About Me
From the day my mother gave me my first musical instrument at the age of five, I became a musical sponge. I learned any instrument I could get my hands on and it didn’t take long before I was repairing and connecting instruments to PA systems. By 15, I was recording my original songs on reel-to-reel.
Years later, while managing a local music store, I was given the opportunity to perform with the areas most talented musicians, including The Merchants Of Death, Euphoria, Harry Strawberry, Crash Landing, It, and Tellin’ Ellen, The Chase and I haven’t stopped since. I currently write and record all of my own original music in my home studio.
My latest album, Before The Chase, is available now through iTunes and CD Baby. This is an original acoustic rock album recorded with an Ovation 12-string guitar.
A musical sponge–> love that! It’s so inspiring to see childhood passions grow. Thank you for showing my recent post some love.
Best,
Daisy
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Much appreciated, Daisy! For me the passion still grows every day. Looking back just helps me appreciate it all the more. You are very welcome. See you soon.
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Thanks for the follow. See you on the ‘Press.
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That is very cool. Thank you as well for stopping by.
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hullo! thanks for visiting my blog . … .you might enjoy this :
http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2009/03/captain-beefhearts-10-commandments-of-guitar-playing.html
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Oh man! How could you have known that I am a long term CB fan???!! Hot Rats on the Zappa album is one of my favorite tunes and all of his work is worthy. It’s a blimp! It’s a blimp! I never think to much when playing guitar, he is absolutely right. Thank you, that was totally unexpected and appreciated!
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symbiosis i suppose 😉 came my way by way of a local gee-taar playing friend, and i loved the ‘commandments’ (even though i’m no ‘musician’), besides listening to the birds . . . keep the hood on the engine one’s my favorite . . . get ya red hot under there, all fired up ready to let out steam 🙂
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Amazing! The world is a small place. Sometimes the connections seem so far apart when in reality we are all much closer than we think! I hope to hear from you often, my symbiotic friend!
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ola from arizona where there be ‘real’ cowboys!
a musical pass along you might like:: vagabond opera . . . mix up of duke ellington/fishtank ensemble/meets drunken piratey opera singers and then some duke otherwise minus the broccolli and coconuts:: fun stuff . . . . makes for movement that reaches the face in a smile 🙂
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Ola! I am vaguely familiar with them. I did a quick search earlier and will have to do a refresher course soon! I am a sponge and have always relied on others to steer me in the right direction. Thank you!
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Congrats on the albums – I don’t know much about recording but I bet that’s a lot of work on top of the effort to compose and perform.
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Very kind of you. My daughter’s growing up thought everybody had a studio in their house and instruments everywhere, only to find out none of their school friends knew what they were talking about. Most people are not familiar with the equipment or the process, but a lot of us are curious like you are….. I love to record as much as create new music, live performances are still challenging to this day, but there is a reason they call it “playing”…… it makes you feel like a kid having fun again. Thanks for the comment, Kate.
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Hello, my name is Gregory Thomas, I’m a writer and poet, and post my work on my blog at “Cascadialegends.wordpress.com” I just wanted to thank you for liking one of my stories on my blog. thank you very much! I don’t possess the know how, or money to make a book out of my work, if perhaps you know anybody that could help me, please do let me know, also thanks again. It’s my passion to make people smile through my writing, I wish you the best of luck as well
-sincerely,
Gregory Thomas
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Publishing books is not my forte’, but my guess is there are a lot of ways to publish digitally. But like you, I am one in a billion or so LOL. You are welcome and good luck getting your words out there.
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Thanks man, same to you. Let’s keep in touch.
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Any time. Guaranteed!
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Thanks for the like!
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It was well deserved! You are very welcome. Please feel free to keep in touch. It is appreciated.
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Hello midimike, thank you so much for reading my poem and following my blog 🙂
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No problem at all. It was good to meet you. I am fascinated by great poetry. Keep throwing it out there!
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Thank you so much 😀
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No problem at all. I enjoyed it. I am always looking for new ways to reach out but poetry is still the best!
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Hey,
thanks for liking my post and following my blog. I really appreciate it. It was the first piece I wrote for a project I’m working on. I never thought someone would like it. Thank you so much. Hope you’ll like the other pieces I wanna publish.
