Category: Music
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You Ask, I Answer: AI Music Collaborations and Copyright?
In today’s episode, we discuss the intersection of AI and intellectual property rights. You’ll discover the legal nuances of using AI to draft text and images. You’ll learn how to avoid copyright pitfalls and protect your ownership of your unique creations. Tune in for this informative discussion! DISCLAIMER: I am not a lawyer and I…
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You Ask, I Answer: Sources of Music for Podcasts?
Jenna asks, “Where are some good sources of music for your podcast?” Let’s talk licensing for a bit. Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer. First, there are two sets of rights you have to know. Performance rights give you the right to use the music itself, to use its copyright. Mechanical rights give you the…
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How to Use Your Music To Find Your Inner Superheroes
In the martial arts, we spend a lot of time learning how to face and deal with difficult situations, dangerous enemies, and unpredictable challenges. However, the worst, most dangerous enemies we often face are ourselves. We get in our own way. We sabotage ourselves. We make things more difficult than they have to be. We…
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The 5 song playlist for tough times
We live in challenging times. There are so many opportunities for us to make ourselves sick with worry, so many ways to fill our days, nights, and Facebook feeds with anguish. Some of the worry is vicarious, and some of it is incredibly personal and firsthand. All that anxiety takes a tremendous toll on ourselves,…
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If you’re going to start with the Christmas music already…
… may as well be the good stuff. One of my favorites, Sarah McLachlan’s Wintersong: [youtube width=”480″ height=”360″]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPl2wMh396Q[/youtube] (available on Amazon) Happy wintertime, everyone.
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How to correctly sing Auld Lang Syne
Every year, people sort of hum Auld Lang Syne as the ball drops. Every year, you don’t have to. Instead, read the lyrics and watch this video. Music and lyrics by NoPrivacy on YouTube: Just the lyrics, courtesy of MaverickNY in the comments: Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And never brought to mind? Should auld…
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Favorite Christmas songs
Recently, Amy Garland asked me about my favorite Christmas song. Here’s mine, from the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. It sums up everything that I love about this time of year and never fails to bring a tear to my eye. Listen carefully and enjoy it. If you like it, please do right by the band and buy…
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Music to power your workday
I listen to a ton of music during the workday to help me power through stuff, especially when I need an extra boost of energy, creativity, or motivation. Since a number of people have asked, here are some of the albums I recommend. Most are either in foreign languages or lyric-free, because the language processing…
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Friday fun: what's on my iPod for productivity
It’s Friday. Let’s have a little bit of fun. One of the things that makes me productive during the workday? The right audio. Sometimes the audio is training, most of the time it’s good tunes. Here’s some of what’s on my iPod while the day is flying by. You’ll notice that for the most part,…
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The awakening of superhero powers and the salvation of conferences
Let me tell you a brief story about the day I learned about our superhero powers as human beings. It’s nine o clock on a Saturday, regular crowd shuffles in… In December of 1994, I went to a Billy Joel concert at Nassau Coliseum during one of the final legs of the River of Dreams…