I’m Not Dead Yet My first thought was, “I’m too old for this.” When I retired a few years ago and decided to become a full-time singer-songwriter, I had been out of the music scene for many years. I had to start all over again, doing open mics, and re-learning all my songs, many of […]
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FAR-West News of the Week, May 31st, 2021
Topics in this post: Lockdown Lemonade #32 / Campfire June 1st / Community June 7th & Archives / Best of the West & Beyond Archives / FAR-West Teaches Archives / Where to Post your Gigs / JUST PUBLISHED! Monday, May 31st Lockdown Lemonade #32- ’60 to 0′ by Gaby Castro You can read all Previous […]
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Lockdown Lemonade #32 by Gaby Castro
60 to 0 Before the lockdowns, before the quarantine, before the stay-at-home orders and mask mandates, I knew I was burning out and reaching a point in my music career where I needed to stop and think. 2019 had been an incredible year: I went to FAI in February and all the regionals, traveling from […]
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FAR-West News of the week, May 24th, 2021
Topics in this post: Lockdown Lemonade #31 / Community TONIGHT May 24th / FAR-West Teaches THIS Thursday, May 27 / Best of the West & Beyond Archives / Where to Post your Gigs / FAR-West on Undiscovered Music Network / FAR-West on FolkWorks / Subscribe to our YouTube! —- JUST PUBLISHED! Monday, May 24th Lockdown Lemonade […]
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The Silver Lining By Susie Glaze Nobody would have wanted to bring on a global pandemic so that we would develop innovations in almost everything we do, connecting dots where, we were jolted to realize, a lot of the dots had disappeared. We had to find new ways of doing things. And find them we […]
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Topics in this post: Lockdown Lemonade #30 / Best of the West & Beyond Archives / Community May 24th / Campfire May 18th sign-up / FAR-West Teaches Thursday, May 27 / Election Results / FAR-West Memorial Board / Spotify / Social Sharing Volunteers Needed! / Where to Post your Gigs / FAR-West on Undiscovered Music […]
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Planes, trains, automobiles and… MUSIC! I made career decisions long before I was equipped to gauge the meaning of them. I had nearly infinite interests during childhood, with parents both amazingly supportive, yet rarely directive… Today, a clear result is that when a stranger asks what I do for a living, my fast and flip […]
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Topics in this post: Lockdown Lemonade #29 / Best of the West & Beyond Archives / Community May 3rd archive / Campfire May 18th sign-up / FAR-West Teaches Archives / Election Results / FAR-West Memorial Board / Spotify / Social Sharing Volunteers Needed! / FAR-West 2021 / Where to Post your Gigs / The Regions […]
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The Great Pause I’ve been thinking a lot about breath & breathing lately. And rest notation in music. Like pretty much everyone else who is breathing, the past year I’ve maneuvered my way through a series of phases: Shock – disorientation – adjusting to an unthinkable new reality – learning coping skills and figuring out […]
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Topics in this post: Lockdown Lemonade #28 / Best of the West & Beyond Archives / Community May 3rd / Campfire May 4th / FAR-West Teaches May 6th / Election Results / Spotify / Social Sharing Volunteers Needed! / Where to Post your Gigs / FAR-West on Undiscovered Music Network / FAR-West on FolkWorks / […]
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