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Sandy Hathawayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12050881693304766530noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182751561344682584.post-3411825376860665702018-03-08T01:24:00.000-08:002018-03-08T01:24:05.799-08:00Writing Your Bio-Not Made Simple<h2>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">March 8, 2018</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Our first <b>Booking Live Music Workshop</b> in February 17, 2018 showed me what tasks most musicians need to work on. The majority of attendees who earnestly want to get out there and perform their music for pay do not have all the item for their press kit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>The Bio</b> is a critically important part of marketing strategy for the musician. This is not the most vital part of the press kit but is especially important at almost every step of promoting music. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Originally I had one paragraph in the Workshop material devoted to the Bio. I realized that our focus should be placed on the press kit and writing the bio. I have since read researched deeply on the subject, read several articles, watched videos and updated the section on Bio since the last Workshop. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Introduction that succinctly defines who your are essentially as an artist/band.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Name, artist’s genre, where you are from, include a positive quote from someone you have done business with. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">What you are doing now, your immediate purpose for writing the bio. What activities and CDs are you promoting?</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Your background, past experiences, career path, what current projects you have that are part of your career path?</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Quotes from a couple of your songs for new releases.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Should not waste words. Devote real time and effort into the task, this is why I wrote -Not Made Simple in the Header. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>5 TIPS ABOUT WRITING YOUR OWN BAND BIO</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Music Consultant co-founder Julia L. Rogers.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1px; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://musicconsultant.com/music-publicity/5-tips-writing-your-band-bio/#.WqDcwGaZP-Y">http://musicconsultant.com/music-publicity/5-tips-writing-your-band-bio/#.WqDcwGaZP-Y</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>How to Write an Artist Biography:</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>A Bio Made Simple<br />
</b><i>by </i><a href="mailto:chris@chrisknab.net"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><i>Christopher Knab</i></span></a> -<i> </i><a href="http://www.knab.com/"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><i>Fourfront Media & Music</i></span></a> - <i>Updated April 2010</i> <br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://musicbizacademy.com/knab/articles/artistbio.htm">http://musicbizacademy.com/knab/articles/artistbio.htm</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>How to Write a Better Bio: Advice for Artists and Musicians</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">https://douglasdetrick.com/2013/04/how-to-write-a-better-bio/</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This year began much different than most. I had just quit my day job as an IT Service Desk Rep for over five years in October 2017 because there were drastic changes to our shifts. They wanted me to work on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday throughout the next six month period. I had over twenty-five gigs and parties booked that worked great with my previous schedule. I had to make a decision, stay and break agreements with my clients or leave and do what was ethical to multiple contracts. I left and have kept busy since. I'm not saying this is great, I have always been able to work a job and book a full-time music schedule. Working a day job allows me income I need for recording, groceries, upgrade gear once in a while and the wardrobe.</span><br />
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<br />Sandy Hathawayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12050881693304766530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182751561344682584.post-77350181547363184182016-01-10T12:32:00.000-08:002016-01-10T12:39:06.442-08:00Family Recording Session<h4>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If both girls lived in the same town this would have been easier but I needed to pick up Tori in Chandler and Leilani in Ahwatukee then get to the studio. My daughter told me she would bring Leilani, the six year old and I would pick Tori up and bring her back to my house to meet Leilani. This was going great and I messaged Robert that we will be a little late because of traffic. Traffic on baseline near the holidays is bumper-to-bumper. The trip that usually takes fifteen minutes stretched out to a half-hour. We made it, I took a deep breath and scooted the kids into the studio.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have to hand it to Robert, for a bachelor who has never had children he directed them with ease. The girls had a positive experience and enjoyed the work. Leilani is a twin and her brother Logan is allergic to cats so she doesn't get to visit cats very often. Robert's cat Rorke was friendly and she enjoyed some time with him. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've been coming to the studio for over ten years now and this was a new experience for Robert and me. He had the right approach with both girls and they were finished quickly. Leilai liked recording so well she told Robert "I think I can do better" and recorded her part again. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When Robert first suggested the idea I thought this was going to be a big hassle. Getting the girls together and to the studio was a big hassle, but I'm so glad I listened to Robert's direction on this. I will have their voices with my song long after they have grown up. They will always remember the experience and the experience for them was special. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The song was released on my new EP <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: magenta;">Red</span></span> <span style="color: magenta;">Sky at Morning</span> for digital release on January 3, 2016 and will released on CD January 16, 2016. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On CDBABY.com <a href="http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/sandyhathaway3" target="_blank">Red Sky at Morning</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I challenged myself to write 30 children's songs in 30 days. I am to day six and already have six kids songs that I really enjoy singing. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When I play live music at venues where there are mostly small children and parents I play kids songs. The times that I have entertained children have been extremely rewarding and successful. My next step was to write some of my own children' songs. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Dad planned our summer vacation, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We’ll enjoy the beauty of the nation</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“All Fifty States,” he said with elation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Alphabetically with no aviation”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Takes about four weeks from my computation.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Mom said, “Alphabetically with no aviation?” <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">She said no more for the trip’s duration.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Alabama to Alaska for relaxation,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Arizona to Arkansas and California good vibrations.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Colorado to Connecticut then stop for lubrication.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Florida, and Georgia with no traffic violations.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Hawaii, was the flaw in his estimation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">No way to arrive in Hawaii with no aviation. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">He said, Oh Shucks! Hawaii is a cancellation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Next the “I’s” will all be close destinations.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Idaho, Illinois and Iowa cultivation</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In Kansas we avoided clouds of rotation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Kentucky Dad stopped to buy libations.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In Louisiana we ate crustaceans.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts for Eastern adoration.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Michigan, Minnesota, to a Mississippi filling station</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Missouri, and Montana another midwest combination.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Nebraska crop rotation and Nevada sin temptation</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">New Hampshire and New Jersey East Coast sensation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">New Mexico de-hydration, New York large population. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">North Carolina, North Dakota were not my aspiration</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ohio ,Oklahoma to Oregon increased my frustration.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Pennsylvania to Rhode Island to visit Mom’s relations.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Tennessee to Texas and he had a realization</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">From Utah to Vermont we faced some complications</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Virginia to Washington we had to find comfort stations.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">West Virginia, just five days ago we were near this location.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Wisconsin cheese was such a tasty consolation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Wyoming was our final state, then home for deflation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Mom spoke softly, and without confrontation</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But she took the map and GPS from Dad by confiscation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">She pleasantly smiled said with acclamation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Next year I plan the trip with careful preparation</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This one has caused our family financial deprivation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This vacation went too long, the kids need an education</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Next year we fly to Hawaii,” she said with exhilaration.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Six days into my self-assigned songwriting challenge. I will update as the songs progress. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The lyrics start <i>"I pour my heart into a song, people laugh and cry</i>" </span></h4>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">My most recent song, <a href="https://www.reverbnation.com/sandyhathaway/song/22455268-rhapsody" target="_blank">Rhapsody</a>, is one about being a singing guitarist. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Singers can express emotion and connect with the listener in a special way that seems to transfer feelings from the singer to the listener. Sometimes a song can cause the listener to cry or laugh. Last weekend I had this experience as a listener.</span> </span></span></h4>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">This year at the Flagstaff Folk Festival I was scheduled for two 30 minutes sets. One of my sets was on a nice amplified stage outdoors but the one on Sunday was inside a building that was out of the way from the other stages, the Pioneer Indoor Mini-stage. I was scheduled to play my set at 11:30am, right after Dean Cook. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Jim and I walked into the building that seemed to be empty, we walked to where there was seating and then I spotted the familiar face of Dean sitting at the front where he was to perform. We took a seat right up front since nobody else was in the room. I started up a conversation with Dean about catching his performance a couple years ago at the Gilbert Folk Festival. We talked some more and I mentioned an experience I had the day before on the Pioneer Amphitheater stage. I sang <a href="https://www.reverbnation.com/sandyhathaway/song/23416667-my-dad" target="_blank">My Dad</a> and after the set a nice lady walked up with tears in her eyes and told me that I sang about her Dad. I asked Dean if he would play me a song, he said he would play one he wrote that even he has a tough time getting through. The song was bout the <a href="http://www.fs.fed.us/fire/people/hotshots/" target="_blank">Hot Shot fire fighters from Yarnell, AZ</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Dean Cook has a gentle finger style with his guitar and plays natural without picks. I don't remember the title of his songs or the words but as he sang the sad story with heartfelt emotion I began to tear up. He got through the entire song without his voice cracking but we both had tears in our eyes. I was very honored to have been entertained with such beautiful song. This small stage with only two listeners was an important moment for me. Dean Cook made an emotional connection to me with his performance. Midway through my own performance half the seating was filled, this is always a relief but often this is not the case for some small venues.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">When being a musician was my only job I would work almost every gig available. I enjoyed singing at coffeehouses but often there were times when I entertained only one or two people at a time. I approached the task of performing to audiences of one or two people as if that one performance was potentially life-changing for the listeners and myself. A strong work ethic can make booking gigs easier because the owner or manager knows he or she can count on you to be there on time with the right gear and play your best. In fifteen years I have had many live shows in which only a handful of listeners were present. I have booked weddings, or made good business connections because of the intimate setting, listener are more inclined to speak to you. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Some of the best songs are inspired by family and friend relationships. </span></h3>
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Writers write about what we know and nobody understands that more than our family or friends. If you have a writer in the family you already know what I'm talking about. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Some of my songs developed, after loved ones passed away. I realized how to write about them, their good qualities and the life struggles. The most recent songs I wrote evolved in unique and unexpected ways. Some song inspiration was so interesting I wanted to share the development in my blog. I will list each song with a link to listen to the song and write a story for each song. You can view the lyrics at <a href="http://reverberation.com/">Reverberation.com</a>.</span><br />
