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Why Do Musicians Write Songs?

In the medieval era, there were the troubadours who traveled the country performing songs they had composed. Nowadays, that’s the life of the folk singer/songwriter. Woody Guthrie was one of the earliest in the modern era to write songs about … Continue reading

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What is Traditional Music?

I periodically ponder this question, since I guess that would be the best description of the type of music I like to play, those old songs that people sing when they get together, whether sitting around the campfire, at a … Continue reading

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Creativity Rides On

Recently, I came across a link to an article in the Wall Street Journal about how to be creative. It has some interesting examples of how people came to make new discoveries, like the glue that didn’t work becoming the … Continue reading

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