Author: Lisa Robbin Young
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In This Life
2 430 One of my favorite songwriters just happens to be a retired football player. Back in the 1990’s Mike Reid co-wrote a few tunes with Allen Shamblin, and this one is one of my all-time favorites. The first time I heard it was on Kirk Whalum’s CD by the same name, and Mike was the vocalist.…
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The File Clerk In Your Head
(Author’s note: this post originally appeared in 2011 on one of my old blogs. I’ve freshened it up a bit for you today.) One of the things that really annoys me are those folks that say they want change, but don’t take action when answers are provided. It dawned on me why they don’t budge.…
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Tears Of A Clown
One last clip from the May show. This is our original jazz arrangement of that classic Mowtown hit “Tears of a Clown”. Subscribe to my YouTube channel and be the first to know when new clips go live. If you missed the May show, you can catch the replay here.
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What Love Can Do
This was the finale from our show this month. Needless to say, this was one of those “dream come true” moments for me. When I first started writing this song a couple of years ago, it begged to be played with a band. The Damn Whippersnappers do not disappoint, and Kris’ solo is just the…
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Photoshop Me
2 Saturday, May 17, 2014, will be the day I count as the day my dream began anew. My whole life I wanted to be on a stage and perform for an international audience. Well, the first installment of the Front Row Sessions played host to people in London, Canada, and all over the US.…
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I Cain’t Say No
Happy Mother’s Day! Today, I’mma be chillaxin’ with my fam, opening gifts and posting the pics on facebook. This coming weekend, I’ll be doing my first live “solo” performance in about 10 years. I’ve been in a lot of shows since I got married and had another kid, but I wasn’t really the “star” of…
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More Than Words
I have this friend, Matt, who’s a true Renaissance man. He’s a gifted teacher, comic actor, impersonator, dancer, gymnast (he’s teaching me how to do a backflip), and yes, folks, he can sing. Funny thing about Matt – he’d never sung in public before I met him. Now, I take no credit for his talent,…
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This Salsa dancer is living her dreams – and you can, too!
Each time I go to my coach’s weekend intensives, I always walk away with lots of ideas that pop like “popcorn” over the coming weeks. Sometimes they come in the most unusual ways. For example, I was back in my hotel room, kind of winding down for the night. After a weekend like this, you can…
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Billie Jean’s Moondance
So, um, I was listening to a Michael Buble CD, and as his swing rendition of Van Morrison’s “Moondance” started playing, it became apparent that I could also hear strains of “Billie Jean” by Michael Jackson. It would not leave me. You know how you get a song stuck in your head and can’t shake…
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Finding Your Niche: Marketing Lessons From “The World’s Largest Cigar Store”
Every time my family and I make the trek to North Carolina to visit my in-laws, there’s one place I have to stop. It’s called JR, and it claims to be “The World’s Largest Cigar Store.” I don’t know if that’s true or not, but every time we plan a trip to Statesville, I try…