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Singing Lessons From Adele

October 30, 2011 No Comments

    “Never, never listen to anybody when they try to discourage you, because they do that, believe me.” –Mariah Carey Adele can’t sing. She has been diagnosed with a vocal cord hemorrhage. What in the world??? I love me some Adele! Loved that young woman from the start. She had me at Chasing Pavements. ...

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What Is Your Motif?

September 26, 2011 No Comments

I learned recently that every musician should have an answer to that question when he or she is invited to play a solo part, or just to improvise during a performance. The question came up when violinist Dave Binanay joined me at Chip Shearin’s recording studio to play a solo part to a song that I’m ...

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A T L A S T ! !

August 10, 2011 No Comments

  ~ I don’t sing because I’m happy; I’m happy because I sing. ~ William James    It was not long after my very first music project took flight that I was hit with thoughts for the next one.  I wanted to record an album to salute the military. I have expressed it many times ...

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Jazz + An Upscale Gay Bar

July 17, 2011 No Comments

  The nightlife in Raleigh is growing and improving year by year.  I have enjoyed every single venue where I’ve been invited to perform.. from The Mint.. to Yancey’s.. to Prime Only Steak House..  to Zydeco… to  Mirage… and now Club 313. I have been piquing the curiosity of the mostly gay patrons of this gorgeously laid ...

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Giving Back: Girls On The Run

I have got work to do! 2 years ago, I put myself intp the Triangle Girls on the Run...

Remembering a Grand Night of Music with the Military

        The General William Lee Celebration was last month, Sunday June 5th in Dunn.     Everybody involved was...

Te Temble

   Te Temble.   The earth trembles.  I am told that is what the Haitians call the massive earthquake that crushed...

Haiti: What’s Going On?

I believe my life is about to change. I am soon flying to Haiti with Family Health Ministries and...

War Times + Song Selections

“For years, people have written that I stood in the way of this song’s release. That must make for...

Memorial Day + More!!

“Our nation owes a debt to its fallen heroes that we can never fully repay.”– President Barack Obama I stayed...

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