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You are quite welcome, my pleasure! I often feel that way about my lyrics or songs; it takes a few times listening or reading before many people begin to appreciate them. Don’t get discouraged like I did LOL
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I don’t think I’ll be discouraged. Writing lyrics helps me to cope with different things. So, if no one likes it, it’s ok, but still it took some weight off my shoulders. If someone likes it, well, all the better.
Wish you all the best with your music and lyrics.
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Awesome and good to hear. In my posts and comments, I relate to poems and songwriting as good communication tools to express our thoughts to others, but the best thing about writing is that we get to communicate to ourselves! If you want to have your tunes on the top 10 charts you have to follow a bunch of rules. To take weight off your shoulders, you simply do what works for you! Thanks for the encouragement and hope to see you back soon as well.
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Thanks so much for the like and the follow 🙂 Cheers
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You are very welcome. I appreciate the return visit and hope you find something to like on my site as well……
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Thanks for stopping by my River Girl
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You are very welcome, Ann! Glad to meet you.
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Thanks for the follow Mike. I hope you enjoy your visits.
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No problem at all. Absolutely. Very cool and you will see me back there soon.
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Hello. Congratulations on your album releases. You are proof that dreams really do come true! Thank you for recently visiting my blog and following. I truly appreciate that and hope that you enjoy the content you find there. I am returning the favor and am now following you also and look forward to the new connection. Have a great evening!! 🙂
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Thank you very much. As they say, behind every great man (…… is a daughter that believes in you!!!) Had it not been for her I would not have done this so a big KICK every once in a while is needed to realize those dreams. I applaud those of you that make your own dreams happen LOL. I share your thoughts, and wish you the best.
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Thank you for following my blog and liking my work. It really is very much appreciated. You have a lovely blog and I loved your work too… Looking forward to read more of your lovely work 🙂
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That is very kind of you! As you stated we are all just people. And the fact that you share your life experiences thoughts, poems and ideas with others is what makes this great. I love your format, by the way. Very clever and I will be visiting a bunch!
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Indeed!! Sharing is what we call love and love is what we feel and feeling is life!!
Aw!! That so sweet of you 🙂
Thank you so much 🙂
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Thanks for following my blog, your time is very much appreciated.
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You are very welcome. That is also the way I look at things; I appreciate your time! Very good.
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Hi Mike, thank you for following my blog! Are you a sci-fi fan? I love your enthusiasm for your music – I feel pretty much the same way about my writing, especially since I have only come back to it quite recently. It’s a continual learning process, isn’t it?
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You are quite welcome. To answer your question….. ABSOLUTELY ! I will post thoughts from time to time, but have always been fascinated by the possibilities of man/woman kind and science, planned or unplanned! Thank you for beautiful comments. As you know…. Sometimes it is after the “reset” or the vacation that we renew that connection; the joy of creating and at the same time opening up. I have always said, “I wouldn’t get out of bed of I didn’t think I’d learn something new”.
Yes, but the learning process is all the fun – isn’t it? Thank you again, that was special.
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PS – I see we’ve chosen the same WordPress theme for our blogs, too!! 🙂
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thanks for liking my blog!
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You are very welcome. I am learning a lot, so you will see me again!
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Thank you for following Storyteller. — Ray
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Thanks for visiting my blog.
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Very welcome, I had a great visit. Keep in touch!
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Hi,
So nice meeting you. I am a musician/singer also and I will check out one of your tunes. Absolutely fantastic the network connections that we can build up by using the net.
Shalom,
Pat Garcia
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Hey man, thanks for following my new blog. Nice job with your music and page! I “overhead” above there that you are a Cap. Beefheart fan, that’s pretty cool! I am a FZ fan, and the types of you and I are not easily found nowadays!
Since you have a good taste in music AND you are my blog’s first follower I’ll make sure I’ll write something cool about either CB or FZ in the next weeks 😉
I’ll be checking out your news too.
Cheers!
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You are quite welcome, glad to help! Agreed. I go way back with FZ. I think the third album zi ever purchased was a FZ and The Mothers of Invention. Amazing stuff even today so stay proud! That would be appreciated and I will keep checking in on your blog. Hopefully the first of many followers. Thank you for comments.
