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It’s International Women’s Day.  Lots will be written today about the ladies who have made and/or are making a difference.  And others will say that it shouldn’t take this annual occasion rolling around for those countless individuals to be recognized.  I agree with that since I’m often heard making a similar claim about holidays such as Valentine’s Day or Thanksgiving.

I’ll be the first to admit that I thought that the pandemic would be over by now.  I convinced myself that I was giving it too much attention here in this weekly blog as well as on my weekly “Now Hear This Entertainment” podcast.  Now that a third vaccine has been approved, the tendency would be to think, “Yeah, c’mon, the Covid era is over.  Move on.”

In case you missed it, last Wednesday marked the seven-year anniversary of my weekly “Now Hear This Entertainment” podcast.  Had you told me on February 17, 2014, when Episode 1 came out that I’d get up to 367 episodes, I’m sure I would’ve said, “Whoa, slow down!”

One might say that it’s a bit contradictory for me to be writing this week about Instagram posts after I’ve had to take some time away from that platform due to health challenges over the last few weeks.  Admittedly, I’m disappointed myself, having been a daily poster on there for a streak that went back quite a way before having to “put the phone do

If you’re thinking about producing music, now is a wonderful time to start. Not only are tools and learning materials more accessible than ever, but the listening population is also growing larger and more hungry for new music by the day.

Collaboration doesn’t necessarily have to mean co-writing a song with someone or being a guest musician on a song they record or at one of their gigs.  Granted, what I’m about to describe is going to be a bit generous in terms of loosely expanding the term 'collaboration,' but the bottom line here really is more about always focusing on not viewing everyone else as competition.

Even though today is yet another holiday, with all due respect to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., it’s time to start taking action and stop using “it’s the holidays” as a reason to continue hibernating.  As warm and fuzzy and tempting as that sounds, it’s no way to be productive and get ahead.

Last week I gave you a recap of the ten most read blogs on this site in 2020 that were written by me.  This week it’s time to look back at which guest blogs attracted the most eyeballs last year.

My thanks to those who contributed.  Be sure to note further below how you can write something for me to publish too!

Although I’ve been publishing weekly blogs on this site every Monday since late September 2014, this is “just” the fourth annual “Best Of” entry, recapping, in this case, the most read blogs that I wrote in 2020.

While some folks are on a long, extended vacation, for many of us others, it’s back to work this morning after the Christmas holiday and thus back to reality.

For our friends in Nashville, though, it’s not that simple.