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75. Beck-Ola
Jeff and Sandra Beck at the Grammys I haven't been moved to write an epitaph since pianist/composer Chick Corea departed, but this week I...

Robert
Jan 14, 20232 min read
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74. Six Love Poems
Confidences by Pierre Auguste Renoir Some years ago, I was asked to submit some love poems to be considered for a Valentine's Day reading...

Robert
Jan 2, 20231 min read
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72. The Great War
La Tempesta by Giorgione (ca. 1500) I am almost done re-reading a truly great novel called A Soldier of the Great War by Mark Helprin in...

Robert
Sep 9, 20222 min read
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71. Touch and Go Released
After extensive composing, practicing, planning, recording, mixing, remixing, editing and mastering, my twentieth album, Touch and Go is...

Robert
Jul 25, 20221 min read
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70. Touch and Go: Part Two
After months (and in some cases years) of work, I went into Acadia Recording Studios on June 16th and 23rd to record three original...

Robert
Jun 26, 20221 min read
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69. Touch and Go
It's been a little over a year since I released my last album, The Presence of That Absence and almost six months since my Islands in the...

Robert
May 6, 20221 min read
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68. It's The Soul That Matters
Today is Good Friday, the day Christians commemorate the suffering and death of Christ 2000 years ago. Easter Sunday is two days away,...

Robert
Apr 15, 20222 min read
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67. Out of the Blue...
One day when I was home this week, I received a large envelope in the mail from The American Prize. As I had only recently submitted...

Robert
Mar 19, 20221 min read
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66. The Eyes Have It
Shoulders, arms and hidden hands, The lip that curls and makes demands. Ears that hear our silent thoughts Filled with woulds and shoulds...

Robert
Feb 19, 20221 min read
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65. Parade
The Three Muses by Eustache Le Sueur It was 1917, a year before the great flu pandemic, the end of World War I, and the death of Claude...

Robert
Jan 29, 20222 min read
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64. Two Resolutions
I sit here entering 2022, feeling humbled, a bit weary, and watching the snow fall. Accordingly, my first resolution is to formulate and...

Robert
Jan 7, 20221 min read
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63. The Rest is Noise
First came the sounds of nature. Waves breaking on the shore, And wind in the treetops. Then music poured from the human spirit. And...

Robert
Dec 6, 20211 min read
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62. Islands in the Stream
A Half Hour of Music and Stories at the Portland Conservatory of Music 12:15 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 2nd, 2021 Music is part of life. And...

Robert
Nov 5, 20211 min read
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61. T.S. Eliot on the Edge
....The endless cycle of idea and action, Endless invention, endless experiment, Brings knowledge of motion, but not of stillness;...

Robert
Oct 16, 20211 min read
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60. Showdown in Edge City
To me, living on the edge means embracing an environment of constant change at the speed of light. But the faster everything changes,...

Robert
Sep 26, 20212 min read
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59. Research and Development....
So relax. Okay? (I'm talking to myself) My 2021 notebook is only a vehicle for discovering and developing new ideas. It doesn't have...

Robert
Sep 5, 20212 min read
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58. Every Which Way
I have succeeded in writing a scene by scene synopsis of a new play called Edgy as I proposed to do in my last blog. As I also mentioned...

Robert
Aug 14, 20212 min read
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56. Album Release Announcement!!
Dear Readers, I'd like to share with you the exciting release of my brand new album of eight songs, The Presence of That Absence. All the...

Robert
Apr 5, 20211 min read
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