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          <div class="message"><p>I’ve always been more responsive than generative. For example, I can’t tell jokes well and ﻿I’ve never been able to create a joke. No idea how. However, when people are talking, I’ll often see something very funny about the situation.…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/stories/blog/7778611/responder-vs-generator-claude-s-view">Read more</a></span></div>
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          <div class="message"><p>Back in 2008, I was living in La Costa, walking for hours every day to clear my head and write music.</p><p>On one of those walks, I passed a house with a van parked out front. Not just any van…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/stories/blog/7765711/before-legends-heard-the-music-friends-built-it">Read more</a></span></div>
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          <div class="message"><p>There's a moment, when you're intending to do something nobody's done before.</p><p>Mantras in roots reggae. Sanskrit on a roots reggae riddim. A vision I'd been carrying this idea around in my heart and mind for decades.</p><p>When I reached…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/stories/blog/7762222/manifestation-s-path-is-often-surprising">Read more</a></span></div>
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          <div class="message"><p>I already told you how reggae took over my musical life when I was 22, so NOW what do I write about? Oh! How about how mantras found their way to me? Good idea!</p><p>It all began… [scene fades out…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/stories/blog/7740105/wait-what-master-po-wasn-t-a-real-shaolin-priest">Read more</a></span></div>
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          <div class="message"><p>Yup, it’s story time! Not about the single that’s out today — but what led to it.</p><p>There I was, 22, standing in a crowd watching a local reggae band called The Effects play an outdoor show. When the bass…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/stories/blog/7735440/i-was-22-when-reggae-took-over-my-body-but-reggae-mantras">Read more</a></span></div>
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          <div class="message"><p>I really enjoy doing these duet videos. Honestly, my part is the easy one. I sit down, hit record, sing the song, and that’s pretty much it.<br><br>But those who join me? They’re the ones doing the real work.<br>Here’s…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/stories/blog/7674586/making-music-across-an-ocean">Read more</a></span></div>
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          <div class="message"><p><i><strong>Love Me Do</strong></i>.&nbsp;What a song title! Who thinks of that??? Brilliant. And really, it’s humanity’s universal outcry.<br>What? Less commentary? Fine! Back to music.</p><p>There’s no way The Beatles <em><i>wouldn’t</i></em> be my biggest influence.<br>Paul taught me melody…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/stories/blog/7670594/love-me-do">Read more</a></span></div>
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          <div class="message"><p>When I first sang <em><i>Father and Son</i></em> in clubs as a young man, I’m sure I was only hearing one half of the story — the son’s. The restless energy, the urge to step out into life, the feeling of…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/stories/blog/7662843/a-real-story-of-father-and-son">Read more</a></span></div>
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          <div class="message"><p>Good news and… well… jeez!</p><p>The <strong>good news</strong> is that the <i>Father and Son</i> performance video drops <strong>today on </strong><strong>YouTube</strong>.</p><p>The <strong>“Life Is”</strong> news is that back on October 13th, during my trip to New York for my high…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/stories/blog/7659972/pickleball-a-fractured-shoulder-and-a-new-video-2056fedc-f309-4d63-8948-200398c49ec6">Read more</a></span></div>
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          <div class="message"><p>Hey hey — a new single! Wait… or is it an old single??? Whatever.</p><p>Back in college, Father and Son by Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam) was the top request at just about every acoustic gig I played. Coffeehouse, wine-and-cheese cellar…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/stories/blog/7651610/back-to-the-college-days-with-father-and-son">Read more</a></span></div>
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          <div class="message"><p><strong>My Life in a Monastery?</strong><br><br>In the ‘80s, the renowned songwriter, Diane Warren, did a critique of my lyrics. While some of the input was flattering and generally positive, she highlighted a core deficiency in my writing: filler and fluff.&nbsp;…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/stories/blog/7627928/my-life-in-a-monastery">Read more</a></span></div>
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          <div class="message"><p>Exactly what was it about days of the week that so enchanted people in the 1960s? Put the day in a song and it was a hit? Or were these just great songs.<br><br>I think it started with Sam Cooke’s…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/stories/blog/7621871/will-sunday-ever-be-the-same">Read more</a></span></div>
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