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And What About The Little Wheelie Logo?

Original suntower logo

Hey dude, I’m trying to preserve thelegacy of the brand here. As if. The little ‘suntower’ logo was created twenty something years ago during another life I had as a software guy. It was supposed to represent “Tir Na Gréine”

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So What’s The Deal With The Little Dog?

Cue the tiny little violins. When I was married—and while I was out of town, my wife got a cutey-wooty little $1,000 black fluffball of puppy love. This creature turned into the most miserable piece of yappy vermin to ever have the unmitigated gall to be described as ‘dog’.

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How Come You’re Not Hanging Out At MySpace and FB Like All The Hip, With It Musicians?

Perhaps the answer lies inside the question!
Actually, I do have MySpace and Facebook pages which may be found, respectively, here and here.

The reason I never paid it much mind is

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What About The Gear/Equipment You Play?

You can learn the details .

Jeez man, not another rant?

But can we talk? Can we talk? I’ve said it before
and I’ll say it again: it really

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Your Background Seems To Be In R&B And Jazz. So Why All The ’Astral/Prog‘ Crap?

That’s an excellent question. And the short answer is: When
you’re young, you go where the money is. And the slightly longer answer is:
Hey I love all the music I’ve ever gotten to play professionally. But
we all have to follow our heart. Some of the most difficult conversations I
have ever had have occurred over the past few years from totally
well-meaning friends and prior associates begging me to wake up and
smell the smooth jazz. It’s really hard when your friends look at you like,
‘Hey brother. Stop wasting your time on all that astral/prog crap and get
back to making some real music. You know, like you used to.’ They
mean well. You know who you are.
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So How Do All The Links From Various Internet Radio Stations Work?

When you click on Live365 or
Pandora (please do!) you’re really
clicking on good old fashioned radio. Sites like these have two models: they
either come with advertising (visual with sites like Pandora, or in terms of
traditional commercials in the ‘free’ version of Live365). They often come
with a ‘no commercials’ version which is supported by user-subscriptions. I
neither model

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$9.95 Seems Like An Odd Amount To Charge?

This is actually a huge issue. The short answer? It’s the fair amount for me.

Background: You’re probably referring to the fact that most commercial CDs list for 16.95 or something like that. However, when you come right down to it, by the time that Warner Bros., the trucking company, the warehouses and the Wal-mart size record store get paid, the artist is typically left with something like $1.65 per

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Can I Get Your Records In Local Record Stores?


positive cover

UPC: 659057830520


superpower cover

UPC: 837101437059


compartments cover

UPC: 796873013970


balance cover

UPC: 796873020220


Home cover

UPC: 837101443852


Beautiful Sounds cover

UPC: 884501171373

Sure you can. If they aren’t in stock (and they often won’t be unless I happen to be passing through town), just give your friendly independent record store proprietor the title and UPC bar code and he or she can happily order it for you. (That’s why we put ‘em next to the little shopping cart icon.)

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The Music Player Doesn’t Work!

loudspeaker graphicWe can’t have that!

Easy now! There could be many causes ranging from the sublime to the ridiculous. First of all, you do have speakers, right? You can hear other sounds emanating from your PC, right? Right? big grin

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