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How to Record an Album on a Budget – Part 1
Every song starts somewhere. How do we get those ideas out of our heads and into something listenable? Better yet, how do we do that without spending a ton of money? This is the first of a two part entry on recording on a budget!
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Community Spotlight: Lynda Millard
The SMF spotlight series continues… with musical headliner Lynda Millard
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That’s really hard… Weekly Recap 4/22/2024
This might be a really hard question to answer. I mean, it’s not like I took three of the top things that I enjoy discussing and then named a blog and a YouTube channel after them, right? Surely not. You can check out my guides page to get a pretty good idea of what I…
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Community Spotlight: Ginger Doss
The SMF spotlight series continues… with musical headliner Ginger Doss
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Lots of things make me nervous… Weekly Recap 4/15/2024
Like many other humans, there are lots of things that make me nervous. Here’s a very short list for your entertainment: Honestly, that’s the order in which they came to my mind. If you were judging me just by my list of fears, it might seem like I fear talking to people more than I…
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A Year in Review: 2023-2024
Grab your confetti, balloons, and maybe even a cake… because we’re celebrating! It’s time to turn ONE. Let’s look back at all the cool things that have happened over the past year.
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There are many books. Weekly Recap 4/8/2024
I’ve always been comforted by the presence of books. Physical books. On shelves. And as much as I will race to acquire and store as many digital copies or PDF’s as possible, they just don’t provide the same comfort as their tangible counterparts. There’s just something oddly satisfying about the haphazard pattern that books make…
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Community Spotlight: Ivo Dominguez, Jr.
The SMF spotlight series continues… this week, Ivo Dominguez, Jr.
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I used to make coffee, but now I just write. Weekly Recap 4/1/2024
I’ve tried out a lot of different morning rituals over the course of my life — waking up early to work out, meditate, read, or do yoga. I’ve even tried sun adorations. They go something like this: Hail unto Thee who art Ra in Thy rising, even unto Thee who art Ra in Thy strengthWho…
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Singing Bowls – Music for Everyone
Our next stop in this series is the singing bowl — an instrument so steeped in mystery for thousands of years that perhaps we’ve all forgotten its true. Or perhaps it was actually just a recent invention. Questionable History A lot of times, singing bowls are specifically marketed as “Tibetan Singing Bowls” and you’ll find…
Aerik Arkadian 