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Congrats!! But don’t follow me cuz I am freaked out by Followers – IDK, I think it’s bcuz I read everything they write and I respond and then have no time left over for my own writing, off the computer. But thank you so much!!
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Ha!
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you have a great blog. please suggest me ways to improve mine too. Thanks in advance. 🙂
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That is very kind of you to say. I do not take credit as my daughter is the one who kicks me every day to make sure I do this right. So my first piece of advice is to have a daughter that makes you look great LOL!! I am new at this but I will be glad to help. Thank you for stopping by.
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Thank you for the like and the follow, we look forward to hearing more from you and your experiences as a ‘musical sponge’. vr
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Glad to hear it! Sometimes I soak it up so it was good to visit your blog. Quite welcome!
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Welcome to the blog Neoptions, Mike, may what you glean from it inspire your music and help you on your journey 🙂
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That is very creative and thoughtful. I am sure it will. It is nice to know you.
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Thanks for stopping by my place today Midimike:) Your the first musical blogger who has crossed my path. I am looking forward to listening and reading more from you! Thank you!
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You are quite welcome! I am honored to be the first of hopefully many more musicians. I have so many different styles of music and recordings I hope you can find something you like. Thanks for stopping by and keep in touch!
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You bet Mike! My family and I are traveling now…looking forward to when we get home and really begin our summer vacation off from school!
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Ahhhh. Summer vacation! Home and R&R. Enjoy the times you have!
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Thanks for the follow!
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You are very welcome,,,,…… cool name!
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Thanks! I’m from the land of corn, so it seemed fitting.
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Understood! I know what you mean.
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Thank you for visiting and following my blog. I appreciate it very much. 🙂 More power to you sir.
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Thank you for the encouragement! You are very welcome. Good to meet you.
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Hi..Thanks for following my blog! I would love to know your thoughts on the posts…:)
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You are very welcome. I will be glad to provide feedback from time to time. You are wise as it is the only way we know how and what to improve.
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Hello! Thank for the follow! I think your music is pretty awesome 🙂
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Well that is very kind of you. I am glad you like these ramblings! You are very welcome and you are right – roses are cool!
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[…] a nice weekend off, and I found to my delight that I had a new subscriber who goes by the name of midimike. Thanks for subscribing Mike, I do find it genuinely […]
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Wooo Hooo! Nice to have pleasant surprises once in a while. You are very welcome.
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Thanks for the follow, Mike. I hope your albums do well.
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You are very welcome, and thank you for the good wishes. Seeing the positive comments and feedback is amazing and I hope listeners more enjoy some of these tunes.
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Hi Mike, You are very talented. I hope all goes well for you. Thank you for stopping by my blog today and the follow. AJ 🙂
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Thanks a lot for the comment and compliment! Best wishes to you as well, and you are very welcome!
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hey 🙂 I am glad I came across your blog.. the music is lovely and I can really relate to the words that make it ..wish I could collaborate with you in some way ! its difficult to find art you can relate to 🙂
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I enjoy meeting you too and thank you for a wonderful message. You know, sometimes it is the last place you would expect to look when you find it. I had no idea members of this community would end up being so much like me; creative, hopeful, encouraging, open and honest. I will dig deeper into your blog to get a better idea, but if you have ideas I would love to get your thoughts for a project.
Once we do find art we can relate to, it changes our world. It is worth the search!
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absolutely ! here, there is nothing to hold you back from expressing your talent and emotions, how ever you may want.
sure, I’d like it if you read a few of my poems and let me know what you think . If I come up with anything interesting, will surely let you know 🙂
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I will continue to go through your poems and get back with you with ideas. I am an old man and I move slower these days LOL so let me know what you come up with too. Thanks!
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hahah don’t worry , your talent and passion compensate for the age I’m sure .. yes sure, looking forward to it already !
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Perfect. Thanks!
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Thank you for the follow! I wish you continued success on your musical journey.
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That is very kind, so thank you. I appreciate it a bunch. You are very welcome and thanks for stopping by!
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Thanks for reading and liking my poems!
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Thanks for writing and sharing them!
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Thank for taking time away from your music to visit my blog!
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Ha! Where do you think my music comes from? LOL. Any time. Glad to meet you.
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Hi there! Thanks for the like and follow, much appreciated.
