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The Art of Michael Franks – Tallying 16 Years’ Restock

Dead Horse Records, Jazz, Michael Franks, Music, Personal / Thursday, August 13, 2026 / 6 minutes of reading

Occasionally, I will go through my Blog posts to see what I published over the years. I tend to do this when I feel that I’m not being productive, dragging my ass, beating myself up about not posting enough. Those little excursions down memory lane help me overcome such nonsense and divert my attention to […]

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DAYA Music Festival of Indonesia 2024 (pt. 3)

Art & Culture, Dead Horse Records, Full Gallop Music, Indonesia, Jakarta, Jazz, Lifestyle, Music, Music Education, Travel, World Music / Tuesday, March 11, 2025 / 7 minutes of reading

Monday, July 8, 2024 Well, it’s done, the festival has ended and to say that I’m humbled by the experience would not be the most accurate words to best convey the joy and fulfillment I feel. I only slept about 3 hours and yet I’m still pumped up with adrenaline from the activities of the

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DAYA Music Festival of Indonesia 2024 (pt. 2)

Art & Culture, Dead Horse Records, Full Gallop Music, Indonesia, Jakarta, Jazz, Lifestyle, Music, Music Education, Travel, World Music / Wednesday, February 12, 2025 / 6 minutes of reading

Wednesday, July 3, 2024Up earlier than planned but still, I was excited for the day. We had lunch at the campus. Today was rehearsal day for the upcoming fundraising concert held in the spectacular home of Dedi Panigoro. With the band – Deviana piano, Jennifer Vincent bass, Suhandin Kosasih percussion, and Wahyu Prastya drums, we

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All In A Day’s Work….part 2

Art & Culture, Dead Horse Records, Indonesia, Jakarta, Jazz, Music Education, Personal, Road Life, Travel / Wednesday, February 19, 2014 / 4 minutes of reading

Part two of a three part series about renewal of faith and the telling of an adventure that returned a lost heart. Mine. Let’s see where was I, ah yes….. The first day of school. IMDI- The Institut of Musik Daya Indonesia. I walked the lengthy road heading toward the school and what I cam

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Couldn’t Have Said It Better….

Dead Horse Records, Michael Franks, Music, Songwriting / Friday, May 10, 2013 / 3 minutes of reading

“Music, at its essence, is what gives us memories. And the longer a song has existed in our lives, the more memories we have of it.” Stevie Wonders Working on the new CD is really challenging and educational. This being my first endeavor to record a CD of all original songs, those “originals songs” being

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Taping the Marion McPartland’s Radio show

Dead Horse Records, history, Jazz, Music, Personal / Saturday, March 7, 2009 / 2 minutes of reading

As I walked into the studio, I recalled the famous photograph taken in 1958 “Great Day in Harlem”. The first time I saw that photo I was amazed at all of the legendary people that were there that day, but what really struck me was the image of Marion McPartland and Mary Lou Williams side

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New CD

Dead Horse Records, Jazz, Music / Thursday, October 26, 2006 / 3 minutes of reading

I know, I know….too long since last entry. Also, the last entry was a sad one. Why would you leave us feeling so sad? Maybe this post will leave you feeling happy, I hope. I finally finished the new CD entitled Standard Delivery. Scheduled release date – January 2006. I had such a great time

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