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My Dad was written only a month after his funeral two years ago this July. I wanted to remember all the good things I could for a man who suffered with mental illness of most of his adult life. He was an organic farmer in the 60's, we lived on a highly sustainable farm, and cutting our own wood for winter. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Red Sky At Morning evolved from a completed song I had just written but was not comfortable with the lyrics. My son was going through a hard time at work and I wanted to write a song that told him to be strong, brave and tough it out. I wrote a complete song but was not happy with the way the message seemed to clearly convey a mother telling this to her adult son. The lyrics were too lecturing and did not convey the message in an interesting and concise way. I often like to have other distractions while I am thinking about solving a different problem. I was writing the song and for a distraction I was searching nautical terms. What if I wrote the whole song over and used nautical terms to convey the same message in a fun way that would be interesting to a young man. By using nautical terms the song became not creepy and more fun. I like the homonyms "the way" and "aweigh." This song was fun to write. Terms like "round up the sails", broad on through the waves", time to embark make the help to tell the same message that I originally wanted to convey. Moral of this story was that life is hard, it doesn't help to hide or run from your troubles, and we can be strong together. The tune changed to an open tuning in a DADGAD after I decided it would be a nautical tune. The drone of the open tuning added an old world, maritime flavor the song needed. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Dysfunctional was written in 2003 and was included on a home recorded CD I was selling at my live shows. I always felt like the song wasn't complete. After both my parents died I wrote two additional verses, a new chorus and changed the rhythm, melody and guitar chords in 2015. A song that took twelve years to complete. The new version completes the story of my parents' lives together, my Dad's struggle with mental illness and my Mom overcoming alcohol addiction. </span><br />
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Dysfunctional is not only important to me because of the story it tells but opens up a dialog about mental illness and addiction. The world realizes the importance of treating the mentally ill. Most families have someone who suffers from a mental illness, drug addiction, and/or alcoholism.</span><br />
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Making a connection with a loved one's story, struggle, and inspiration can inspire powerful, emotional and meaningful music. Like Dorothy said in <i>The Wizard of Oz,</i> </span><br />
<span style="background-color: #b6d7a8; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">"<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">If I ever go looking for my heart's desire again, I won't look any further than my own backyard, because if it isn't there, I never really lost it to begin with." </span></b></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, san-serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 17px;"><b>L. Frank Baum's novel Wizard of Oz</b></span><br />
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Sandy Hathaway is a Singer-Songwriter who grew up on the West Michigan shoreline. She lives in Chandler, Arizona and performs live shows, is a recording artist and plays cover songs at venues throughout Arizona, and California.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">All songs written and performed by Sandy Hathaway</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My Dad, Red Sky At Morning and Dysfunctional copyright by Sandy Hathaway</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Produced by Robert Lang at Big Bug Sound</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When I was eight I realized that I was too young to experience Woodstock live. I sat on the front porch steps and pouted for most of an entire day because knew I missed that train. I learned some songs and played live whenever there was an opportunity. My guitar sat in a closet for about ten years while my kids were growing up. I went to college</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">, acquired some business skills and was a bookkeeper for an industrial construction company for several years. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When my children became teens I started taking classical guitar lessons during my lunch hour while working in Grand Rapids, Michigan. My goal was to learn more music theory and classical music helped me accomplish this goal. After picking up a guitar again I thought that all this practice was wasted if nobody ever hears what I play. My guitar teacher played live gigs in Grand Rapids and I wanted to play live music. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Our family moved to Arizona in 1999 and I quickly noticed there were coffeehouse venues where musicians can be paid to sing for two or three hours. I took some time to listen to local musicians to get the feel of what is expected. My first demo was on a tape cassette that I recorded in my bathroom because there was awesome reverb in that little room. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I learned two hours worth of songs on guitar and started compiling these into a songbook. The first gig I ever got was at a coffee house in Ahwatukee that paid me $100 for a three hours set on Saturday and $100 for another set on Sunday. I remember I would repeat some of my favorite songs if the original listeners had left. Today my cover songbook contains over six hours of cover music that I play at venues. I played three or four gigs a week for eight years as a full-time musician. I got good at booking my own shows, creating press kits, and then writing my own songs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Writing my own songs lead to the desire to become a recording artist. Now I was a musician who played cover songs most of the week but who also booked special gigs that were especially for me to play my own music at. Coffee shops, showcases, open mics and festivals were ideal venues for indie songwriters. Now I was playing cover music at live shows, original music at coffeehouses, and recording my own music. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I was good at singing 70's classic folk music, popular top 10 music, country, rock, blues and did not stick to one genre. Eclectic was the label I put on my cover songs promotional material. If my listeners asked me to learn songs by their favorite artist I would learn the songs and play them live at my shows. I started a mailing list and had fans sign up at my live shows. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In 2000 I was printing my own business cards, creating my own fliers, recording at home and printing Cd's and booking all my live shows. Most coffeehouses paid $50 back then and wine rooms were $100, which is the same amount they pay today. When you consider if and how much you will tip that musician you like remember that he or she gets no cost-of-living raise. Most full-time musicians do not have health insurance, dental or 401K. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When I had pneumonia in 2003 I waited too long, almost three months. I continued to do my gigs without seeing a doctor. A few times I asked other musicians to share the gig with me. When I realized I was sleeping all day and going to my gig coming home and collapsing, so I finally took my $50 and went to urgent care. I spent another $25 for prescription antibiotics and felt better the next day. I had waited three months without going to the doctor's office because I could have spent the money on important bills or groceries for my four kids. I learned my lesson and go in when I first become sick. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Relating to fans was a skill I needed to improve on. They will ask questions that make you think. "</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">What kind of music do you play?" "</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Do you write your own songs? How many have you written?" "Can you play a song by Taylor Swift or Katy Perry?" When I first started setting up for gigs people would stop and try to carry on a conversation with me. I wasn't sure how to handle these interruptions at first but when I realized these are the same people who tipped and bought Cd's at my shows I realized that they are my customers as well as the venue. They were worth my time and I would respond with my best answers whenever they approached me. Many would ask me if I knew songs by their favorite artist. I made it a point to write down the songs and artists so that I could learn them. Today my songbook for cover songs contains over six hours of music. People tell me that my song choice is good and all the songs I sang were their favorite ones. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My own songs have evolved but are still eclectic with indie, folk, blues country and Jazz genres. I have borrowed a little from the hundreds of artists I have covered songs from in the past fifteen years. They have an indie original sound that is not heard anywhere else. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Labeling yourself with one genre is the way the old music industry managed to categorize music for radio and television. My last CD, <a href="http://sandyhathaway.com/Home_Page.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>Edge of Twilight</b></span></a>, has many different genres and styles. Recently I have been writing more blues and jazz style songs like <a href="http://www.reverbnation.com/sandyhathaway/song/22455268-rhapsody" target="_blank"><span style="color: #741b47;">Rhapsody</span></a>, but then a modern-day sea shanty might suddenly emerge from the depth of Neptune! Like <a href="http://www.reverbnation.com/sandyhathaway/song/21920240-red-sky-at-morning" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;"><b>Red Sky At Morning</b></span></a>. This song has been re-recorded and will be on the next EP. This is the Demo version. Marketing may make choosing one genre more desirable but songwriting and recording are too creative to keep in a genre box. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Read More: In a previous blog <a href="http://sandyhathawaynews.blogspot.com/2014/09/singer-songwriters-and-cover-songs.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;"><b>Song Writers and Cover Songs</b></span></a>, I mentioned that my song and music knowledge was not diverse and how I learned to embrace all music. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sandyhathaway.com/" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank"><b>Sandy's Website</b></a></span><br />
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<br />Sandy Hathawayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12050881693304766530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182751561344682584.post-63593676099925834332015-03-08T22:08:00.002-07:002015-03-08T23:30:29.071-07:00Request Heath Screening Exams <h4>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The main point here is to speak up and trust your intuition when it involves your health. Last year I wrote a blog about the time I went to the emergency room with a huge headache, nausea and dizziness. I demanded my own MRI test and received a diagnosis of multiple brain aneurysms after the doctor was ready to send me home. I asked for my exam and have another blog explaining why you should always ask for your exam. You can read the brain aneurysm blog here: <a href="http://sandyhathawaynews.blogspot.com/2014/04/neil-young-laura-branigan-and-sandy.html">April 29, 2014 Blog</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last year I decided to stop putting off the dreaded Colonoscopy Exam that insurance covers after one turns 50 years of age. I scheduled the test and since I have experienced acid reflux with problems swallowing food for several years, I requested an Esopagogastroduodenoscopy Exam. That's not what I actually asked for, I simply said, "I would like an upper digestion test."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A week later I received a phone call from the Gastroenterologist's office. The medical assistant called me to explain a diagnosis of "High grade dysplasia of Barrett's epithelium." The word "dysplasia" is a greek word meaning "bad." She explained that there are four grade levels before Barrett's Esophogus becomes cancerous. High grade dysplasia was the fourth level just before cancer. I scheduled an appointment to come into the office to discuss a treatment plan. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The treatment that was explained to my by a thoracic specialist involves three outpatient treatments in which my esophogus is superficially burned. A balloon type of device expands within the esophogus and chemically burns a thin layer of the esophogus. The Barrett's Esophogus is treated endoscopically by laser and biopsies would be performed at each stage. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Three years earlier I made a few positive health habit changes. I stopped drinking diet soda which certainly contributed to the condition. I was having so much trouble swallowing food at mealtime that I decided to become a vegetarian. Meat was especially difficult to swallow. After three years of eating a vegetarian diet I added seafood to my diet. Now I have added exercise and reducing my calories to try even more diligently to lose weight. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Singing has always been a very important part of who I am. To explain that you can listen to one of my latest songs <a href="http://www.reverbnation.com/sandyhathaway/song/22455268-rhapsody">Rhapsody</a>. Now I needed to have my esophogus burned and a breathing tube would be placed between my vocal cords in the process. There were risks but regardless of the risks, if I left this condition untreated it would almost certainly progress to cancer. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My first outpatient treatment was performed in a hospital. Everything went well and I experienced a mild sore throat and went home with pain medication. The next morning I slept in later. I tried to get out of bed and my abdominal muscles and legs began to cramp causing server pain. I'm very independent and did not want to ask my husband for help. I worked my way out of bed and to my walk-in closet. Getting dressed was very difficult but after about 25 minutes I managed to put on the simplest outfit and walk to the kitchen. I couldn't sit without pain and I couldn't stand without more pain. I was already taking pain medicine for the sore throat but this was very intense pain. I researched online "severe pain after surgery" and the result that came up was a muscle relaxer that is frequently used when inserting the breathing tube called Succinylcholine or Scoline. This muscle relaxer caused post operative myalgia. The pain subsided after a couple of days. I affirmed with the nurse from the hospital that this was indeed the drug that was administered during my procedure.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The sore throat healed quickly and I was able to sing after a few days. I called the Gastroenterologist's office and made sure they included notes not to use the same muscle relaxer in the next procedure.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last week I went in for my second treatment. I took the time to talk to the anesthesiologist ahead of time to make sure he got the memo. </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When I woke in the recovery room the nurse delivered good news. She said next time I will only have an exam and won't have the treatment that burns the esophagus. They managed to complete the treatment with two outpatient visits.