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Playlist for Writers & Writing

March 7, 2010
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Summary
Writer’s playlist containing 5 tracks and over 66 minutes of music. Tracks range from 42 to 85 beats per minute and get progressively faster as the playlist continues. Designed to create a calming but stimulating atmosphere that will keep you writing when you start to flag.
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Playlist for Lovers & Optimists

March 7, 2010
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I am a hopeless optimist – I believe in the power of love I believe in romance and soul mates and all of that.  This playlist is all of those things – it’s the meeting, the falling in love, the ceremony – it’s the reality of life [...]

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These Things Shall Be

March 6, 2010

These Things Shall Be – Happy 70th Birthday Dad
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It has been an incredibly turbulent week across all fronts.  It started horrifically with Charlotte being badly injured in a car accident and finishes today with my father’s 70th birthday.  Charlotte is on her [...]

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Music Development: (Un)Drastic by Jody Schneider

February 22, 2010

I can feel the music wheels beginning to turn again – thank god!  Here’s a development of a song, (Un)Drastic  written by Jody Schneider. 

 
And here’s the original version:
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The song has this killer catchy lick – almost Coldplayesque (if there is such a word.) You can [...]

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The Things You Find In Your Tush

February 4, 2010

I just found an old development track from 2003 – for the last 18 months it’s been sitting in my iTunes library labeled as Tush by ZZ Top – along with 270 other tracks – thank you iDump!
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I remember working on this track – it [...]

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Music Recommendation – Craig Urquhart

January 21, 2010

Another musician who’s music we are currently listening to is composer/pianist Craig Urquhart. Craig not only produces beautiful instrumental piano pieces, but he’s also a believer that music is helpful to human beings, which is one of the premises on which music2work2 is built.
According to Craig each composition reflects the healing power of music and [...]

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New Music – DMC – The Tribble Mix

January 11, 2010

Piano, Strings, Rhodes, Beats & Tribbles

 
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I am actively focusing on developing new beats with reason and using them as the base track to freestyle on – it’s great fun.
The original beat track is in 7 time with a tempo of 42 beats per minute (thank you [...]

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Brett Juilly – music2work2 Recommendation

January 7, 2010

While browsing Last.fm recently, I came across the music of Brett Juilly. His music is also instrumental and piano driven. I listened to all 18 tracks on his album Piano and can say that I enjoyed them all. There were a couple of tracks that I particularly like, The Dance, being one.

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