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  <div class="message"><p>Working with Alaura Lovelight has been so beneficial! I have learned to use Canva to create images and docs, like the EPK shown to the left.&nbsp;</p><p>We are working right now to identify appropriate venues for my music and get their contact information for booking. I created a template for an email or cover letter to send to the booking managers that can be personalized for each venue.&nbsp;</p><p>I have a two hour set that is just about ready to go and suddenly, I am doing exactly what I wanted to do! I have manifested this…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/7596623/epk-completed-looking-at-venues-for-bookings">Read more</a></span></div>
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    <p class="post-info"><span data-time="2025-06-25T17:36:13-05:00" title="June 25, 2025 17:36">06/25/2025</span></p>

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  <div class="message"><p>In May 2025, I found a young woman offering her guidance for musicians and creatives floundering on the shoals of some problem or other in trying to get their creations out into the world. Her stage name, professional name, is Alaura Lovelight. She is not only a recording artist, she is also a teacher at heart. What I am learning from Alaura is how to present my brand, my songs, to potential venues to get bookings, and to other places, like radio stations, playlists, and people looking for songs. The goal…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/7594154/a-new-mentor-has-appeared">Read more</a></span></div>
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  <div class="message"><p>I hope this post finds you feeling good and enjoying this fine weather we are having. It's been very pleasant since all the rain stopped pouring. Everything is lush and green. The peonies are in bloom and the lilies are about to pop. I love this time of year!</p><p>My second album, “Child of the 60's”, is still coming along. Almost all the tracks are completed except for my talented friend, Dennis Flink, who is in high demand these days for his lead guitar skills. His availability is minimal so we only have been…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/7592594/summertime-is-here">Read more</a></span></div>
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  <div class="message"><p>Back in the day, drinking was a means of social connection, a way to loosen inhibitions, and a way to drown one's sorrows when a relationship has a bad moment. There are more moments of strife and drama in a young relationship than in a well-seasoned one, I have discovered.&nbsp;</p><p>I did a fair amount of drinking when I was young. Mostly beer. When I moved to a small Upper Peninsula town in 1974, drinking was the common form of socialization in the town. It turned out I enjoyed drinking but I didn’t always enjoy…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/7582320/the-bar-fly-trilogy-part-three-i-just-came-in-here-to-get-drunk">Read more</a></span></div>
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  <div class="message"><p>The song “Closing Time” was written in recollection of my experiences as a 21 year old in a small town in northern Michigan back in 1974 to 1978. Bar life became a daily thing in those days. The little town I resided in had twenty-one bars, four churches, and about 300 year-round residents. We all made an effort to keep the bars in business, some more than others.&nbsp;</p><p>Bars were the social centers of the town. Card tournaments, cribbage, bar dice, pool, darts, foosball, pinball games, football pools, Pong, and…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/7580440/the-bar-fly-trilogy-part-two-closing-time">Read more</a></span></div>
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  <div class="message"><p>There are three songs on the album, “Worth Giving”, that I call the bar-fly trilogy. These songs were written based on my experiences as a bartender in small towns in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and northern Wisconsin.&nbsp;</p><p>The three songs are: “Crotch Rocket Blues”, “Closing Time”, and “I Just Came in Here to Get Drunk”.&nbsp;</p><p>I wrote “Crotch Rocket Blues” in the winter of 1978-79. It was my first time bartending in the winter months and I had never been around snowmobiles or snowmobilers before. It was a bit of…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/7578528/the-bar-fly-trilogy-part-one-crotch-rocket-blues">Read more</a></span></div>
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  <div class="message"><p>On April 24th I went to the New Berlin Conservatory of Music studio and watched as Dave Schoepke played the drum kit on five of my tracks. Studio work is great but man, I'd love to be doing a live performance with this guy!&nbsp;</p><p>He is a true professional and a very courteous and friendly person. He posed for this image as we were between tracks. He was able to add just the right touch to the songs we wanted to blow up a bit.&nbsp;</p><p>As a solo performer, it's wonderful to get together with great local musicians, even if…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/7569744/drum-tracks-added-to-the-new-album">Read more</a></span></div>
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  <div class="message"><p>Being a septuagenarian is an interesting experience. In so many ways, my life is the same as always; music, songwriting, house work, checking on my children and grandchildren, keeping my husband happy as much as possible, puttering about indoors for the winter and then puttering about the gardens in the spring.&nbsp;</p><p>The body starts going weird in your 60's. Weaker. Less stamina. Tired more easily. My knees are just about shot. Hand pain occasionally from the “itis” brothers, so working with my hands to keep them…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/7528667/what-i-bring-to-the-table-at-72-years-old">Read more</a></span></div>
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  <div class="message"><p>Sunday, March 30th was my birthday (and Eric Clapton's although he is 8 years older) and it was a really good one. I spent several hours at The New Berlin Conservatory of Music in the studio recording the last three final vocal tracks for the new album.&nbsp;</p><p>Now my main work on the album is basically done. Unless I hear a need for more work on any of the vocal tracks, I will not be adding more vocals. My guitar work is basically done, too. There are some songs where I might add another layer of guitar but that…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/7553460/recording-on-my-birthday">Read more</a></span></div>
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  <div class="message"><p>We had a chance to record the three remaining vocal tracks on Sunday, March 23rd, but there were technical difficulties. Pro Tools kept shutting down for no apparent reason. After two hours of patiently trying to get it functional, Matt finally called the session.&nbsp;</p><p>We do what we can, when we can. All things have to work in our favor to have the best sounds recorded for any album. Things were not totally favorable for us on Sunday but we'll try again next weekend.&nbsp;</p><p>I'm very grateful that Matt is so easy to…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/7548966/technical-difficulties-at-the-studio">Read more</a></span></div>
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