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was surprised how quickly my throat healed and the next day I could get out of bed okay. I could sing and talk easily the second day. I was feeling optimistic so setup to work since I work from home. I quickly realized that I needed to use the pain medicine that would render me useless at work. The day after I managed on regular pain medicine and enjoyed being back at work.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Most of my family and my supervisors knew about the treatment. I like to keep my health care and personal issues private in most cases but in this case I want to speak up. If you have any problems with acid reflux, food allergy or swallowing food ask for your exam. In the case of my 2009 brain aneurysm episode and high grade dysplasia I had to ask for my exam. I had to make sure the anesthesiologist did not administer the muscle relaxer that caused my post operative myalgia. In the case of the brain aneurysm I most assuredly would have died unless I insisted on the MRI. In this case with high grade dysplasia I would have developed cancer without the upper endoscopy test that diagnosed the problems. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Moving ahead in a career as an independent musician or songwriter within today's music industry is a completely different process than it was in the golden day of the record industry. Unsigned musicians have more opportunity to introduce their music to the masses than ever before; however, the number of recording artists has increased. Recording independent music and video has never been as accessible as it is now. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Playing out as frequently as possible helps build an audience and improving skills. Knowing your audience helps to determine which venues to book shows. If the audience demographic is young and not opposed to staying up late then booking late night clubs will help propel your career. If the audience is between the 25 to 50 age category then playing venues that provide comfortable seating at earlier times will be more advantageous. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://davidwilcox.com/" target="_blank">David Wilcox</a> sings a song on his CD "Live Songs & Stories called "The Terminal Tavern." If this is how you feel about playing in bars then you may want to consider playing a wine bar. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Do you feel comfortable playing in noisy bars or do you prefer quiet listening rooms that are more intimate? Visiting a venue is a good way to decide if the atmosphere is one that you can perform best in. House concerts are ideal for those who prefer a venue where you can meet and greet your listening guests. If your genre will be best propelled through club type venues be sure that you understand the requirements ahead of time in order to maximize your fee. If you are not happy spending the majority of your time promoting and selling tickets then some of these clubs are not desirable. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The size of the stage is especially important for bands that have full drum kits, standup bass, and several members. Having enough monitors to ensure all band members can hear the music improves the performance. When I have a big stage performance I always consider inviting other experienced performers to accompany me. I have played large stages solo but the appearacne and full sound of duet or trio are more desirable. Room capacity makes a difference when playing small venues with limited seating. Not all listeners can stand for long periods of time. Several considerations about accommodation are vital to the success of a live show. Comfortable seating can is important for some many listeners. Booking the right venue for the audience size ensures that all listeners will enjoy your music. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Does the venue already have a sound system and sound staff? Should you bring a mic, instrument cables or other gear? Knowing what gear you will need for the gig can save you time and effort packing gear into your vehicle. Contact the venue soon after or when you book and ask about what gear you should have, capacity for guests, how you will get paid.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">During the booking process ask the owner if they promote the show and if they approve the use the venue's logo in your posters. Promoting online and mailing lists are important ways to inform the listeners who already like your music. Hanging a poster at the venue is important so ask the venue where posters should be hung up and if there are any other rules about posters at the venue. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Keep your eyes open for new potential venues that might consider booking musicians. Offering to help book other musicians at the venue by providing the contact information. Sharing this information is advantageous to the venue and the musician. The venue will be able to offer a variety of music and the word will spread faster about the venue.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My latest song about "packing up the gear and singing my heart out." Working as a musician is more work than most people realize. A full production of the song will be released this spring on my next EP.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sandy Hathaway 2014 Edge of Twilight</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">David Wilcox, Live Songs and Stories CD track 2 "The Terminal Tavern"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4-KwHd4Fbo</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When I was younger I played every gig that would hire me, inside or outdoors. I wanted to be good at what I did and pay my dues as a local musician so I played every gig that was offered. When I started in Arizona there were enough coffee shops to sing at to keep me busy as a full-time musician. I could play at coffee shops in the morning and play a wine room or events in the evening. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In 2003 I heard a duet playing live at a coffee shop that I played at frequently and wanted to hang around to talk to the musicians. I liked hearing them play some songs from the 50's and 60's with a guitar and standup bass. When I started talking to the singer I told him that he really should put a tip jar out when he sings. Mike said, "You don't know who I am do you?" At first I thought this was a rather presumptuous statement. I didn't remember ever hearing his music on the radio. I had only lived in Arizona for a couple of years and I don't watch TV very often. He told me what he was a sports caster for TV 3 and he asked me to play few songs at his gig. He proceeded to tell me that he thought he might put a tip jar out to donate to his charities. I learned that Mike has donated all of his CD sales and fundraising proceeds to charities for Alzheimers, Animal rescue and more. When I was on Good Morning Arizona back in 2004 <a href="http://www.singingtvguy.com/" target="_blank">Mike Chamberlin</a> introduced me to the staff as "The hardest working musician in Arizona." I didn't think I had earned the title at the time but tonight I look back and realize why he pinned this title on me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Indoor restaurant gigs were much more comfortable, better for acoustics and payed better. I did some of these gigs but I also worked every coffee shop that would hire me because I loved these shops. I loved the free coffee, the college students who liked the music and being able to play my own music. I liked the smell of coffee grounds and even got used to the coffee grinder noise during my set. The Coffee Plantation chain of coffee shops hired me to play about three shows a week for several years. On the weekend I would play at restaurants or special events and I taught guitar lessons on weekdays. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's true, I would get to the gig and the manager would say, "Someone will come out in a few minutes and start the heater for you." Most of the time nobody came out, they were too busy making drinks. On a rare occasion a heater would actually be started and contain enough propane to last for the three hour set. Ahh, these were good nights. Most of the time the propane tank was empty and a gesture to light the heater was made but I sang in the cold. This was physically hard work; the amp I used back then weighed 48 pounds and the gear usually involved a few trips from the car to the setup location. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tonight I sang outside for a holiday event with my guitar and the last hour was almost unbearable. It has been several years since I had gone through the routine of warming up the car and late night tea before bedtime. Tonight I sang for hundreds of people and had a terrific time but the cold reminded me that I do work hard at this and have for many years. A few weeks ago I wrote a song about why I am compelled to play these gigs as a local musician. Anyone who has ever watched The Voice or American Idol knows that being a local musician is something most of the contestants want to stop doing. The big stage and making it big is where it is at for them. So why play coffee shops and low paying gigs? I have had friends and family ask me this question and I have not produced an eloquent enough answer to this question until I wrote my new song "<a href="http://www.reverbnation.com/sandyhathaway/song/22455268-my-rhapsody" target="_blank">My Rhapsody.</a>" Listen or watch the video, the recording quality is much better than the video. I recommend the link to the song first.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The words to the chorus of <a href="http://www.reverbnation.com/sandyhathaway/song/22455268-my-rhapsody" target="_blank">My Rhapsody</a> explain it all: <i>"Playing music is just like a smooth Merlot it pleases the tongue and warms the soul, it's the clean scent of linen on a clothesline in the breeze, lilacs in bloom and birds singing in the trees."</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can purchase Mike Chamberlin's CDs from his website. The proceeds go to charitable organizations.</span><br />
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Six months ago I began including more Blues and Jazz to my song list for live performances. Learning new genres and music styles not only includes hours of practice and study but venturing outside of my usual showcase venues. I discovered two stages and both were operated by seasoned musicians who do an excellent job with sound, managing the stage and narcissistic egos of musicians. </div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span id="goog_910862538"></span><span id="goog_910862539"></span><b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=696151080&fref=photo" target="_blank">Glenn Alan Torrico</a></b> has been running the Singer Showcase at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/NMTBrewing" target="_blank">North Mountain Brewery</a> for over two years. </span></div>
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Glenn asked me to do a showcase a few months ago and I decided to go ahead and try this venue. The sound levels were set good and Glenn was an excellent host. He introduced each musician and had fun banter with the performers <span style="color: #0c343d;">during the night. The beer was great so I kept coming back. I was disappointed to learn that tonight, Nov. 28, 2014 will be the last show. I'm glad to have the opportunity to do one more showcase tonight at 9:40PM before the showcase stage ends. </span><br />
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Glen sings, and plays electric or acoustic guitar. He is an excellent lead guitarist and he plays nearly all genres. If you are interested in hiring Glenn Alan Torrico for a showcase or as entertainment for an event please see contact information below.</div>
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I heard about <span id="goog_910862552"></span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/PhoCaoaz" target="_blank"><span id="goog_910862573"></span>Ph<span id="goog_910862582"></span><span id="goog_910862583"></span>o <span id="goog_910862557"></span>Cao<span id="goog_910862574"></span></a><span id="goog_910862558"></span><span id="goog_910862553"></span><span id="goog_910862560"></span><span id="goog_910862561"></span><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/"></a> through invites on FaceBook but had not stopped in yet. I decided to try a few new blues songs but did not want to risk trying them at a professional show. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/lewisray.cammarata.5?fref=photo" target="_blank"><b>Lewis Ray Cammarata</b> </a>is the host of this open mic.</div>
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My first impression of the stage and room before ever hearing anyone play was this was a fabulous stage and comfortable room to play. The food and service were excellent as well. Lewis had a signup list to sign in at for an orderly and well managed open mic. The show starts around 6:30PM on Sundays and accommodates those who need to be home early for children or work n the morning.<br />
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Musicians were able to play four songs and the sound system sounded great. Lewis is another seasoned singer-songwriter who has been playing in the valley for several years. The sound system was clear and loud enough and Lewis did a great job making everyone sound their best.<br />
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Lewis Ray Cammarata plays live shows in Arizona and his information will be listed at the bottom of this page.<br />
A few months ago there was an article circulating on Facebook like wild fire about Open mics and how they take gigs away from working musicians. You can take a read if you like <a href="http://www.gigsandbands.com/5-reasons-why-open-mic-nights-are-killing-live-music/" target="_blank"><b>[story about open mic from some English dude]</b>.</a> This article listed five reasons why open mic was not good for musicians who play for income. So there were so many musicians on Facebook agreeing with this article. I researched more of the story and author and discovered the author was from England and referring to gigs in England. That geographical location has a completely different set of circumstances in the local music scene. Here are my five reasons to support open mic:<br />
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<li><b>Networking</b><span style="color: purple;">-Open Mic is good for musicians on every level. Networking with other musicians is important for professional musicians and those who are working towards getting gigs in the future. </span></li>
<li><b>Jamming and Band Experience</b><span style="color: purple;"> - Musicians have the opportunity to play along with other musicians they have met at the open mic. </span></li>
<li><b>Commerce</b><span style="color: purple;"> - Open Mic supports the local venue by drawing customers. Local artist venues are important and patronizing these venues helps all artists.</span></li>
<li><b>Audience Review</b><span style="color: purple;"> - Once a musician has practiced new songs he or she has learned or written they might try them out at the open mic for the crowd's reaction. </span></li>
<li><b>Direct Hire</b><span style="color: purple;"> - Some Open Mic venues also hire local musicians, I have been hired by venues that host open mics after playing on the stage. </span></li>
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I have been working as a local musician for over 15 years in Arizona. From my experience , if a musician is good enough and works at booking he or she will book gigs. The open mic will not influence whether or not he or she gets a gig.<br />
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If you would like to book a gig or contact Glen or Lewis their contact information is listed below:<br />