Your About story reminded me of my youngest brother 🙂 https://www.youtube.com/user/hansgitaar
Wishing you success!
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Howdy! Very welcome. I always knew there had to be more than one of me! I appreciate the visit and the encouragement!
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Mike, thanks so much for visiting my site and choosing to follow along. I would be dead without music. Consider yourself a healer.
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That is me too. I could not live without music. I am not sure what else is that powerful for me. A healer……. I LIKE that a bunch! You are very welcome and I am glad to know you.
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Thanks for stopping by my little corner of the world. Your music is great and I’ll be listening while draw and paint 😉
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Much appreciated and you are very welcome. Boy, do I wish I could draw anything more than match stick people! Enjoy! Thank you for the encouragement.
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You are indeed fortunate. I’m afraid music for me is limited to singing and listening. I’m afraid I am technically challenged.
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I do count my blessings, but you still have my favorite two! Thanks.
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Merci beaucoup!
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N’importe quel moment ! (??? I have no idea lol)
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Impressive accomplishments. Thanks for stopping by the Cow Pasture and becoming a fellow fence jumper; much obliged and welcome.
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Thank you! It has been a long time coming! I never looked at these projects as accomplishments, but put all together I guess they are. Time to jump another fence LOL
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Ditto!
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Very good songs! Have any video self recorded? Would like to post in my blog.
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Well, thank you very much, these are my babies! I have videos of the bands that I have been involved in but not too many for my original tunes. I will be posting more videos in weeks to come. I am honored and appreciate your interest.
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As soon as you have something in a Play and Post style, please share by blog or facebook. Very beatiful songs
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Will do! Much appreciated!
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Thanks for the follow, you are the first. I’m new to writing but hopefully you will like my future posts too 🙂
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You are very welcome. I try to be the early bird. I will check back in so I sincerely hope you continue posting.
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Hi MIke… Thanks for stopping by and LIKING my post about my father…but I had actually published it inadvertently…. so it was deleted and is now up and ready for reading….. I look forward to keeping up with your blog!
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You are very welcome. I try to be the early bird! Welcome aboard and I will indeed keep in touch.
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Hi midimike, thanks for following my blog and I look forward to following yours. Reel to reel – I’m sure we could swap a few stories. Best regards, Phil Stanfield
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Hello! Old school – yeah! I look forward to hearing more. Thanks a bunch!
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Hi! thanks for following https://wanderingofwords.wordpress.com/
Your blog looks really interesting and I can’t wait to read more about it.
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Thanks for stopping by and following. I wish you the best with your music.
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Thank you very much. I appreciate the visit and the well wishes!
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Hello Mike! Thanks for gracing robinsimpressions with a follow!
I like the way you describe your self- a sound engineer, I am a student of engineering myself!
A follow in return for your fabulous blog. I can’t express the thrill of being a part of a wonderful community in which there are so many amazing people like you:) I have always loved to listen to music, whether in a language I know or not. Unfortunately, I don’t own a guitar or something. I will enjoy my journey WordPressing with talented folks like you!
-smile and shine
robin
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Hey! You are very welcome. We are all students, Robin and I learn something new every session. I have also been impressed by this community. A lot of talent and creativity out there. Thank you very much for the kind words! Exactly…… great music can be ‘felt’ even if we do not understand the language. (Half the time I cannot understand singers in my language!) Music is a language tool. Until you are able to practice on your instrument of choice, the voice may be good for you and percussion on anything can always be fun! Please feel free to visit often. Share and Enjoy!
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Sorry for replying late!
I agree with you, yes, we are all students n we should keep that attitude also:) Well, ha ha.. My most loved songs include a Japanese song “Yasashisa no Tane” (psst: I shared it in my posts!) which language I don’t understand but I love to hear it countless times! Happy to meet someone who loves music as much as I do!
Thanks so much for the reply!
-keep smiling:)
robin
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That is the cool thing about blogs ….. there is no time clock! I will give that a listen soon. Proving music is a language of its own! You are very welcome and stop back any time.
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Sure, Sir! I’ll be more than happy to visit your blog!
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Very cool!
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🙂
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Dear Mike
What a gentle soul you are! Thank you for following me, I am honored!
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That is very kind of you! Really, I appreciate it very much. You are very welcome and I look forward to learning more.
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