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Ok, so, this is my second attempt at this challenge. I would say I trailed off at about the second week during wave 1, so I'm going to simply repost my first week's entry as it was solid... not weakened by distractions or technical difficulties. I'll probably revisit and redo my work from week 2 on, but for now, here goes: WEEK 1: Get your mind right!I consider myself a chronic dreamer, so it

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Into The Great Wide OpenbyJen SjolundTommy, bar ownerClaire, Tommy's girlfriend/bartenderValerie, Tommy's ex-girlfriend/business partnerJoe, a regular/war vet[Setting: An old empty bar, anywhere. Scene 1. It is after hours and the bar is closed. Tommy is sitting at the counter with many bottles of beer next to him. He falls alseep.Valerie enters.]VALERIETommy! Wake up. My god, how many have you

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Day 1, week 1.Let the games begin. In it to win it!

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So honored to be included, with my friend and inspiration, poet and painter and artist at heart, Yolanda Mora. Besos, Amor!Open publication - Free publishing - More art

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Yay, I won the MySpace360Wizard redesign contest! It is a very cool new tool that helps bands transform their MySpace page into a more website-like fan friendly page, to optimize web presence! Which means the ability to provide a better experience to people who check out your music on MySpace!My winning advice:@jensjolund DIY artists: engage authentically in all aspects of your career. Focus

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I signed up for this project somewhat ambivalently, but now I'm glad I did, how fun! I'm affectionately going to entitle it "Huh? 123448527". Do a Google search of "123448527" to find the other photos. I'll paste the email explaining the project below:Hello! I have just left Xiu Xiu in Frankfurt, and I am writing this in Amsterdam. Here are photo/photos from the recent Xiu Xiu European tour.

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... but I'll figure that out as I go. Updated my old blog posts this morning, only had about 8 of them. I know there were more, not sure if I faithfully kept a copy of them somewhere. If I did, I'll find them, and add them later.I have a top secret personal blog, I'm debating if I should compile that here as well.It's always interesting to revisit your old mindset, back in time. I remember

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... business and fear.Just listened to an interesting call on the topic of our relationship to our fears. In the context of women and business, but I think it is obviously applicable to life in general. Here's the direct link, she's selling a coaching service, so you have to sort of draw the conclusions on your own, but there's a lot of interesting info in the call itself:http://

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...!I'm still conceptualizing how this blog is going to work in context with all the other things I 'should' be doing out here on the internet, as much as 'should' is generally a red flag word for me. Seems like every site has a blog, so I'm thinking this will be the master blog, so to speak, from whence all other sites are updated!I have posts saved from old blogs I had started, so first I'll

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SOON I tell you!

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It seems those closest to me have been the least open minded towards my work.It hurts when the people you thought knew you the best don't seem to actually know you at all."Oh, you think you're this? When you're (whatever preconceived notion of you they had)?”So in that respect, "Hi!"And let me introduce myself...

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That's the difference between dreams and goals I think. Dreams NEED to be delusional! And by setting realistic goals for yourself, one day you wake up and find yourself really living it!I love those moments when you get a glimpse into the timeless big picture, what better drive for the daily grind?

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Got my ASCAP membership cards in the mail today, yay! I know it's not a big deal, in the sense that basically anyone could join, but it's exciting none the less! so, YAY! :)Want to do a regular blog, like, every Sunday morning or something. Suffice it to say I have been writing alot, and well! Thank the muse!

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Another Morning AfterI can learn from this: do not make anything public during states of sleep deprived delusion! And, there is only one Neil Young. Maybe it would work if I added some distorted rock guitar or something, but right now it's not working.However, in my experimentation I did get some nice phrasing and arrangement ideas. For Shades of December I want to keep the intimacy of the piano

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So here it is... my first demo demo! I really like this song, I hope it comes across well in this recording. I chopped and screwed some garage band loops to create a simple accompaniment, and the vocals are rough but I'll call it raw and passionate. That's what I get for being madly in love with the music of Neil Young right now... I am starting to think this is ok! No offense to Neil's music of

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Sometimes your dreams are chasing you.Sometimes the stars align just right, and in that moment you suddenly see how recent events, sometimes far reaching, were all preparing you for this moment. In these moments is when there is no filters to the love of God, and you just feel it, know it. This has happened to me on so many occasions, and all of them were profound. Some of them saved my life.This

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Applied for ASCAP membership today, how exciting! Both as a writer and as a publisher, figure I may as well be my own publisher, since I'm primarily writing for myself! I wonder what my final company name will be... had to put four choices, all of which I like, so I guess it will be a surprise! I used this as the validation or confirmation or whatever they called it, so hopefully it qualifies,

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So I did wake up with regrets, only to find the site was frozen! Or offline, or whatever. What a different experience it is, to imagine your song being heard, than to KNOW it is being heard! Or could be at any time. My ear became a lot more critical, which is a good thing! Critical is such a harsh word, let's just say that in re-listening the next morning I was aware of so much more that was not

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So I decided to upload my songs "So Many Worlds" and "Deep Blue" as I don't have any demos made, and I thought these came across ok with vocals only. Then I at least have something up as I work on making demos. I was glad to see the "worktape" description, I guess worktape is the new demo, now that demo's are so professional. Which is cool, I'm just not there yet! So hopefully I won't regret

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