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<b>Glenn Alan Torrico</b><br />
Booking: 623-986-4600<br />
Website: GlennAlanMusic.com<br />
Email: gtunes@yahoo.com<br />
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<b>Lewis Ray Cammarata</b><br />
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Sandy Hathawayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12050881693304766530noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182751561344682584.post-23600583608584743622014-09-23T23:29:00.000-07:002014-09-24T00:37:25.238-07:00Singer Songwriters and Cover Songs<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>West Michigan in the 60's our parents listened to two types of music, Country and Western.</b> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When our parents left the house we changed the radio station and cranked the volume up so we could enjoy some Rock and Top 40 hit music. When we heard the car pull into the drive one of us turned the dial to the station they listened to. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Experiences listening to live music were that of my paternal grandfather who played the harmonica, my maternal grandmother who played guitar, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">accordion and piano as well as my Aunt Jeanne and Uncle Pat who played guitar and sang.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">When I began writing songs my limited exposure to different music genres hindered my ability to write the music I really wanted to create. When I realized that I wanted to write good music I began expanding my CD playlist library to include all genres of music. I began playing guitar when I was eight and the first artists that I covered were Simon & Garfunkel, and Judy Collins. These artist were amazing songwriters, but I didn't move beyond my midwestern Irish Catholic culture for style or genre. </span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIP9f98DN7EqzBa8AXoTIc6OZnaGbgWuSyceZ2BksLdTpQvUw2tARmNlDoc6c-pHVCdB8G-u0mg0LHdqlJrl_WU11W0Sy8zlBlYCH18Ej0EPlg-bYRgW8stxqm49RoTV8TAjiB47gCNi8/s1600/Sandy+Hathaway+-2000.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIP9f98DN7EqzBa8AXoTIc6OZnaGbgWuSyceZ2BksLdTpQvUw2tARmNlDoc6c-pHVCdB8G-u0mg0LHdqlJrl_WU11W0Sy8zlBlYCH18Ej0EPlg-bYRgW8stxqm49RoTV8TAjiB47gCNi8/s1600/Sandy+Hathaway+-2000.jpg" height="197" width="200" /></span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">In 1998 I started taking Classical guitar lessons with <a href="http://davidmolinari.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #134f5c;">David Molinari</span></a> to expand my guitar abilities. I knew that I wanted to expand my knowledge and playing ability but my narrow experience with other genres influenced what I studied. In 2005 we would share a coffeehouse gig in Petoskey, Michigan.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I started increasing my repetuare by learning songs by Jewel, Lisa Loeb, and Joni Mitchell-still stuck in my Midwestern, cookie cutter song list. I knew I wanted to write songs and learn more genres.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Moving to Arizona was a turning point in my thirst for music knowledge. When I realized that I wanted to play live music at venues for my work I started getting out and listening to live music. The drive to ramp up to a three hour set was strong and so I began learning top 40 music as quickly as I could. Through the process of learning so many cover songs I also learned to sing and appreciate eclectic genres and styles. In an effort to overcome my stunted music knowledge I decided to pay my dues and book as many live music shows as I possibly could. The experience would help me with the learning curve. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Coffeehouses and wine rooms were my niche. I played over 200 live shows a year between 2000 and 2006. I still play several live shows a month but not up to four a week as I did back then. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The experience of learning the best songs in the world inspired me to begin writing in 2001. I started recording my songs and performing at festivals as a songwriter and the songs were well received.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">My song style continually morphs into elements of the music I have learned. In the last ten years I have been primarily focused on recording my own music and playing that music at live shows. My last two CDs, <b><a href="http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/SandyHathaway" target="_blank"><span style="color: #134f5c;">This Gallery EP</span></a></b> and <b><a href="http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/sandyhathaway2" target="_blank"><span style="color: #134f5c;">Elements of Sound CD</span></a></b> were produced so well that I like to listen to my own songs sometimes. They were produced by Robert Lang at <a href="http://bigbugsound.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><b>Big Bug Sound</b></span></a> in his studio at the Legacy Golf Resort in Phoenix, AZ.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">This year I have written three new songs and re-written an old one. Now I realize that I would like to add more soul and emotion into my songs after recently recording "<b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2wNwtWow1UYSYku_QtTt4Ty905GDdxAi" target="_blank"><span style="color: #134f5c;">Gypsy</span></a></b>." I wanted to expand my vocal range and improve my overall performance. A few months ago I started combing <span style="color: #134f5c;"><b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2wNwtWow1UYSYku_QtTt4Ty905GDdxAi" target="_blank">Youtube</a></b> </span>for the best blues, soul and R&B music I could learn. At my last two shows I noticed that adding blues to my repetuare has helped increase my vocal range in all the genres I previously sang songs in. My song lyrics are colorful and descriptive and I want my music to have the more texture, emotion and soul to compliment the lyrics.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Musicians constantly grow, change and expand their music abilities. Learning blues, gospel and R&B is moving me out of my comfort zone and expanding my vocal range, knowledge and appreciation of these music genres. </span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.3px;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #45818e;">“I’m looking into this livin' world, for life’s essential sparks"</span>-<span style="color: #76a5af;">Robby Roberson</span></span></b></span></h4>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Robby Robertson has been playing guitar since the mid 60’s, inspired by The Beatles,“I Want to Hold Your Hand”. In 2007 Robby developed a passion for writing and performing. He plays and performs at many of the finest listening venues in Arizona. In 2013 he and his band, Robby Roberson Quartet won the Tucson Folk Festival Songwriter Contest with a live performance of original music by Robby Roberson.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; letter-spacing: 0px;">The award winning songwriter Robby Roberson teams up with band mates to form Robby Roberson Quartet. The members of the band include: Robby Roberson on vocals and multiple string instruments, Jim Banister on drums and percussion, Michael Mulryan on violin and Eddie Garnero on bass.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">With the accompaniment of his band they have developed an original sound. </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Robby describes his music: “The Robby Roberson Quartet's music is reminiscent of 'americana roots.’ Our repertoire consists of original songs that are stories of fact, fiction, joy, and sorrow; set against a backdrop of the various acoustic stringed and percussive instruments that create a balanced harmonic, organic, and original musical style.”-<span style="color: #45818e;">Robby Roberson.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; letter-spacing: 0px;">The live recording </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; letter-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="color: #45818e;">Robby Roberson Live at The Rhythm Room</span></b></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; letter-spacing: 0px;"> is available at all live shows. The dynamics of the live band are so much more energetic than one can derive from a recording studio. The album contains nine songs: </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; letter-spacing: 0px;"><i><span style="color: #45818e;">The Rezz, Sweet Milk & Cornbread, Hard to Find, Fairy Tale Song, Across The Universe, Heaven or Hell, Waves, Black Wind Blowin and All Along The Watchtower.</span></i></span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoiY3w3a257un_mGaG0G20-Vrw2aOH0FP4FH2Tkj_9ocjSfm3IogKFbay1vi2R-Bk7dCl4PlBSnH8z9OLKW05gpKR-HBCA-V_uXTX_F_RaB5NsPoGORCi4C-dt_Do_LB75mMvYTsW1ln8/s1600/Album2.tiff" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoiY3w3a257un_mGaG0G20-Vrw2aOH0FP4FH2Tkj_9ocjSfm3IogKFbay1vi2R-Bk7dCl4PlBSnH8z9OLKW05gpKR-HBCA-V_uXTX_F_RaB5NsPoGORCi4C-dt_Do_LB75mMvYTsW1ln8/s1600/Album2.tiff" /></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; letter-spacing: 0px;">Listening to Robby Roberson Quartet live will make you forget your troubles and enrich your soul with resonating goodness. At any time during a performance Robby could be playing a guitar, dobro, mandolin, banjo or one of the many resonator instruments when he performs with his band. The band adds even more rich layers of sound with, bass, drums, percussion and violin to make this beautiful “Sweet Milk and Cornbread” sound.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; letter-spacing: 0px;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When you buy a concert ticket you pay for the band, sound engineer, booking agent, advertisements, rental equipment, travel costs, ticket printing, lodging, meals, snacks and drinks for a large crew of people. That $175 ticket to see <a href="http://www.billyjoel.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Billy Joel</span></a> gets spread out to many people. I was there, it was the amazing concert we expected. I remember back when $50 for a concert ticket was crazy. A great concert can be a good experience, especially those of aging rock legends who might not be touring much longer. Now compare the value of a local music venue to a large venue. Front row seats, low cover cost, excellent music, original songs, and you can meet the band during the night and get a CD signed without a long line.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Local music is low cost or free entertainment that provides an up close and personal experience one cannot experience at a large arena. I started playing venues in Arizona in 2000 and back then there were so many venues and fewer musicians. In the past decade I have seen an increased interest in local music in the valley. The ones who <i>get it</i> keep coming back for more. This is a unique experience; listening to a musician you know who was sitting at your table just ten minutes earlier. Now he or she transports you to that special place in your mind that remembers feelings and thoughts from the past, maybe the smell of pine trees and emotions you haven't felt in a long time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Fifteen years ago there were so many coffee shops in Arizona that would hire musicians to sing for three hours for the rate of $50 per hour. Today most coffee shops in Arizona pay $50 but there are fewer coffee venues that have live music. Full-time local musicians could make a living by playing coffee shops and wine rooms. <a href="http://sandyhathawaynews.blogspot.com/2014/04/historic-arizona-music-venues.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Full story here.</span></a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Local musicians learned the bitter truth about why their coffee shop gigs were closing fast. <span style="background-color: white;">I</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">n 2003 BMI and ASCAP started dropping in on small venues that offered live music. If the BMI or ASCAP spy recognized that the local musicians were singing cover songs the venue would be required to pay a fee. Usually the fee was between $400-1000 a years to have local music, depending on the square footage of the venue. Most coffee shops could not afford the fee because they were barely afford to keep their doors open, let alone pay the fee. I performed my own live music at ASCAP venues--I am an ASCAP member, so why have I not received any compensation for performing my songs at the ASCAP venues?</span><span style="line-height: 18px;"> <a href="http://sandyhathawaynews.blogspot.com/2012/10/live-music-in-arizona.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Full story here.</span></a></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">One of the best things about coffeehouse venues is that when the coffee grinder is not running you actually hear the musician singing to the room as well as the sound system. He or she may even look at you and ask you a question or spin off into a special story that leads into a song. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I took some time to see Robby Roberson Quartet play at the old Sail Inn location this year. Small venues are a great opportunity to really hear the music, get some good photos and meet with the musicians. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Robby Roberson on vocals and multiple string instruments, Jim Banister on drums and percussion, Michael Mulryan on violin and Eddie Garnero on bass.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;">Folk Music Blurred Lines Between Genres</span></h3>
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The definition of folk, folk music, and folk dance are derived from the term folklore. According to Wikipedia, the word folk began being used around 1846 when <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Thoms" target="_blank">William Tomms</a> used it to describe the traditions and activities of the "uncultured classes." I became interested in folk music as a child in school when we learned important folk songs like <i>This Land Is Your Land</i> by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woody_Guthrie" target="_blank">Woody Guthrie</a>. </div>
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When I was eight I learned to play guitar chords and folk songs were popular in 1969. I learned to play songs by Judy Collins, Peter, Paul & Marry, Joan Baez, Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell. This music was not music from uncultured classes as William Tomms believed it was. The new folk music was intelligent and asked questions that needed to be asked. </div>
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Many early Folk fans during the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_folk_music_revival" target="_blank">American Folk Music Revival</a> expressed their disappointment in 1965 when <a href="http://www.bobdylan.com/us/home" target="_blank">Bob Dylan</a> released <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bringing_It_All_Back_Home" target="_blank">Bringing It All Back Home</a> by Columbia Records, an album with electric guitars.<br />
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The definition is very broad and contains blurred lines and mixed genres. A melting pot of music to use an analogy, much like Americans, we are of many cultures, traditions and heritages. Roots music covers a wide range of genres that began during the great depression and the dust bowl between 1900-1930's. Most roots music musicians don't consider themselves as folk musicians. Roots music includes Cajun, Blues, Rock and Roll and Rockabilly are just some of the roots music that developed and fused between multiple genres. Much of todays country music stemmed from folk and roots music. </div>
