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Pandora

3/10/2015

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Hey Everybody,

Two posts in two days!!

I am excited to write that, last nite, I received an email from the online music site Pandora Radio (www.pandora.com).  I submitted my "Nothing Hid" record to Pandora last Fall.  I knew it takes quite a while for them to sort thru submissions, and I really wasn't sure when- or what- I would hear from them.  Well...  It looks like whoever listened to it either hit the wrong button or liked the tunes, haha.  What it means is that, eventually- I've read it can take as long as 6 months- "Nothing Hid" will be on Pandora.  

For those of you who may not know, Pandora runs some kind of complicated algorithm that links music / musicians it determines are, in some way, similar.  Listeners can create a "station" by entering a band / musician, then Pandora fills out the station by playing the music / musicians it determined to be similar.  So, for instance, if you create a Beatles station, you'll likely hear stuff by other British Invasion acts like the Rolling Stones, the Animals, etc.

I don't know with whom I'll be linked, perhaps I'll end up wishing I hadn't submitted my stuff, haha.  For now, though, I'm pretty excited.  Hopefully, being on Pandora means a lot more people will hear my songs and, maybe, check out my music.

Thanks for reading, and for your support...

Bob
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Happy New Year 2015

3/9/2015

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Hey everybody!!  
As is usually the case, it has been much too long since I posted.  I hope everyone is doing well.  I enjoyed the holidays with my wife and son, including a roundtrip drive from Mpls to Holland, MI to visit my parents.  Our son stayed in Michigan for an extra week, and Laura and I had a nice week together at home to end 2014.  Time flies, and now Spring is in the air, really enjoying the warmer temps and the later light, even if it cost an hour of sleep.

Looking back on 2014, it was a pretty productive year in terms of writing.  I completed 6 new songs, including "Freedom on the Ledges", "Every Single Turn", "Mishaps & Mistakes", "15th Love Song", "City Hall", and "Snake Oil".  In terms of playing, Honey remains a steady gig, and I thank Jon for continuing to book me in that cool venue.  I really haven't made much effort to book anything else as I try to balance home, work, and music, though I am hoping to return to the lineup of the Mpls Music in the Parks series this summer.  Finally, I hope to resume work on my next record sometime soon and am really looking forward to completing what I think will be a sparse and folky record with some solid songs!

Regarding songs, I also recently completed my first one of 2015.  It's called "Longshot Deal" and I'm enjoying playing it, over and over around the house, as I do with just about every song when its new.  It helps me develop the song and remember the lyrics, even if, maybe, Laura and Jonathan grow a bit tired of hearing the same song, haha.

I suppose that's all for now.  I have a Honey show on March 26th, and my Spring Break is the following week.  I hope everyone is doing well and I hope you can make it out to a show!!  Take care, Bob
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