Posts Tagged ‘music’
Someone wrote a song about me! About me!
Spotify recently added podcasts to its offerings. Wondering if my podcast, Boy vs. Girl, had been added, I asked Alexa, our Amazon Echo, to play Boy vs. Girl. She told me that she couldn’t find it on Spotify. Then I asked her to play “Matthew Dicks,” hoping it might pick up my name as one of…
Read MoreJust when you think that the boy is being dragged around by the girl, he asks the question that breaks my heart.
Taylor Swift teaches a valuable lesson to all content creators.
If you haven’t seen Taylor Swift’s Christmas video, you should. It’s a lovely thing, but it’s also an exceptionally valuable lesson for anyone who creates content. Actors. Writers. Artists. Musicians. Designers. Anyone. Treat the people who make your work possible very, very well. My agent, Taryn, once told me that although she thinks I’m a…
Read MoreWhen I started working as a wedding DJ in 1997, the world was damn near prehistoric.
My partner and I started our DJ business 17 years ago on a whim. We had no experience and no equipment but thought we could make it work. Since 1997, we’ve performed at more than 350 weddings. Over the course of that time, I’ve also married more than a dozen couples. We’ve done two weddings…
Read MoreUnnecessary repetition. Wasted opportunity.
I will never understand why songwriters repeat the first verse of a song as their third verse. Thankfully, it doesn’t happen often, but when it does, it can completely ruin a song. Lee Ann Womack’s chart topping song I Hope You Dance is a perfect example of this. It’s a beautiful song and ideal for…
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