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My personal experience with folk music has been one of community, caring and creativity. Traveling throughout Arizona from Tucson to Flagstaff I have meet up with many of the same folk musicians and their families from town to town. Songwriters frequently fall into the folk music genre simply because they are independent artists. In Arizona we have the <a href="http://www.tkma.org/" target="_blank">Tucson Folk Festival</a>, <a href="https://bos.etapestry.com/prod/viewEmailAsPage.do?databaseId=SharlotHallMuseum&mailingId=28547503&personaRef=875.0.213978125&jobRef=875.0.346423337&memberId=921893332&erRef=875.0.213978124&key=23529b9a37fac1e11e01d8619b93a" target="_blank"><span style="color: #351c75;">Folk Music Festival, Sharlot Hall Museum</span></a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Gilbert-Folk-Festival/173630869357151?fref=photo" target="_blank">Gilbert, Folk Festival,</a> <a href="http://flagfolkfest.org/" target="_blank">Flagstaff Folk Festival </a>and various other community events that bring this large family of folk artists together. Most folk festivals have amplification but discourage electric guitars, guitar amps and pedals. Today's folk music is mixed with influences of Rock, Blues, Americana, Jazz, Country, Pop, Folk, Gospel, R&B, and many more genres.<br />
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Compiling a song collection and assigning a genre can be a daunting task when each song has it's distinct personality, style and genre influences. The order of the CD song list can affect the genre of the entire CD. I had ten very different songs but were all brilliantly produced and well written songs.<br />
In the past, big labels would hand select songs and try to make an album fit within a genre for marketing purposes. As a songwriter, I enjoy letting the song develop into what it wants to be, not make it fit into a plastic box. Most of my songs develop into contemporary folk songs and I would feel comfortable attaching the folk label genre to most of them. For the sake of this story I'm purposely going to slap some genre labels on my own songs from my last album. There are a few songs that definitely would not fall under the folk music umbrella. </div>
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<a href="http://www.reverbnation.com/sandyhathaway/song/19278185-radio-days" style="color: #45818e; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Edge of Twilight</a> by Sandy Hathaway was released in January 22, 2014 at <a href="http://thesailinn.com/" target="_blank">The Sail Inn</a>, a venue that cultivated some of the best live music in Arizona. Robert Lang at <a href="http://bigbugsound.com/" target="_blank">Big Bug Sound</a> was the producer and he was determined to make the songs each sound the way I imagined they should sound. In some cases I trusted his expertise enough to have him imagine how the song should sound. Here is the breakdown of the songs on the album and what the actual genre is for each song is closest to. The album is marketed as an Indie/Folk album because there is genre fusion happening here. Labels are difficult but I labeled each song according to the genre that best suited the production and here is what I ended up with: </div>
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Here is how the album stacked up in terms of genres: Only three of the ten songs were actually <i>Folk</i> songs. Three were <i>Folk/Rock</i> songs, one <i>Blue Grass/Country</i> song , one was <i>Classic Rock, </i>one <i>Pop/Rock</i> and one <i>Rock </i>song. </div>
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<b><a href="http://www.reverbnation.com/sandyhathaway/song/19278185-radio-days" target="_blank">Radio Days</a> </b>-<i>Classic Rock</i> -What made Radio Days so special was that it was written, recorded and mastered as if this was a 70's song. The video link here: <a href="http://youtu.be/jeQSkjc30Vg" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;"><b>Radio Days</b></span></a> is available on Youtube. </div>
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<a href="http://www.reverbnation.com/sandyhathaway/song/19129578-ray-of-hope" target="_blank"><b>Ray of Hope</b></a> - <i>Folk/Rock-</i> Ray of Hope was written in a drop D tuning. This is a song that speaks of community, faith, hope and many people hear Joni Mitchell influence in the alternative tuning.</div>
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<b><a href="http://www.reverbnation.com/sandyhathaway/song/10658064-dirt-road-to-nowhere" target="_blank">Dirt Road To Nowhere</a></b> - <i>Folk- </i>This is a song about where I grew up, we had a dirt road that was a dead end at the bottom of our dirt driveway. This song is planted in folk tradition. </div>
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<b><a href="http://www.reverbnation.com/sandyhathaway/song/6865127-this-gallery" target="_blank">This Gallery</a></b> - <i>Folk/Rock</i>- Talk about creative percussion, this song is full of texture and credit to James Thorp-drums and percussion as well as Robert Lang who produced the song. This Gallery is written in DADGAD tuning.</div>
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<b><a href="http://www.reverbnation.com/sandyhathaway/song/17570742-ghosts" target="_blank">Ghosts</a></b> - <i>Folk/Rock</i> - This song brings ghosts to life! Michael Levin -cello, Patty Arnold - flute and Kevin Mauch-bass make the ghosts "dance under the covers." Not a typical folk song or folk arrangement. </div>
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<b><a href="http://www.reverbnation.com/sandyhathaway/song/18286422-dont-look-back" target="_blank">Don't Look Back</a></b> - <i>Pop/Rock - </i>This song was written as a pop song with a contemporary pop song sound. Robert Lang even recorded vocal backup at my request. </div>
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<a href="http://www.reverbnation.com/sandyhathaway/song/18286538-daisy" target="_blank"><b>Daisy</b></a> - <i>Blue Grass/Country-</i>I sing popular country music but prefer Blue Grass to Country for listening. This song is about my paternal grandmother who lived a very humble life in the country. If my grandma had a genre it would be Blue Grass. </div>
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<b><a href="http://www.reverbnation.com/sandyhathaway/song/19338480-seasons" target="_blank">Seasons</a></b> - <i>Folk</i> - The first song I wrote and recorded that was well received. This is a simple song that describes the land where my maternal grandmother lived. This was originally going to be about her but evolved into a description of her farm. </div>
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<a href="http://www.reverbnation.com/sandyhathaway/song/9325657-hannah" target="_blank"><b>Hannah</b></a> - <i>Rock</i>- Hannah is near the end because it is definately a rock song. Straight up three-piece band rock music, this song is like one of the last chocolates in the box that tastes wonderful. </div>
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<b><a href="http://www.reverbnation.com/sandyhathaway/song/9325784-heavens-skylight" target="_blank">Heaven's Skylight</a></b> - <i>Folk- </i>A beautiful melody written in DADF#AD tuning. This song was written for Betty Rose, my mom. I noticed that through her illness there were many abilities that she no longer had such as driving, shopping and even eating. This was played at her funeral in 2005. </div>
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Writing and listening to music has taught me to enjoy a song for what it is and not try to pigeon hole it into a genre for marketing purposes. I love traditional folk music but do not want to be labeled as a one genre artist. Coutry music is moving and wonderful, but I don't want to only sing one genre. Many artists who wanted to "make it big" moved to Nashville and worked to churn out more and more songs that fit into one genre. I make music because I am inspired, not to make it big in music. There are stories to be told and new tunings to try. Sharing the music is important and I work diligently to promote my own music. In this digital age in history I am grateful to create music the way I want to make it and share at my live shows and on the Internet. I still sell more records at my live shows than online. <br />
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Sandy Hathawayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12050881693304766530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182751561344682584.post-66682601860125648322014-06-12T20:54:00.002-07:002014-06-13T06:29:18.602-07:00Chiclets, Widgets & Links<div style="color: #232323; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 14px; min-height: 16px;">
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><i>Never underrate the significance of social networking tools </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Musicians</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"> ask me about social networking and using web tools to manage the sites. Many musicians rarely update their own websites. Most focus on music and don’t have an IT (information technology) background. When terminology begins to sound foreign people become intimidated and find an expert that will charge them money for consulting and work. I have been building my own website for 15 years and have been able to update my own content as I grew my music business. Now that I have an IT degree and work in the IT field I have more understanding about the web applications. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #232323; letter-spacing: 0px;">Today there are companies that host and offer affordable, easy software interfaces that allow business owners to make their own web updates. This blog doesn’t promote any specific social networking site but I will mention several as examples in this article.</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> <a href="http://www.sonicbids.com/band/sandyhathaway/" target="_blank"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">GoDaddy</span></b></span></a></span><span style="color: #232323; letter-spacing: 0px;"> is relatively affordable and has an easy-to-use web design application interface available. A website owner can choose from many different designs and templates. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Local musicians are hard working individuals and groups that spend hours on the booking, study, and technical aspects of the music business. I have always managed to have a day job and spent the balance of my time away from that job working on my music business and spending time with family. The best local musicians I know have not updated their personal websites or joined the list of valuable sites that small businesses need to survive in a competitive business today. Musicians know about competition. We compete for local music work but those of us who have been local musicians for a long time know that we are a family. Interdependence has always been good for business as well as personal social growth. When I help my fellow musicians grow their business I am helping myself. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b style="background-color: white;">Start</b></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span style="color: #232323;">by analyzing your social network sites that you currently work with like </span><a href="https://twitter.com/Sandy_Hathaway" target="_blank"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">Twitter</span></b></span></a><span style="color: #232323;">, </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/TechAlicious" target="_blank"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="color: blue;">Facebook</span></b></span></a><span style="color: #232323;">, </span><a href="http://www.reverbnation.com/sandyhathaway" target="_blank"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="color: red;">Reverbnation</span></b></span></a><span style="color: #232323;">, </span><a href="http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/sandyhathaway2" target="_blank"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">CDBaby</span></b></span></a><span style="color: #232323;">, </span><a href="http://sandyhathawaynews.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="color: orange;">Blogger</span></b></span></a><span style="color: #232323;">, </span><a href="http://instagram.com/sandylhathaway" target="_blank"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="color: #783f04;">Instagram</span></b></span></a><span style="color: #232323;">, </span><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/sandyh1020/" target="_blank"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="color: red;">Pinterest</span></b></span></a>,</span><span style="color: #232323;"> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/torishei8" target="_blank"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="color: red;">YouTube</span></b></span></a><span style="color: #232323;"> and so many more. Compare your list of social networking sites to those of your other musicians’ sites. You could do this on paper, but since we are talking about links to website a Word or Notepad application my be a good way to store the information. You will copy-and-paste the website URLs to your document as in the example below:</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Chiclets: </b><span style="color: #232323;">Chiclets are the little square icons that are all strung together to link your social websites to your</span></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> <a href="http://www.sandyhathaway.com/" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="color: purple;">personal website</span></b></span></a></span><span style="color: #232323; letter-spacing: 0px;">. You may also have chiclets on many of your social websites as well. They are created using a tool called a “Widget”and written in html code.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Widgets:</b><b style="color: #232323;"> </b><span style="color: #232323;">Widgets are used for creating more than just chiclets. A </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_widget" style="color: #232323;" target="_blank"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>widget </b></span></a><span style="color: #232323;">is a tool that converts the information into the </span>http protocol <span style="color: #232323;">or web language that is needed to create the various elements of your website information. You don’t need to understand the protocol in order to create the scripts you need to add to your website.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Easy Tools</b>:</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> </span><span style="color: #232323; letter-spacing: 0px;"> One of the best social networking site that I use as a musician is</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b style="color: #ff2600;"> </b><a href="http://www.reverbnation.com/sandyhathaway" target="_blank"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="color: red;">Reverbnation</span></b></span></a></span><span style="color: #232323; letter-spacing: 0px;">. The site offers tools and advanced tools like EPKs Electronic Press Kits. One of the main reasons I like this musician site is because widgets can be added to the musicians’ website so the musician only needs to update schedules, music and other information at </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b style="color: #ff2600;"> </b><a href="http://www.reverbnation.com/sandyhathaway" target="_blank"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="color: red;">Reverbnation</span></b></span></a></span><span style="color: #232323; letter-spacing: 0px;">’s site. The widgets automatically update the information on your personal website. Ten years ago we were dependent on a website designer to make updates. We either learned how to create and update our sites or had to pay someone. Most of use used our email and created email lists.