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It’s amazing what a new set of strings will do for one’s sense of well being

laura bruno lilly — Sun, 02 Nov 2025 15:56:01 +0000

Prior to my first face-to-face meeting with K (Fall of Freedom presentation piece collaborator), I quickly changed out strings on the Prisloe. My thinking being: if we are going to live-perform our evolving ensemble presentation piece in 3 weeks, I need to have freshly broken in strings for the momentous occasion. Weeks of private […]

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Goals, ToDos & TryOuts – part 2

laura bruno lilly — Tue, 09 Jul 2024 22:07:49 +0000

First seen in this earlier post and then again in part 1, a certain coffee mug takes center stage as an example of a ‘quick TryOut’. That said, the ‘quick TryOut’ to finish Aromatic Steam Arising is only as good as the sum of its parts. Meaning: one of those parts was to compose a […]

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The Meaning We Make with Our Hands (Poem)

laura bruno lilly — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 21:33:03 +0000

In reading about the stories we as creatives tell through our (he)art, I came across this phrase from a Quiltfolk blog article. It resonated. I ruminated. I wrote a poem. The Meaning We Make with Our HandsLaura Bruno Lilly © 2024 I tell storiesI paint picturesI touch hearts with sound.Found soundComposed soundand sometimes spoken.Phrases shapedRhythms […]

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RIP: Michael Chapdelaine

laura bruno lilly — Tue, 28 Nov 2023 12:30:00 +0000

Michael Chapdelaine1956, San Diego, CA – November 16, 2023, Boulder, CO Michael Chapdelaine, a local, regional and international (he)artist with whom I was acquainted, was the only guitarist ever to win First Prize in the world’s top competitions in both the Classical and Fingerstyle genres – the Guitar Foundation of America International Classical Guitar Competition […]

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When Do Lightening Bugs Become Fireflies?

laura bruno lilly — Sun, 28 May 2023 01:34:32 +0000

June is fast approaching and there is much scheduled. The beginning of the month is my highly anticipated Visiting Artist Presentation/Performance at the Arts Center. The last weekend of the month is a long-planned mother/daughter trip. In between, there’s hubby’s and mine 45th wedding anniversary and Father’s Day. All-in-all a hearty, well-paced meal of events […]

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Announcing an unexpected Re-Release!

laura bruno lilly — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 11:52:45 +0000

My 2007 cd, unexpected, is now available for purchase on Bandcamp as a limited quantity item. Long available via the now defunct cdbaby store (back in the Derek Sivers days!) and downloadable/streamable via iTunes, YouTube, Spotify, etc. I have re-released both the physical cds & digital downloads of unexpected for additional distribution on my Bandcamp […]

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Go Look! I’m Featured on L.Marie’s Blog!

laura bruno lilly — Thu, 24 Mar 2022 10:21:24 +0000

Long before my Swimming with Swans: The Music – Goat Suite (Saga) was released, L.Marie asked if I would like to be a featured guest on her blog once the Big Day arrived. Of course I said, “Yes”. This woman, herself an accomplished author, has a reputation with us creatives as being actively supportive of […]

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It’s Release Day!

laura bruno lilly — Fri, 11 Mar 2022 12:20:23 +0000

Swimming with Swans: The Music – Goat Suite (Saga) is officially released today, 3/11/2022 Brief background of this piece: Smack dab in the middle of our three-year journey between homes experience, my husband & I lived on the compound in the desert outside Las Cruces, NM, by invitation of family members grieving the loss of […]

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Official Release Date & In the Meantime

laura bruno lilly — Wed, 09 Mar 2022 13:43:02 +0000

Shortly after my previous post… …I set an official Release Date: 3/11/2022. I notified my digital distributor* for them to do what they do while I continued doing what I needed to do In the Meantime. In the Meantime, I finished my Bandcamp storefront with a Pre-Order option for both digital and physical formats along […]

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Open Letter (debut)

laura bruno lilly — Wed, 22 Jul 2020 12:46:01 +0000

Dear Teacher, You were my very first formal classical guitar instructor… Thus begins an open letter I wrote years ago. The new vistas that surfing the ‘net* opened up in the ’90s prompted me to try contacting my first classical guitar teacher to thank her for the role she played in my development as a […]

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