Month: November 2010

Plug-In Musicians

November 19, 2010
MemoirPlaying in the Band
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My dreams often come true. Not the little passing fancies, but those I dream with passion and duration. But there’s no guarantee as to when. Dreams can come true, but they’re often late. I imagine that’s because the dream fulfillment department is swamped with back orders. The angels working there – big, burly sweating angels…

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Ghost Writer

November 11, 2010
ComposingMemoirWriting
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I hear voices. Scornful voices. In my head. They whisper –“You’re not a real writer.” ”No one’s published your book. You’ve never written for the New York Times or the New Yorker. Real writers…”  I do my best to ignore them and keep writing. The same voices used to say, “You’re not a real composer. You’ve never received…

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I was a teenage Beatle

November 4, 2010
60's MusicMemoirPlaying in the BandPop Music
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One afternoon in January of 1964 I went to my best friend Bobby’s house after school. I heard a racket coming from upstairs, a sound unlike anything I’d ever heard.  “What’s that?” He shook his head, little sisters. “Abby. She’s been playing that song nonstop since yesterday,” Over at Bobby’s the next afternoon that song was still…

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