Why I Like “Person of Interest”

What’s your favorite TV program?  Person of Interest is emerging as my favorite this year. If you like this photo, . I watch very few shows at all, so the competition is close.  With so few in the running, any one I watch more than once has a good chance of winning the top spot. In recent […]

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Lively Music for a Great Gatsby Party

Great Gatsby Party  — it conjures up the sights and sounds of the Roaring 20s, the Jazz Age, Flappers, Art Deco, Speakeasies, and Vintage everything! For the last 15 or so years, we’ve been entertaining at a wonderful annual Great Gatsby Party in Atherton, CA.  Thank you to Kyle Chesser, of Hands On Photography, for the beautiful photo at […]

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Elegant Wedding Music, Commencement Speeches, and Memorial Day

Three things.  First, May is nearly over, and we’ve been providing elegant wedding music all spring.  This summer promises even more.  Recent years, too.  Here’s a photo from January 2010, captured from Andrew Hsu’s wonderful video. Second, today the United States celebrates Memorial Day. Third, all this month and next, school graduation ceremonies feature commencement speeches. How are […]

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How to Get Ideas for Planning Wedding or Party Music

Whenever we seek ideas for planning party or wedding music, we’ll need MANY more ideas than we ultimately use. This is true for planning practically anything.  The reason:  Most of our ideas for planning will be “helpers”, inspiring whatever we’ll finally select. The challenge:  Opening the floodgates, so to speak, to release a torrent of […]

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Intellectual Curiosity and Wedding and Party Music

Today it happened again!  My curiosity did me in again.  Like the proverbial cat. “Intellectual curiosity” might sound pretty arrogant, I suppose, but it feels right.  Maybe just call it “Curiosity”. It’s the urge to think about ideas.  The willingness to follow our nose and try to figure things out. I just wonder about all […]

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Health Benefits of Cinnamon

On a personal note, my wife loves oatmeal, especially with cinnamon on top. I know eating oatmeal is healthful, but what are the benefits of cinnamon? Anybody? Every morning I wake up Bunch with a cup of coffee and a cup of freshly-made oatmeal. Yeah, right, what a guy! Thanks to The Bright Side, for this […]

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I Thought I Knew How to Use Social Media

  I began blogging in September 2007.  A few months later I posted a few thoughts about how to use social media, particularly those new online networking programs — Facebook, LinkedIn, and Plaxo (remember that one?). At the time, I was excited about the prospect of online networking, and expected it would be a great way to be more efficient […]

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Marketing with My Weekly Newsletter

My weekly newsletter helps me market the band efficiently.  It keeps me in touch with friends, colleagues, previous clients, and prospects. It’s content is simple.  I select one of my recent blog posts, comment on it or look at it in a different way, and I announce our next public appearance.  This picture is part […]

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Planning Music for an Elegant Event

Here we are last Thursday, entertaining at a stylish cocktail party in Saratoga.  What an elegant event! Set in the lovely patio of the Preston Wynne Spa, the party benefitted Next Door Solutions to Domestic Violence, a wonderful organization that provides support and education to end domestic violence.   Thank you to Bettina Kohlbrenner, the event chairperson, […]

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Use Wedding Reception Themes for Planning Music

Are you planning a party?  Wedding?  But you’re unsure where to begin? Here’s a tip.  Select a theme — like any of the following wedding reception themes — to help you create the highlights and fill in the details. Wedding reception themes make it easy to organize your celebration.  ANY celebration, actually, not only weddings. […]

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