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Fan Mailing List</b>: </span><span style="color: #232323; letter-spacing: 0px;">The email fan list is still important for growing a fan base. Musicians may have hundreds of friends on their</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TechAlicious" target="_blank"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="color: blue;">Facebook </span></b></span></a></span><span style="color: #232323; letter-spacing: 0px;"> page but this is not have the same personal touch that email can offer. </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> <a href="http://www.reverbnation.com/sandyhathaway" target="_blank"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="color: red;">Reverbnation</span></b></span></a></span><span style="color: #232323; letter-spacing: 0px;"> allows musicians to build fan lists right from the site. Email is a sure way to deliver your news in a more personal format. If musicians have not paid for advanced features at the site they can collect the contact information that is available and add the users to their original email mailing list. Pay attention to new fans, you can reply to them and thank them as well as ask them to follow you on</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> <a href="https://twitter.com/Sandy_Hathaway" target="_blank"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Twitter</span></b></span></a></span><span style="color: #232323; letter-spacing: 0px;">.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Promoting Music and Videos: </b></span><span style="color: #232323; letter-spacing: 0px;">Most of us have invested money and hours of development time for our music, recording and production. The Internet is the best way for use to promote our work without having to tour and visit radio stations like musicians of the past needed to do. Anyone can promote their work and become an overnight success! Most of use have been working for many years as local musicians and are not necessarily looking for overnight success but want to share their art with listeners who will appreciate their creative designs. The Internet opens up new opportunity to musicians and small business owners that was never available. You will want to analyze the progress of paid EPKs and paid websites; if they do not show results as promised discontinue the campaign. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Video</b>: </span><span style="color: #232323; letter-spacing: 0px;">Creating a</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/torishei8" target="_blank"><span style="color: red; letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Youtube</b></span></a></span><span style="color: #232323; letter-spacing: 0px;"> channel is important for spreading the word about your music to the masses. Videos don’t have to be perfect in order to go viral. Many homemade movies have spread to millions of users overnight. </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/torishei8" target="_blank"><span style="color: red; letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Youtube</b></span></a></span><span style="color: #232323; letter-spacing: 0px;"> does get very strict about licensing even when you promote your own music you sometimes need to prove that it is your own. One of my favorite artists is</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjWRi2qaGtKjQyoQLc4OGkw" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Sungha Jung</b></span></a></span><span style="color: #232323; letter-spacing: 0px;"> whose homemade video exploded on Youtube overnight. He played </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #941751;">“</span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4CR3GoB3YY" target="_blank"><span style="color: red; letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>With Or Without You</b></span></a></span><span style="color: #232323; letter-spacing: 0px;">” by U2. I saw him perform with</span><span style="color: #941751; letter-spacing: 0px;"> <a href="http://youtu.be/lcr392cIvYE" target="_blank"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Trace Bundy</b></span></a></span><span style="color: #232323; letter-spacing: 0px;"> at the</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> <a href="http://mim.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #660000; letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>MIM (Musical Instrument Musium)</b></span></a></span><span style="color: #232323; letter-spacing: 0px;">. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Monetize</b><span style="color: #941751;">: </span></span><span style="color: #232323; letter-spacing: 0px;">If you wish to monetize your video be sure the songs you use are either licensed or your own original music and lyrics. When you monetize a video you allow</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/torishei8" target="_blank"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="color: red;">Youtube</span></b></span></a></span><span style="color: #232323; letter-spacing: 0px;"> to put commercials in front of your video. You can also monetize your blogs at</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> <a href="http://sandyhathawaynews.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange; letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Blogger</b></span></a></span><span style="color: #232323; letter-spacing: 0px;">. If you are the owner and have a site such as CDBaby managing your royalty license <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/torishei8" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ff2600; letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Youtube</b></span></a> may require that you prove the song is yours. I have done so by simply stating that I am</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> <a href="http://www.sandyhathaway.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Sandy Hathaway</b></span></a></span><span style="color: #232323; letter-spacing: 0px;"> and I wrote the music, lyrics and recorded the video for </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #ff2600;">“</span><a href="http://youtu.be/jeQSkjc30Vg" target="_blank"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="color: red;">Radio Days</span></b></span></a></span><span style="color: #232323; letter-spacing: 0px;">.”</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Organize: </b></span><span style="color: #232323; letter-spacing: 0px;"> Take the time to add each of your social networking sites up into the bookmark bar of your web browser. A web browser is the application that opens up to the Internet web pages you want to go to. I like to keep my social website bookmarks altogether because I often cut-and-paste from one source to another. I like to write so I blog once a week. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Posting and Scheduling:</b></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b> </b><span style="color: #232323;">Posting once a week at each site should be adequate for updates unless you have an important, last minute event. Blogs can be posted weekly, bi-weekly or monthly depending on how prolific the writer is. When I book a live show or event I post it to</span></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> <a href="http://www.reverbnation.com/rpk/sandyhathaway" target="_blank"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="color: red;">Reverbnation</span></b></span></a></span><span style="color: #232323; letter-spacing: 0px;"> immediately. I have the widget on my</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> <a href="http://www.sandyhathaway.com/" target="_blank"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="color: #660000;">homepage</span></b></span></a></span><span style="color: #232323; letter-spacing: 0px;"> so the updates sync automatically. When the event is near I can go into the calendar on Reverbnation and Share the event on Facebook, Twitter and Email by clicking on the Share button next to the event. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>EPK Electronic Press Kit: </b></span><span style="color: #232323; letter-spacing: 0px;">There are many EPK options to choose from. Musicians can direct booking managers to one site or provide a variety of links with multiple EPKs. </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> <a href="http://www.reverbnation.com/rpk/sandyhathaway" target="_blank"><span style="color: red; letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Reverbnation</b></span></a></span><span style="color: #232323; letter-spacing: 0px;"> and</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> <a href="http://www.sonicbids.com/band/sandyhathaway/" target="_blank"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="color: red;">Sonic Bids</span></b></span></a></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: red;"> </span><span style="color: #232323;">offer easy to use EPK options. Remember to update the EPK when you update your Bios, photos, videos and music.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Blog: </b></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b> </b><span style="color: #232323;">Blogging is a good way to express who you are to your fans and to acquire new ones. I have a few different blogs but most of the time I simply cut and paste the same blog material from one blog to the other blog. My primary blog site is Blogger, I like this site because I can create multiple blogs and have no trouble entering multi-media objects like MP3s, Podcasts Photos, Videos and links into a blog.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #232323; letter-spacing: 0px;">Never underrate the significance of social networking tools like Twitter, <a href="https://twitter.com/Sandy_Hathaway" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0096ff; letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Twitter</b></span></a><b>,</b></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b style="color: #0433ff;"> </b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/TechAlicious" target="_blank"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="color: blue;">Facebook</span></b></span></a></span><span style="color: #232323; letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>,</b></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b style="color: #ff2600;"> </b><a href="http://www.reverbnation.com/sandyhathaway" target="_blank"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="color: red;">Reverbnation</span></b></span></a></span><span style="color: #232323; letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>,</b></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b style="color: #019051;"> </b><a href="http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/sandyhathaway2" target="_blank"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="color: #274e13;">CDBaby</span></b></span></a></span><span style="color: #232323; letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>,</b></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b style="color: #ff9300;"> </b><a href="http://sandyhathawaynews.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="color: orange;">Blogger</span></b></span></a></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="color: orange;">,</span></b></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b style="color: #945200;"> </b><a href="http://instagram.com/sandylhathaway" target="_blank"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="color: #783f04;">Instagram</span></b></span></a></span><span style="color: #232323; letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>,</b></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b style="color: #ff2600;"> </b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/sandyh1020/" target="_blank"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="color: red;">Pinterest</span></b></span></a></span><span style="color: #232323; letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>,</b></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b style="color: #ff2600;"> </b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/torishei8" target="_blank"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="color: red;">YouTube</span></b></span></a></span><span style="color: #232323; letter-spacing: 0px;">, Email, and</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> <a href="http://www.sandyhathaway.com/" target="_blank"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="color: #660000;">Personal Website</span></b></span></a></span><span style="color: #232323; letter-spacing: 0px;">. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #232323; letter-spacing: 0px;">I have a board on my Pinterest account called </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: red;">“<a href="http://www.pinterest.com/sandyh1020/songwriter/" target="_blank"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="color: red;">Songwriters</span></b></span></a></span></span><span style="color: #232323; letter-spacing: 0px;">” and was so excited when one of my favorite Singer Songwriters,</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/lkaplansky/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Lucy Kaplansky</b></span></a></span><span style="color: #232323; letter-spacing: 0px;"> followed me! </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">You can try adding a new site or organizing your Email list each week until you have a well organized social network system. You will be able to sell your songs online, manage live events, distribute this information to everyone and interact with your fans.</span></div>
