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Don’t Overlook The Obvious

laura bruno lilly — Sun, 14 Mar 2021 01:50:00 +0000

Once upon a time, in the early 1990s, I experimented with simultaneous double sided quilting and piecing of individual blocks. It seemed a promising way to make a scrap quilt in one easy swoop. Until it wasn’t. I quickly realized the effort far outweighed the reward and set the project aside. Scroll forward to the […]

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Carolan’s Concerto

laura bruno lilly — Sat, 06 Mar 2021 01:15:00 +0000

Background Turlough O’Carolan. Most Celtic music enthusiasts and instrumentalists are familiar with this man’s body of work and prominence of place within the Irish folk tradition. Long credited as being Ireland’s national composer, Turlough was born in 1670 and lived during the Baroque Era* of Western musical history. That Baroque reference is important to note. […]

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The ‘3 Measure Fix’

laura bruno lilly — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 13:09:00 +0000

Sometimes all it takes is a 3 measure fix. This vaguely simplistic concept was brought to light a few days ago while staring down an old (as in a piece I put aside years ago to work on ‘later’) arrangement I began, but never finished, for solo classical guitar. Something about it wasn’t quite right […]

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Thoughts Thought on The Longest Night MMXX

laura bruno lilly — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 04:36:00 +0000

Can a 66 year-old woman begin her own designated Hero’s Journey? Again? Is it too late? Rather, is there time left in her life to dive into yet another Path that would surely reveal itself during that Journey? In many ways, 2020 has been the dead-end to end the multiple dead-ends I’ve hit over the […]

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Pandemic Potpourri #3

laura bruno lilly — Thu, 28 May 2020 23:46:15 +0000

I’m finding it very hard to focus on much of anything these days. How about you guys? I really think it’s a COVID-19 shelter-in-place/isolation induced thing – but that irritation is much better than the actual COVID-19 infection itself, so I’m not complaining really. Just noting it. ~~ I’m not a fast food type of […]

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Snowin' on Raton

laura bruno lilly — Fri, 14 Feb 2020 14:37:20 +0000

One of the things I do on a regular basis is search and discover ‘new’ (to me) music via a myriad of ways…all part of being a working musician – seeking, learning, creating. A fine example of this occurred recently. As noted in a prior post, CNN’s short video in tribute to David Olney lead […]

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Re-stringing a Life

laura bruno lilly — Fri, 03 Jan 2020 10:30:26 +0000

A few weeks ago, I finally changed strings on the Prisloe (my classical guitar). After a couple of months trying out another brand, some Augustine Regal/Blue High Tensions as recommended by Segovia himself, I’m back to my standard Blue Pack (Savarez Alliance High Tension 540 J’s). In addition to his pioneering role in elevating the classical […]

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Snips, Snaps and Soggy Bottom Pie

laura bruno lilly — Mon, 18 Nov 2019 15:30:28 +0000

Catchy title, eh? It’s been rolling around in my head as a title for a poem since 2015. The alliteration, associated visuals, meanings and rhythmic feel just lends itself to something more creative than yet another blog post. I mean, speak this out loud: snips, snaps and soggy bottom pie. Like I said, the perfect […]

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Insights into the creative life…Quotes

laura bruno lilly — Fri, 13 Sep 2019 23:59:22 +0000

Couldn’t have said it better myself…the following quotes by J. Michael Dolan Uptight, Worked Up & Edgy! Every single day, a plan, a plot, a project, a scheme or a great idea screams to be on the front burner: A song that needs to be recorded. A video that needs to be shot. A business […]

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Notes on the Page (Poem)

laura bruno lilly — Wed, 21 Nov 2018 03:17:29 +0000

Notes on the page wrestle out feelings deep inside – a flesh and blood yearning for home. Notes on the page travel through these fingers dancing the strings finding spoken out loud music words. Notes on the page SpeakSing this singular woman’s (he)art.

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