It is genuinely difficult to find the words that convey your gratitude for your collaborator’s work, and yet express that something else is needed. The ghosts of your own hurt feelings, the ways you may have hurt others by telling…
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And then it happened.
James Curley and I have been friends for a long time. I daresay, we have both been Irish that whole entire time. We have certainly both been writing songs that whole time. Very quickly, it became clear that we had…
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John Carpender: So that's both my kids helping me out.
I don’t know why a band that interprets and covers Bob Dylan songs has turned out to be a hotbed of personal and professional creativity. I love being in the band The Zimmermen so much.
First and foremost, because it’s…
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Steve Dawson: The creative process, and the ups and downs of a life in the arts.
Steve Dawson. Singer. Songwriter. Performer. He will break your heart and mend it at the exact same time.
We worked on this song together for the 7.16 Haiku Milieu: Begin with the End in Mind, and you can add it…
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It takes a village.
You can get lost in a work of art. Utterly, totally, devotedly lost.
If healing is merely the willingness to change, then art that places you back in the center of your life, rather than in the periphery of everyone…
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Robin Bienemann and Dave Walker: Just being in the moment.
At the 7.16.20 “Haiku Milieu: Begin with the End in Mind” premiering at the Jenny Bienemann Music page on Facebook, you will hear a song written by Robin Bienemann and Dave Walker.
David Singleton Walker, aka “Dave Walker,” is one…
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Sometimes, you don't even know you're collaborating.
On July 16 at 7:30 pm on the Jenny Bienemann Music page on Facebook, join us for the next Haiku Milieu show, “Begin with the End in Mind.”
Brand new songs, some your favorite songwriters, and all of us writing…
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There was just one teensy, tiny word...
By the time you read this, we will cautiously be going places, sitting outside, smiling at each other from at least 6 feet apart. But still. The quarantine, the bubble around us, is real, even if invisible. I don’t think…
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What is it about the bathroom?
Part One: SOLID.
In case you want to watch the video first, here's the link to SOLID, https://youtu.be/-ZAVzeEo3vA, written by me, Jamey Clark and Andrea Wittgens, with animation by Joe Fournier.
It was about that time of night. It had…
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Bianca Bee: What would you be, if you didn't even try?
The message came in at 10:30 pm on Wednesday night. I had just posted a video to Facebook promising a special surprise on Friday. And now, my video editor hit a road block that would make completion of the video…
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