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Updates about the New Orleans Warehouse fire that Killed 8 Young People Musicians, Artists and Travelers

nicolette stevens posted an article on - Jan 6, 2011, 5:23 pm
It's painful to rehash the story, but I think its one that should be told. 8 Young people, musicians and artists among them, lost their lives in a fire in New Orleans last week. If you would like to know more about what happened, or have information you think I should add, please see this page: http...
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A Sad Time for Musicians and Artists, Fire in New Orleans Warehouse kills 8

nicolette stevens posted an article on - Jan 4, 2011, 5:01 pm
Last week a horrible warehouse fire claimed the lives of eight young people, ranging in age from 17 to 30. They died of carbon monoxide poisoning in one of the worst fires New Orleans has seen in some time. Among them were buskers, artists and street performers. The warehouse was sometimes used as a...
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I stumbled across some great Tori Amos stuff today! :-)

nicolette stevens posted an article on - Nov 25, 2010, 3:27 am
Today I found some really cool interviews, pictures, and other stuff about Tori Amos. I decided to play around and put together a tribute page. You can see it here if you like :-) : http://www.squidoo.com/tori-amos .
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I found some great Videos of Coco Robicheaux, the awsome New Orleans Blues Legend

nicolette stevens posted an article on - Nov 23, 2010, 10:41 pm
I'm working on putting together a number of pages about artists I think are amazing, and found some great video to add to the one I'm making about a local New Orleans musician I love- Coco Robicheaux. Take a look at how it's coming here: http://www.squidoo.com/new-orleans-blues-legend-coco-robicheau...
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Wow.

nicolette stevens posted an article on - Oct 18, 2010, 3:13 am
I love when a musical moment just happens, like now, when I walked in and my room mate was playing this on You Tube. :)
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Journeys as Inspiration for Music

nicolette stevens posted an article on - Sep 9, 2010, 1:46 pm
I. Different everyday things can sometimes have interesting metaphorical meanings that feel somehow natural as inspiring for songwriting. One thing that has always evoked interesting creative thought for me is the experience of traveling. You set out towards a destination, and move towards various...
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Having nothing to do wih music...

nicolette stevens posted an article on - Jun 23, 2010, 10:51 am
This is fun. I do a lot of research on line, which frequently involves lot's of searches. Last month I joined Swagbucks and started doing my searches through their toolbar. They get their results from Google and ask.com, and the results seem virtually the same. The difference is that you randomly wi...
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It was fun to play piano the other day...

nicolette stevens posted an article on - Jun 17, 2010, 2:22 am
I had a really fun musical moment a few days ago. You know, it's really great to just sit down and play, especially if you have a few minutes to play all by yourself with no one listening. It's usually during those moments that you find some little inspiration and dare to explore it. I haven't gotte...
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"Something Chewy" is a great MP3 Blog!

nicolette stevens posted an article on - Jun 9, 2010, 6:20 pm
I was looking for a few good songs to listen to this afternoon while I was cleaning houe. "Cells" by the Servant had been in my head, along with "Gamemaster" by Lost Tribe, and some other electronic and trance club music. I managed to find a great EP with good versions of Game Master on Amazon, whic...
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Moulin Rogue

nicolette stevens posted an article on - Jun 3, 2010, 2:32 am
I really love the whole soundtrack from this movie, which you can get here:  Moulin Rouge
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Download "Like I Said, Yeah, U Rite" by Coco Robicheaux

nicolette stevens posted an article on - Jun 2, 2010, 11:29 pm
I was excited tonight, when I realized that I could get Coco on Amazon. Coco Robicheaux is a genuine New Orleans Legend. His music embodies the spirit of the blues that is so rich there, you can taste the sound almost as much as listen to it. I was missing New Orleans, and remembering a performance ...
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New Music Articles

nicolette stevens posted an article on - Jun 2, 2010, 2:56 pm
It's time to start adding to this blog again, although if you're just stumbling in I'm sure you'll find some interesting things in the earlier posts. Recently I started to post some music related articles and other things on Associated Content- please check them out. If there are things you'd like t...
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People International Incorperated

nicolette stevens posted an article on - Nov 17, 2009, 10:44 pm
I was going through some things online today and found this picture. This People International rehearsal had to be six or seven years ago. I'm the girl sitting on the ground in front with a black leather vest and a red thing in my hair. I remember, that was part of my show costume in the year I firs...
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Love Your Lurkers Week

nicolette stevens posted an article on - Nov 8, 2009, 4:14 pm
I've been looking through my music theory notes from back at OU* and found a lot of stuff I think would be useful to some of the folks stumbling through here. I'll be posting a lot of that this week and some more great rock tutorials I found on the net. I noticed that there are actually a lot of peo...
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Measure for Measure from N.Y. Times

nicolette stevens posted an article on - Nov 5, 2009, 7:23 pm
I was looking around for some other great blogs and websites to talk about here, and found Measure for Measure. It's a N.Y. Times blog which is apparently on vacation momentarily; but holds a lot of interesting thoughts for visitors who like to make music. There are multiple contributors, including ...
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Leonard Cohen, hero of songwriters and poets, beloved of the Muses

nicolette stevens posted an article on - Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
This interview is amazing. Leonard speaks at length about music and about philosophies on life. It was moving, and only made me feel even more that I'd love to have a long conversation and cups of coffee with this amazing songwriter I share a birthday with. He handles difficult questions with grace,...
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Blogger has some new features, and I'm playing with them....

nicolette stevens posted an article on - Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
Give a cat a ball of string and see what happens. Excuse the virtual dust of my renovations here. Blogger has some new features that I' having fun playing with. The page may take an extra second to load, but I think the new design templates make it prettier and sleeker. There is also the option of...
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Swipe Files for Songwriters

nicolette stevens posted an article on - Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
What's a Swipe File? A Swipe file is a file, folder or box that you store good ideas in. It can be a physical thing, or something you keep on your computer or on line. Writers commonly keep files like this, to look back over ideas that peaked their curiosity, were interesting, or had useful informat...
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Fred's Christmas Video: Christmas is Creepy!

nicolette stevens posted an article on - Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
This made me laugh, so hard. It's a perfect example of "using your songwriting powers for evil" ;-)~ Not only is it a really cute and funny music video, but some of the lines were just brilliant. "If Snowmen came to life, that would be creepy. If Santa really snuck in my house, that would be creepy...
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