was reading. Like in that song Monster when Jay-Z observes about all those other rappers, “millin’ about, spillin’ their feelings in the air.” Facebook is a crappy place to write stuff. …