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Sandy Hathawayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12050881693304766530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182751561344682584.post-58747669545629629222014-06-02T23:47:00.000-07:002014-06-03T00:17:09.713-07:00Deconstruction Of Dirt Road To Nowhere<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The dirt road really did lead nowhere. We were at the wooded end of 104th Avenue. Our house was about 1/4 of a mile from the main road. The school bus picked us up at the main road each morning and dropped us off in the afternoon. We did have to walk up hill, but not both ways. The road came to a dead end at our driveway. We walked the length of the road to check the mail, go to school, and visit with the closest neighbors. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The song "<a href="http://www.reverbnation.com/sandyhathaway/song/10658064-dirt-road-to-nowhere" target="_blank"><b>Dirt Road To Nowhere</b></a>" was inspired by this road. Robert Lang, the producer at <b><a href="http://bigbugsound.com/" target="_blank">Big Bug Sound</a> </b>produced the song before I ever recorded at the studio. There are crickets in the introduction, I thought this was so close to how the woods sounded at night. Robert explained how there was a rogue cricket that kept chirping so he decided to incorperate the sound. The sound track was mailed to me and Robert said I could come in and record the vocals when I was ready. This was the beginning of expressing my songs the way I wanted to. I finally found a producer who understood that emotion, feeling and expression were primary elements of excellence in recording.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our house was on a hill, we had two barns. One barn, the old barn, had farm equipment and tractor. We had a cement block barn that housed chickens, ducks,cow, sheep, pig and rabbits. We worked hard on that farm in Hart, Michigan. I remember realizing that my friends at school did not have to work as hard as the Merrill kids did. When we got home from school we stacked wood, attended to chores for the animals and did household chores. We had occassional cars that did drive up the road but the road ended here and they would need to turn around. My newer song My Dad tells this story about the farm in depth. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">"And the trees were so tall </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">that there wasn’t any sky, </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">On a dirt road to nowhere</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When we had time to play this was a 40 acre playground. The black and white photo that inspired "<a href="http://www.reverbnation.com/sandyhathaway/song/10658064-dirt-road-to-nowhere" target="_blank"><b>Dirt Road To Nowhere</b></a>" is of my older sister Tammy and me. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The sky did not appear in the photo, only trees behind us and my Dad's prized Buick. I remember it had push button radio buttons and we ran the battery dead playing the radio once. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We had neighbor friends at the end of the dirt road and sometimes we were allowed to walk down to visit the Bowmen girls or Peters farm. Most of the time we Tammy, Billy and I played together. There were swings all around the property. One of my favorite swings was in a tree to the left of the Buick in the photo my Mom took. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The dirt road had so many surprises along the way. We were easily distracted walking home from school with a creek, frogs, wild flowers, animals, dead logs, wild berries, mushrooms and shortcuts home. The shortcuts were always longer but they eventually lead us home. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My mom had a large patch of roses that were the prettiest shade of pink, the flowers on the farm were great sources of pleasure for farm children with very few toys. We would pick them for our Mom and she alway raved about how lovely they were. We didn't know that they were why she sneezed so often when they were brought into the house. The Devil's Paintbrish had a butterscoth type of fragrance that I loved. They seemed to grow in sandy soil where strawberries and Queen Anne's Lace grew. We would pick Queen Anne's Lace and put them into colored water so they would change to that color. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When we were children my brother and sisters expereienced depression associated with my Dad's mental illness. There was a lack of social interaction because Dad wanted the seclusion of the woods. He was an organic farmer who raised free range chickens and grass fed cows and pigs. The song "<a href="http://youtu.be/hbcZb_EFT4U" target="_blank"><b>My Dad</b></a>" tells about the good times I remember about being with our Dad.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When we were kids we thought that we were poor because we had to work so hard and we didn't buy all of our food from the store. Now I understand the rich life we had and the lessons we learned in the soil, grass, the woods and on that dirt road to nowhere. </span></div>
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Sandy Hathawayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12050881693304766530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182751561344682584.post-49143057531518969822014-05-21T19:56:00.002-07:002014-05-21T19:56:44.326-07:00Hospice Volunteer Interview -Podcast 2<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hospice Volunteer Podcast with Sante Hospice Volunteer Director, Robert Decker. Click the link below to begin downloading the podcast. Robert explains how to become involved in this important volunteer work. If you are interested please listen to the podcast and contact Robert or myself. The contact information is listed below the link.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Sandy Hathawayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12050881693304766530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182751561344682584.post-39427108972846108752014-05-18T20:09:00.005-07:002014-05-18T21:14:17.999-07:00Music Hospice Companionship Volunteer<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When my grandmother was in the hospital after suffering a serious stroke I was at her bedside. She told my aunt that she wanted to have music while she was beginning her journey from this life. There was no radio that I could turn on so I sang Bette Midler's song, "<a href="http://youtu.be/5kbc_F_uMsw" target="_blank">The Wind Beneath My Wings</a>," softly to her and as I did she slipped away. This was a beautiful moment that strengthened me. The song <a href="http://www.reverbnation.com/sandyhathaway/song/19338480-seasons" target="_blank">Seasons</a> was written for my grandmother Bernice. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Work</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> as a music volunteer for a hospice group began in Ahwatukee, Arizona in 2007. I found the ad on Craig's List and remembered that day with my grandmother. I have always been compelled to offer my talents as a musician for good causes. When I saw the ad for a Music Hospice Companionship volunteer I knew this was a great cause. I contacted Robert, the director of the group, and met with him at my local coffee shop. Robert is very organized and was able to schedule regular performances close to where I live.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First things first- there was training involved for this job, about 12 hours of training. This training included <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIPAA" target="_blank">HIPAA</a>, Hospice and TB test. Robert was accomidating about training at a convenient location like the coffee shop.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> This volunteer job was easy, I just bring my guitar, no amp or mic and sing songs I already know. On my way to my first assignment I wondered how long it had been since the patients have been out to hear live music. Robert was always there each time I volunteered. He taught me the proper etiquette and HIPAA requirements before the first performance. He was able to answer important questions I had about what was acceptable. Photographs of patients was not permitted. This protected the patients rights and preserves the dignity for the patient. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The patients appreciated the songs that I play when I do gigs at restaurants and events. I was a seasoned musician and after a week or two I felt like I needed to connect with the listeners in an more intimate way. We simplified the songs and tried to develop a song list of old-time favorites and even nursery rhymes that the patients could relate to. The first week we did this something amazing happened! The patients perked up and began singing along. "How Much Is That Doggie In The Window" was a favorite and one special man would bark at just the right time in the song. Many of the patients I sang to had <a href="http://www.alz.org/alzheimers_disease_what_is_alzheimers.asp" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Alzheimer's </span></a>disease. When we sang songs from their early childhood their long-term memory kicked in and happiness beemed from their beautiful faces. Our songbook was small, we repeated songs if the group wanted to and we didn't outstay our welcome.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This volunteer work was as fulfilling for me as it was for the patients. A couple of years ago the group I worked with closed their doors but this was a rewarding experience for about three years. Robert is beginning a new program this summer with his own company <i><b>VPD </b>(Volunteer Program Development).</i> Robert will be recruiting musician volunteers who are interested in this humble but very important work. We will be making a podcast in a week or two and I will interview Robert Decker M.A. about this work. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Please consider becoming a Music Hospice Companionship volunteer and listen to the podcast we post within a week or two. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: yellow;">You can email Robert Decker at <b>vpd_lic@outlook.com</b> or call <b>480-386-4430</b>. You may also email me at <b>hathaway_music@yahoo.com</b> for more questions.</span> </span><br />
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<br />Sandy Hathawayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12050881693304766530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182751561344682584.post-74034139449471477412014-05-11T16:35:00.001-07:002014-05-11T19:22:38.276-07:00Balancing Local Music and Day Job Careers<a href="https://app.box.com/s/sxy0au2p4tu5tbvgia3o" target="_blank">Sandy Hathaway News Podcast 1</a><br />
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<br />Sandy Hathawayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12050881693304766530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182751561344682584.post-34714137331670611992014-05-08T23:49:00.000-07:002014-05-09T00:01:38.987-07:00Music By Hart<br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Growing up the fourth girl in a family with five children was a wild ride. There was the constant din of voices competing to be heard. My little brother was born on my birthday two years after I was born. He was a the boy they kept trying for. This put me at the end of the line of girls. I have no baby photos, and Tammy, Billy and I were "the three little ones." Most of my childhood was spent keeping a low profile and not being heard.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My older sisters were smart, resourceful and we were all very different. Denise was the oldest, she had dark hair and brown eyes like my Mother. Nadine had brown hair and brown eyes. Tammy had red hair and brown eyes and Billy and I had blonde hair and blue eyes. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">I made the decision to learn to play an instrument when I was eight. </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">In the fifth grade we were given assessment tests to determine what field of study we would do well in.</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">I scored high in music and mechanical reasoning.</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">The principal of Hart Elementary, Mr. McClennen, drove ten miles out into the country to convince my parents that I could contribute greatly to the school band.</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">The instrument and transportation would be provided.</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">My dad was against it for reasons I do not even know to this day.</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">I was not allowed to play in band. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">I cried because my heart was broken for the first time in my eight years of life. I cried again that year because I was too young to go to Woodstock. My Mom tried playing guitar but was left handed and did not succeed in learning to play on the guitar she bought at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%26H_Green_Stamps" target="_blank"><span style="color: #38761d;">S&H Green-stamps</span></a> store. I decided that I would teach myself to play guitar on that guitar that sat in the corner. It was difficult because the nut sat up high and the strings were so high off the neck that it felt more like fingering a Dobro</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">™ </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Gibson <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">(Spell Check reminds me that Dobro</span></i></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">™</span></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"> is a name brand and that Gibson Guitar owns the name)</span></i> than a guitar. I persisted to teach myself every chord that I found in the “Best of Simon and Garfunkel” songbook. I practiced in the basement where I wasn’t disturbed. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">At some point I actually came upstairs and played guitar with my Aunt Jeanne. I learned some songs from her and some from the radio. I would take any opportunity to play a good guitar when my family members with better guitars came to the house. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Years later some of the first songs I that I would write painted graphic images from my childhood. The more things change the more they stay the same.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The song<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><a href="http://www.reverbnation.com/sandyhathaway/song/10658064-dirt-road-to-nowhere" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Dirt Road To Nowhere </span></a>was about the road that we walked everyday to get to our bus. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When I wrote the song <a href="http://www.reverbnation.com/sandyhathaway/song/19338480-seasons" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: blue;">Seasons</span></b></a> it was describing my grandmother's farm with the Lilacs, Devil's Paintbrush and Queen Annes Lace that grew wild. <b> </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.reverbnation.com/sandyhathaway/song/18286538-daisy" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: blue;">Daisy</span></b></a> is about my grandmother on my Dad's side of the family. She never complained and lived in a small, tar paper house. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In 2013 my Dad passed away and I was inspired to write a song about the best things I could remember about him. <b><span style="color: #783f04;"> </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/hbcZb_EFT4U" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">My Dad</span></a></b> is a song that was written only a short time after he passed away, yet it is such a posative song about the man who raised five kids on a dirt road in the country.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Finally the songs that mean the most are the ones that remind us that people and relationships are important. <b><a href="http://www.reverbnation.com/sandyhathaway/song/9325784-heavens-skylight" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Heaven's Skylight </span></a></b>talks about the beauty of the earth, but that none is as beautiful as my own Mother. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">In 2009 I was a busy musician, and college student studying health care and information technology. On <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinco_de_Mayo" target="_blank"><span style="color: purple;">Cinco de Mayo</span></a> I returned from performing at the <a href="http://www.tkma.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: purple;">Tucson Folk Festival </span></a>and needed to finish my finals that night so that I would be able to have them ready to post in the morning. I finished at 2:00 AM that morning and went upstairs to get ready for bed. I started brushing my teeth and I instantly had a thunderbolt</span><span style="background-color: white;"> headache. I never had headaches and knew that this was something serious. Dizziness, nausea and blurred vision began with the headache and the least I could do was grab a dress from the closet, slip it over my head and wake up Jim. "Jim, I need to go to the hospital now." He sleepily said "are you sure." My reply was 'yes, now." I grabbed a bowl, a dish towel and we were on our way to the emergency room. