Wakey Wakey Lemon Cakey

I am a firm believer that the first hour of your day can shape the rest of your day.

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Songs of St. Patrick's Day

Here are my top five songs I sing with passion and volume, especially as the hours become wee and I forget about work the next day. I hope you will add your favorite as a comment.

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Patrick Edmonds’ Ipod- What Are You Listening To?

Since I assume I am hardly alone in this same manner of music acquisition and admiration, I want to encourage a new component to our site in an effort to share our favorite songs and albums with each other.

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Clarence Clemons: The Saxophone Boss

Not many people have ever been able to change my mind about certain things, especially music, but I am happy to say Clarence Clemons and his saxophone not only changed my feelings towards the instrument but enhanced my love of music so much more.

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Birthday Blips: Sly Stone

I know music cannot prevent future disasters from occurring, but as I sit here and think about what my mother and the music she helped make me love does for me, I hope others can find comfort in music during hard times.

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Birthday Blips: Bobby McFerrin

Listening to McFerrin has me in such a good mood.

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Birthday Blips: James Joyce

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James Joyce made music with the written word.

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The Fourth R, Rhythm? Why Johnny Should Take Guitar Lessons

Since some schools are cutting back on extras like music, it is even more important for parents to step in and give their kids the gift of an instrument and lessons and encourage a life-long love of music.

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Beethoven, Brahms, and Bugs Bunny

All I really needed to know about classical music and world culture I learned by watching Saturday morning cartoons! I am a product of the 80s. With that comes a number of wonderfully nostalgic memories, including watching Saturday morning cartoons. Among them are Tom and Jerry, Bugs Bunny and Sylvester and Tweety, just to name a few. It wasn’t until college that I realized I actually knew Mozart, Gershwin and Beethoven because I had never chosen to listen to classical music. My choices lied in the Go Gos, Madonna and New Edition, hardly considered “classical” (although now, over 20 years later, may be considered classic!).

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Up-and-Coming Giants of the Music Industry or Just Another Artist?

Well I'm back, after a brief absence from the blog scene. What, you may ask, has inspired this return? A national news story? A wise insight? A witty observation? A social criticism/commentary? Not quite, you guys will know me better than that in due time.

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