Play It Like It's Music
By Trevor Exter
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Purists may whine that the best days of music are behind us, that capital “M” music has seen its peak and is no longer relevant. But here at Play It Like It's Music we believe the opposite: not only is the act of musicmaking an essential life skill with a lineage stretching back to the beginnings of human history, but the vocation of the professional musician is more vital today than it ever has been. Once a month, join musician, songwriter and producer Trevor Exter as he drops in on working musicians from every genre.
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Not really like surfing, but sort of.
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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On music and structure
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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Singing loud and saying everything
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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Venice: a Voice Memo
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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Time flies
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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"Hey man I thought you were a Cellist."
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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Tour Announcement (aka the dipping back in of the toes)
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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"The thing that I enjoy the most"
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Mar 24, 2021 |
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"A safe place to deal with my problems"
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Mar 17, 2021 |
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"It's important to find things that give you pleasure in life"
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Mar 10, 2021 |
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Creativity is in the cracks.
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Mar 03, 2021 |
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"Music is the first language that made sense to me"
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Feb 24, 2021 |
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"It's part of the fabric of my family and my community"
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Feb 17, 2021 |
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"Music is the most powerful method for advancing culture."
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Feb 10, 2021 |
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Stephen A. Thomas
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Feb 03, 2021 |
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New album out today!
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Feb 01, 2021 |
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"To connect with other people about things that matter"
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Jan 27, 2021 |
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"My spirit always has to make music"
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Jan 20, 2021 |
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"It's part of my DNA"
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Jan 13, 2021 |
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"It connects me to everything beyond the human experience"
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Jan 06, 2021 |
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"Try not to have any shame about what you do"
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Dec 16, 2020 |
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"To sing is to pray"
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Dec 09, 2020 |
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"It's irresistible to me, I wouldn't want it any other way"
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Dec 02, 2020 |
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"It's all for something"
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Nov 18, 2020 |
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"It's always a peak life experience"
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Nov 11, 2020 |
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"I love creating something that wasn't there"
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Nov 04, 2020 |
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"The best way to express myself, and to understand the world"
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Oct 28, 2020 |
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"I love to blame it on inspiration"
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Oct 21, 2020 |
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"Experience is important, listening is important"
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Oct 14, 2020 |
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"It's in me naturally. When I talk, I'm talking Music"
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Oct 07, 2020 |
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"It sings the songs of our life"
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Sep 30, 2020 |
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"I can always be learning"
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Sep 23, 2020 |
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"I don't think I've ever not been able to make music"
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Sep 16, 2020 |
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"Music helps me keep my sanity"
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Sep 09, 2020 |
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"It's the most therapeutic tool I have"
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Sep 02, 2020 |
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"It fills a void... it's emotionally working things out"
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Aug 26, 2020 |
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"The consistency and the showing up" + our New Playlist
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Aug 19, 2020 |
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"Vibration is at the heart of the universe"
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Aug 12, 2020 |
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Episode 50 breather.
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Aug 05, 2020 |
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"It's in my bones"
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Jul 29, 2020 |
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"I love the feeling of it"
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Jul 22, 2020 |
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"I don't remember ever being without it"
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Jul 15, 2020 |
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"It makes me feel the most like myself"
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Jul 08, 2020 |
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"It's the same as breathing oxygen."
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Jul 01, 2020 |
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"There's so much that only music can say"
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Jun 24, 2020 |
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"When you put it out, that love is there."
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Jun 17, 2020 |
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"There's a tenacity that it takes to do this."
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Jun 10, 2020 |
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"It actually makes me feel good."
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Jun 03, 2020 |
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"I know I'm not the only person to benefit from it"
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May 27, 2020 |
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"I make music because I haven't lost hope"
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May 20, 2020 |
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"I make music because I have something to say"
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May 13, 2020 |
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"I wish I weren't number 1, I'd like to be number 10"
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May 06, 2020 |
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"The thing I was born to do" + time travel with Carmen McRae
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Apr 29, 2020 |
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"To touch the heart, that's the goal"
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Apr 22, 2020 |
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"The best feeling in the world"
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Apr 15, 2020 |
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"Be prepared to live in a state of uncertainty"
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Apr 08, 2020 |
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"Don't die trying to sound like someone else"
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Apr 01, 2020 |
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"It's just what I do."