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">At the </span><span style="background-color: white; color: purple;">(unnamed hospital)</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: purple;"> </span>hospital I checked in through triage, gave the nurse the list of my symptoms and sat to wait. Fifteen minutes later another nurse brought me something for nausea and the </span>headache. Nothing worked and I continued to sit for another thirty minutes. The wait was already over 45 minutes and my pain was extreme. A very young physician walked up to me and in his most chipper tone said "Good news! I'm going to send you home with pain meds and something for the nausea." Steam may have been coming from my ears at that moment and my eyes must have stared at him like lasers. I immediately told him "I want an MRI or a CT scan!" My husband, who is tall and much larger than the 129 lb. intern physician affirmed my statement by saying, "She wants an MRI or a CT scan." I know Jim didn't know what these tests were but he was so great that night. I don't think the doctor had ever experienced a patient who said no. Five minutes later I was inside the MRI machine and when the technician finished I asked him what he saw. He said there were three brain aneurysms and two of them were bleeding. I remember getting into the ambulance that connected me with some of the most reputable neurosurgeons in the world at <a href="http://www.thebarrow.org/index.htm" target="_blank">Barrow Neurological</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The surgeon tried a technique called "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endovascular_coiling" target="_blank">Endovascular Coiling</a>" but I had a curved artery in my neck which prevented the procedure. Plan B-<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surgical_clipping" target="_blank">Surgical Clipping</a> method involved cutting into the skull, sealing the aneurysm with clips made from surgical titanium and an elastic band. The surgery usually involves a two-week stay in ICU. Three days after my surgery the surgeon came into the room and said, "I don't like the way one of those clips is sitting, I want to go back in and fix it." Then I was scared. The first thing I wanted to know after the pain subsided was if I could still play guitar and sing? Jim brought the guitar in after a few weeks of recovery and everything worked. He came everyday I was there in May 2009. He does not like hospitals or the sight of blood so this was a great act of love. The neurosurgeon gave me the typical referral for speech rehabilitation but after I talked a "mile-a-minute" at my follow-up he told me to burn it. The surgery was successful and I made a full recovery. I was grateful to have the thick hair gene from both my parents. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As soon as I got out of the hospital my curiosity about what happened grew. I was studying health care in general but my focus was on IT. I had a great-aunt who died of brain aneurysm and remember my Mom telling me that people don't live when this happens. The first thing I researched was how many famous people had also experienced the same medical emergency. <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Music/04/01/neil.young/" target="_blank">Neil Young</a> was treated with coiling method and had to cancel his performance at the Juno awards in Canada. In 2004 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Branigan" target="_blank">Laura Branigan</a>, the age of 47, ignored a headache she had for about two weeks and died at home. She is known best for her song "Gloria." The song stayed on the Billboard top 100 songs for 36 weeks. In 2010 Bret Michaels was in the same ICU that I was in the year before. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Everyday is a gift and I don't take it for granted. Every birthday is celebrated. My youngest daughter, Richelle, was born on May 5, 1986 and she will always remember the birthday she was not able to celebrate. Now we have a new holiday we celebrate "Cinco de Mayo Brainaniversary Birthday." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This Sunday, May 4, 2014 I will play my original music on on the Courtyard Stage in downtown Tucson for <span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.tkma.org/" target="_blank">The 29th Annual Tucson Folk Festival.</a> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you experience a <a href="http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/brain-aneurysm/basics/symptoms/CON-20028457" target="_blank">servere headache </a>suddenly with dizziness, nausea, vometing, droopy eyelids, confusion, and light sensitivity do not ignore these symptoms. Call an ambulance with advanced life support. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">When I first moved to Arizona in 1999 I was beginning to write and learn new songs. I had spent the previous eight years working as a bookkeeper in a variety of industries. I studied classical guitar lessons during my lunch hour at work while I still lived in Grand Rapids, Michigan. My guitar teacher did gigs at venues in Grand Rapids and I was interested in eventually doing the same. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Careers and my now ex-husband’s children were here in Arizona so we moved our family to the desert in July. It took me about four years to really get used to living in the heat. I was from Michigan and we wore jackets in the summer. The blazing sunshine inside the car could raise the temperature to 200° F in the time it takes to run into the store for milk. I wasn’t happy with desert life until I hit the live music scene. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">My first gig was at a place in Ahwatukee called Java Jive. I listened to the live musicians playing and knew that I wanted to play live music here. I went home and learned as many songs as I could and made my first demo on a tape cassette on a boom box. I took my first demo photos for a press kit and worked up a two hour show. I brought the tape to Java Jive and that week the owner hired me to play a double header, Saturday and Sunday for $100 each night and a three hour show. Now I knew this was the job I wanted. I had my gear, all shiny and new, ready to hit the coffee shops. People who came into my first gig were wonderful and tipped me well. I could get used to this job. Wow, $100 for two or three hours of work. This was gonna be great. Java Jive closed a few months later. I was ready to do whatever it took to get more gigs. I quickly discovered that the average rate for a three hour gig was $50 and $100 coffee shops were rare. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I decided I wanted to be very good at what I was doing and was willing to pay my dues. My goal was to book as many coffeehouses as I could and learn lots of songs. I started writing some of my own songs that same year. I would play for $30 and tips every Saturday morning at Coffee Society in Ahwatukee. My next gig was at Willow House. Willow House was an old house downtown that oozed cool. When I started singing at Willow House people were allowed to smoke inside. I soon discovered that three hours of deeply inhaling cigarette smoke can make a musician sick very quickly. I continued singing at Willow House because the charm was so irresistible. The pay-$30 with a muffin and drink. College students, hippies and artists would mingle together, this was so different from my rural Michigan upbringing. I grew to love all diversified group of fans and enjoyed the company.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I began going to the open mic venues around the valley. One of my favorite venues was for open mic was Coffee Talk hosted by Ed De Aleo who quickly became a good friend. Ed would frequently let singers he liked do one or two extra songs. JP was the owner, she was an artistic decorator and I was fascinated with her broken china fireplace and beautiful copper tea kettle mobile with silverware and china cups hanging under the skylight. JP paid musicians $50 for a three hour set. I was hired to play the fourth Saturday of every month. Coffee Talk was as cool as Willow House and I was able to play my original music. I built a following and always looked forward to singing at Coffee Talk. When Ed was sick with cancer in he asked me if I could host a fundraiser for him at Coffee Talk. We had a fabulous turnout, raised $3000 between donations and sales of a compilation CD called “The Gathering.” Lots of musicians sang a 30 minute spot between three Sundays. I still have my copy if any of the musicians who participated is interested in receiving a copy. Ed passed away a short time after our fundraiser for him. He was a songwriter, poet, book author and warm and gentle spirit.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I remember that both of the venues, Willow House and Coffee Talk hosted open Alcoholics Anonymous meetings and provided a great service to the communities they were in. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">This was in the days when Napster was in court, iTunes and iPods were beginning to grow in popularity and big changes were happening in the recording industry. Independent artists like myself could record and distribute our music at live shows and keep all the profits. I loved singing at coffeehouses and especially loved free coffee with pay. I worked diligently for two years to get into the Coffee Plantation chain of shops across the valley. There were Coffee Plantation shops with live music peppered around the valley. I would play three or four coffeehouses a week and eventually quit my day job and worked as a full-time, local musician. As BMI and ASCAP worked to enforce royalty charges to small shops for live music the venues either insisted on original music or stopped having music altogether. It seemed as if I was booked to play the last music night in almost all of the six or seven venues. I moved on to playing wine rooms, festivals, special events and a few coffee shops. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">There is a coffeehoues that has continued to hire local musicians for many years. <a href="http://www.villagecoffee.com/" target="_blank">Village Coffee Roastery</a> in Scottsdale continues live music on the patio and I am always so happy to come to that venue, play my songs and some covers, get to know some of the listeners and enjoy the best coffee in town. After years of free coffee I know slow roasted beans when I taste them. </span></div>
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<b>May 31, 2014 at 9AM</b>-Sandy Hathaway will sing on the patio at <b>Village Coffee Roastery </b></div>
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Sandy Hathawayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12050881693304766530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182751561344682584.post-20090495465604167162014-04-09T23:27:00.001-07:002014-04-09T23:27:41.046-07:00Sandy Hathaway News: Evolution of Songs<a href="http://sandyhathawaynews.blogspot.com/2014/04/evolution-of-songs.html?spref=bl">Sandy Hathaway News: Evolution of Songs</a>: A song may be written from the heart but never heard because it is to ambiguous and vague. Remembering the creative writing rules of "...Sandy Hathawayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12050881693304766530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182751561344682584.post-25655395792930578912014-04-02T21:38:00.002-07:002021-01-22T21:19:58.106-08:00Evolution of Songs <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #783f04;">A song may be written from the heart </span></b>but never heard because it is too ambiguous and vague. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Remembering the creative writing rules of "who, what, when, where and why," are important whenever a story is being told. Writing from a sensative part of one's soul can often prevent the writer from opening up to criticism about his or her song. I opened myself up to criticism with open arms, I wanted my CD to be the best that it could be. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />I presented the songs to </span><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Robert Lang</b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, the producer at </span><a href="http://bigbugsound.com/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: blue;">Big Bug Sound</span></b></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. There were songs that we had already recorded and new ones that we needed to analyze. I knew Robert would speak honestly to me about what he liked or did not like about the lyrics and music. There were a few songs that required intesive editing and others that were complete. We recorded the completed songs first and corresponded through email about what changes or improvements could be made. Pages of editing notes passed back and forth. I carefully edited line by line after accepting positive criticism. When all the edits were completed I could not deny that the songs were much more appealing to a listener. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">important </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">than flattery when song editing is in process. If a producer only tells you how good you are find someone who will find the flaws. The engineer and producer of <a href="http://sandyhathaway.com/" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;"><b>Edge of Twilight</b></span></a> was also a musician with an impecible scrutinay for perfection which is a nice way of saying OCD. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Indeed, changing songs that I had performed on live stages hundreds of times over a period of ten years was difficult. The production side of a song shines a spot light on the lyrics and music. Some songs needed new lyrics for a bridge, or changes to make the story more complete. This creative process can completely change the outcome of the message. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A song seems to take on a natural evolution during creation. Words from the heart pour out onto paper from inspiration, imagination, and even perspiration. I have always written my songs on paper and then transferred them to a text edit form to manage during the sync between music and lyric. Music and lyrics don't always sync and so there is also the "tweek" phase of songwriting. Small changes during the editing stages of songwriting can improve grammar, verbiage, and song flow. Just a few word changes can drastically improve the delivery of the story. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://youtu.be/jeQSkjc30Vg" target="_blank">Radio Days</a></b> began as a happy and carefree look at a simpler time when seat belts were not used and doors were not locked. We wanted to add a bridge to make the song more interesting. This song took on an entirely different purpose and meaning after the bridge was added. Some words were rewritten and the song told a powerful story about love and grief. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The process was countless hours of editing, recording, listening and rewriting. This experience has made me more aware of when I need to make changes to clarrify the story and meaning of a song. I have written a couple of songs that tell the story exactly the way I want to tell it. In the case of a song about my father <a href="http://youtu.be/hbcZb_EFT4U" target="_blank"><b>My Dad</b></a>, I wouldn't change a thing because this song is very personal and about him. Knowing when to reach out for the opinion of other knowlegable songwriters is important to achiving excellence. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A month ago I went back into my archives of mediocre songs and discovered a gem that was waiting for my point of view to mature. <a href="http://youtu.be/c8Yxuv6-W3c" target="_blank"><b>Dysfunctional</b></a> is a song I wrote about ten years ago and even played at live shows. The story just didn't seem complete and I wasn't ready to tell it. This was a song about my parents. My Dad struggled with the demons of schizophrenia and my Mom used alcohol to cope with such a heavy burden. My Mom passed away in 2005 and my Dad died in July 2013. Now I had a strong desire to tell the stories as if I were in their shoes. I added a bidge to tell the brave story of how my Mom stopped drinking and found her own happiness. The message is about mental illness and addiction, two subjects that I thought were deep, dark secrets when I was growing up. Now I know most people can relate to my experiences.</span><br />
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