Stealing the show ““ It’s what winners do I recently watched a documentary about Steve McQueen at the suggestion of an internet marketer whose suggestions are almost always good stuff. There was a section in the video that talked about how Steve was cast in the movie, “The Magnificent Seven”, but he wasn’t billed as the star. Yul Brynner was the lead actor. But … Read the rest…
Can you sing along with the A B C song? If you’re like most people who’ve been around longer than a couple of years, you know the A B C song. In fact, just because I mentioned it, and you read this or heard me say it, now that song is bopping along in your brain. And I’m gonna go out on a limb … Read the rest…
“I just wanna be your one man band” Back in the third quarter of the last century I was sitting in my choir class listening to a couple of upper classmen talking about how much they liked a certain song. They were impressed with the vocalists and their ultra high harmonies. The name of the song was One Man Band. And the band was … Read the rest…
Emotion Potion ““ here’s today’s little notion Remember pep rallies in high school? And cheerleaders jumping around yelling out the school cheers. The school mascot would run around the gym or field. Different grades competed to see who could be the loudest. And the whole time all that was going on, the band blared out the school fight song. I can still hear it … Read the rest…
How come the whole world knows his name? About 2000 years ago, a baby was born. Well, a lot of babies were born. But only one of them was THE baby. No one, these days, would even know who he was, if he was just another baby. And yet, the whole world knows his name. At least in one form or another. Matter of … Read the rest…
My melodic intuition about brand recognition I recently found out Beethoven and I share(d) a common idea. For years (and my wife will back me up on this) I’ve implemented what I call “economy of motion” in much of what I do. And when I fail to implement it, I end up frustrated. It just means I like to save trips and unneeded movement … Read the rest…
Allow me to brighten your day with instruments of death I’d better say this under my breath. Because, in this age of grace, it’s just so mean sounding. But it’s true. So, here goes. Did you know God actually prepares instruments of death to use against wicked people? Gasp! Can that be true? Well, it’s in the Bible. Hmm…maybe I read it wrong. Hang … Read the rest…