It’s hard. It’s hard to be strong, to keep trying. Why bother?
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Read MoreLeaders are supposed to lead, and sadly, these days, that too rarely translates into doing the right thing. When will they do it?
Read MoreCults of personality! Conspiracy theories! Ponzi schemes! Multilevel marketing! Cults!!!
Read MoreWhen neither Adele nor an Adele personator show as the auction’s featured musical guest, Ted Lasso saves the day by having a busker fill in. The crowd is noticeably skeptical of the guy, and then he kills it.
Read MoreI’m never satisfied with my songs or arrangements. I wish my guitar playing was better, I wish the grooves were funkier, I wish the songs were catchier. My lyrics are overwritten — too wordy — they’ve always been especially hard for me. And I wish it were all just more soulful…
Read MoreEverybody says “write what you know”, and sometime back in December or so I had the idea to write a song about where I come from. I’ve been in NYC for so long that I suspect my Mississippi roots are hard to detect. But …
Read MoreYou undoubtedly know about the many months that The Beatles spent performing live in Hamburg, Germany, honing their craft and becoming a great band – all before their ultimate commercial success in the UK, the USA, and the world. In his book Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell famously encapsulated this key to success in the “10,000 hour rule”. Well, we get it, and we are DOWN with the plan. We know that Storytown is a darn good band, but we aspire to more – to true greatness. So, we are proud to announce our upcoming 10,000 Hours in Hamburg Tour!
Read MoreI know it’s been forever since our great show at The Cutting Room on January 28 of 2020, and I can only partially blame the pandemic for the long delay. This quick recap serves as the kickoff of a renewed Storytown blog, with shorter and more frequent posts on a wider variety of subjects than in the past.
Read MoreGuy recaps the fourth installment of Stories from Storytown, our communal evening of evocative storytelling about music over the years in New York City by those who were there - artists, managers, writers, studio owners, and fans. It was live at the legendary Bitter End, in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village.
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