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Mar 25, 2020 |
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"This is the revolutionary thing I can do right now"
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Mar 18, 2020 |
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"Anger as a turbo boost"
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Mar 11, 2020 |
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"Burn everything except the truth"
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Mar 04, 2020 |
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"I just burn to make music"
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Feb 26, 2020 |
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"Pros can smell a dumpster fire a mile away..."
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Feb 19, 2020 |
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"Know your why" + In Memoriam
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Feb 12, 2020 |
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"It's about feelings!"
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Feb 05, 2020 |
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"The person who says 'yes!' and knows I'll figure it out... that's the professional."
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Jan 29, 2020 |
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"Make A Thing, Make It Nice!"
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Jan 22, 2020 |
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“I live my life as a gigantic middle finger to my medical condition”
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Jan 15, 2020 |
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"I would much rather have the milkman at my concert."
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Jan 08, 2020 |
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Play It Like It's Music 020: Ann Courtney
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Jan 01, 2020 |
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Around the block and back
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Dec 29, 2019 |
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"Laughing And Laughing"
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Dec 28, 2019 |
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“I got on the 8:00 bus to come to New York, but the drum machine was on the 7:30”
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Dec 27, 2019 |
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"Never Stop Experimenting"
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Dec 26, 2019 |
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"The audience doesn't care, they just want to see a gig!"
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Dec 25, 2019 |
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"It was in me from the beginning, but it was repressed."
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Dec 24, 2019 |
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"You just have to sit in a certain place."
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Dec 23, 2019 |
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"I was a freak. Kids like us are freaks."
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Dec 22, 2019 |
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“When I was young there were a lot of sixteen-year-old cellists...
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Dec 21, 2019 |
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"That song brought me so much joy. If I could play it, maybe I could replicate the joy.”
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Dec 20, 2019 |
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"Joy is kind of self illumination that allows people to see the world in better ways."
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Dec 19, 2019 |
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"We serve the public by digging down into something that's beyond words."
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Dec 18, 2019 |
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"What I lack in skill I make up for in discipline"
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Dec 17, 2019 |
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"I play my show and then I'm off to two other shows. I can never get enough of feeling enveloped by improvisation."
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Dec 17, 2019 |
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"You have to do it, like you have to do it all the time. That's the only way your thing is gonna take off."
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Dec 16, 2019 |
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"I don't know what I would do if I didn't play. It'd be very strange existence."
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Dec 15, 2019 |
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"I saw a church band, and then I saw Funkadelic. That was it."
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Dec 14, 2019 |
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"If you never do it, you can never say you failed at it."
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Dec 13, 2019 |
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❤️ Serviam
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Dec 12, 2019 |
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Lazy Cello pt 2
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Nov 21, 2019 |
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Lazy Cello
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Nov 14, 2019 |
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abandon feeling smart
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Nov 07, 2019 |
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Ancestry and True Sounds
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Oct 30, 2019 |
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Spectrums
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Oct 23, 2019 |
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the gift of shred
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Oct 17, 2019 |
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creating headroom
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Oct 10, 2019 |
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Are you there, Ennio? It's me, Trevor
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Oct 03, 2019 |
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the cultivation of small delightful actions
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Aug 07, 2019 |
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A guy inside my head
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Jul 25, 2019 |
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Most Right
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Jul 03, 2019 |
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no use for a butter knife
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Jun 12, 2019 |
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adventure lies off the grid
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Jun 05, 2019 |
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Much move, many play
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May 29, 2019 |
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¿Que és hip?
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May 22, 2019 |
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Train Stations
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May 15, 2019 |
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A Wreath for Emmett Till
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May 08, 2019 |
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With You
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May 01, 2019 |
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Sunnyday Cello
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Apr 24, 2019 |
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Blockbuster
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Apr 18, 2019 |
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Headroom Hunting
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Apr 11, 2019 |
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Cello Sunset
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Apr 03, 2019 |
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One for Wednesday
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Mar 27, 2019 |
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springtime travels
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Mar 20, 2019 |
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Truth in tension
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Mar 13, 2019 |
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Changes (a non-narrated musical post)
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Mar 06, 2019 |
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Peace of Mind
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Feb 27, 2019 |
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The Blank Canvas
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Feb 21, 2019 |