Some insight into the real life of the genius trumpeter, Chet Baker. There have been so many negative and malicious things said about Chet Baker after he died, both in the verbal as well as in print by those who actually never knew the length, breadth, width or depth of just who this quiet, introspective [...]
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Real Chet Baker
Posted in Articles, Inspiration, links, Music, Reblogs, tagged Articles, artt frank, chet baker, flugelhorn, history, insight, jazz, life, life story, Music, musician, trumpet, trumpeter on March 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Roots of Music – “Rebuliding New Orleans from the Sound Up”
Posted in Articles, Charity, Inspiration, links, Music, Video, Videos, tagged African American, America, American, Americans, big band, black, black american, brass, cause, charity, children, donate, education, help, hope, impact, Inspiration, inspirational, instrument, jazz, learn, learning, link, Louis Armstrong, make a difference, march, marching, marching band, marti gras, Music, music education, music roots, musician, New Orleans, parade, parade bands, rebuild, root, roots, roots music, sound, The Roots of Music, url, video, youth, youtube on March 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Watch the video and check out the website. Let’s support the rebuilding of music education in the New Orleans. For a city, that never had more than half a million people, New Orleans has cranked out more music than entire countries. The accomplishment is all the more remarkable when you realize that unlike cities like [...]
Don Herold, “I’d Pick More Daisies”
Posted in Articles, Inspiration, Quotes, tagged angel, angels, article, careless, carelessness, carnivals, circus, daisies, daisy, dance, Don Herold, egg, enjoy, fly, fun, gaiety, gravity, happiness, hindsight, Inspiration, inspirational, joy, learn, leisure, levity, life, light hearted, lightheart, Lighthearted, lightheartedness, live, living, merry-go-rounds, mistakes, pleasure, quotation, quotations, quote, Quotes, relaxation, serious, seriousness, sillier, silly, simply living, solemn, study, take seriously, tension, travel lighter, trips, troubles, unfry, wisdom on March 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This passage is attributed to Nadine Stair, who was 85, 87, or 89 when she wrote it, depending on the source. However, it’s worth noting that the following article appeared in October of 1953. You be the judge about the source: Of course, you can’t unfry an egg, but there is no law against thinking [...]
Jail Guitar Doors
Posted in Articles, Inspiration, links, Music, tagged charity, community, door, gaol, guitar, help, hope, inmate, inmates, Inspiration, inspirational, jail, jail cell, jail guitar doors, jailers, links, Music, performance, prison, prisoner, prisoners, rehab, rehabilitation, song writing, songwriting, support, url, volunteer on February 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
If you can get involved or support something like this it would be well worth it! I would if I could. Jail Guitar Doors
Striking the right chord with the inmates
Posted in Articles, Inspiration, Music, tagged ABC, ABC Australia, Aboriginals, aboriginals Australia, article, australia, chord, confidence, confident, course, entertainnment, gaol, guitar, help, hidden talents, hope, indigenous, indigenous Australians, inmate, jail, Music, news, outlaw, prisions, prison, prisoner, prisoners, program, punshiment, sing, talent, uke, ukulele on February 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Wow, this is great to hear about! Good to see people finding hope in music. Check out the article that was posted this time last year on ABC News Australia Thanks to Ukulele Hunt for this link. Prison and music aren’t two words you would normally use in association but at Roebourne Regional Prison an [...]
Don’t Tell Me What to Think! (via Lakia Gordon)
Posted in Art, Articles, Christian, Inspiration, links, Reblogs, tagged art, artwork, blog, canvas, control, encourage, encouragement, encouraging, Inspiration, inspirational, Lakia Gordon, link, motivatation, original, painting, peer pressure, reblog, unique on January 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
So very true. I love the imagery this girl uses to put her point across. My canvas= my thoughts My canvas symbolize my thoughts. I think big, not small. I think happy thoughts, not negative. I believe in myself, not doubtful. However, there are other “artists” who try to paint on my [...]
Sister Rosetta Tharpe!
Posted in Articles, Inspiration, Music, Videos, tagged blues, gospel, Grevel Lindop, Inspiration, inspirational, live music, Manchester, Music, musician, performance, rock, rock 'n' roll, rosetta, rosetta tharpe, sister, sister rosetta tharpe, song, songs, soul, soul sister, tharpe, video, youtube on January 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
She was badass well before any rock musicians. Her technique and showmanship is outstanding! This video was recorded in Manchester in 1964 on a train platform. Totally fab! I found the article with this video here. A great article by Grevel Lindop. Props to him!
Ann-Maree Keefe – ‘Powerlines’
Posted in Articles, Audio, Blogthings, Christian, tagged autumn, change, Christian, fall, Inspiration, inspirational, Lyrics, Music, musician, Powerlines, season, song, song lyrics, songs, summer on June 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Autumn has arrived today; I woke to find its fragrance in the air The earth is shifting; hear it sighing as the summer drifts away The leaves are growing old, it’s time to turn, they have been told And soon it will be the time to fall back to the ground you came from Above [...]
Amazing Cucumber
Posted in Articles, Inspiration, Random, tagged Articles, cleaning, cucumber, facts, health, interesting, multi purpose, New York Times, Random on February 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This information was in The New York Times several weeks ago as part of their “Spotlight on the Home” series that highlighted creative and fanciful ways to solve common problems. 1. Cucumbers contain most of the vitamins you need every day, just one cucumber contains Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2, Vitamin B3, Vitamin B5, Vitamin B6, [...]
Moringa – The Miracle Tree
Posted in Articles, Inspiration, Videos, tagged documentaries, documentary, food, hawaii, health, miracle, moringa, moringa tree, nutrition, plant, plants, remedies, rememdy, tree, video, vitamin, vitamins, youtube on January 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
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