Life, family, and music.
The day started normal enough: I woke, had some coffee, checked a few emails. One was from the head of my record label, forwarding a playlist called Songs Taylor Loves. I clicked the link, and there it was—the unmistakable face of Taylor Swift on the cover. I didn’t understand. I scrolled the list: Miley Cyrus […]
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My family didn’t own a TV, so my dad would rent one for must-see events. To the best of my knowledge these included Operation Desert Storm and the Olympics. We rented the TV set from Frank’s TV and Repair. It looked like the kind science teachers would wheel into classrooms on days when they showed
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In 2004 I thought I’d caught a break opening for my friends in The Fray. The venue was an old theatre with red velvet curtains hung floor to ceiling. I envisioned hundreds of people. There’d been so much buzz about The Fray’s momentum. I was incredibly nervous and excited. When I walked onto
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INTRO: C – F – G (X2) VERSE 1: C F G C If I’m the sun then you’re the moon C F G What am I to do C F G
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My dad had an office in the basement. He never used it. In fact nobody really used the basement. It was like a dungeon. Musty and dark. The laundry was down there. So was the deep freeze. That’s about it. So as it were, the basement was the perfect place for a 15-year-old boy to
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I leave all the windows open Let the light come through Sunshine, warm and golden morning Making all things new Home Where my heart is Home Where my love lives Home My beginning and end Home Look at all the colors Wild, wonderful, and true Your breath light as a feather Like little whispers in
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