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MAKE MUSIC AT THE LIBRARY: WEEK 1
THE BACKSTORY I wanted the teens using my library to do something creative this summer. I’ve recently grown weary of having programs for the sake of programs, so with this mindset I reached out to...
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MAKE MUSIC AT THE LIBRARY: WEEK 2
For the second week of MAKE MUSIC AT THE LIBRARY, the teens came prepared. Lyrics in hand, the order of business for the day was to start recording their lines to the two different tracks the teens...
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MAKE MUSIC AT THE LIBRARY: WEEK 3
At the end of our third week, I’m happy to report that the teens and Sonya have finished up two complete tracks. The next step is moving onto the mixing phase, where all the levels will be set and...
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MAKE MUSIC AT THE LIBRARY: WEEK 4
STRENGTH IN THE STORM by Judith, Josh, Sontiago, and theLin STRENGTH IN THE STORM comes to us from Judith, Josh, and Sontiago. The beat was written by theLin. Once Sontiago mixed the track down, I...
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THREE THINGS 2016.8
HOW WE ALL FEEL THESE DAYS Gosh. Everyone in the USA is very angry right now. Some have legitimate reasons (the poor are getting poorer, crippling health care and student loan debt) and some (in my...
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SONGS: Black Little Face by Zomo
I write pop songs and I put them out as albums on the internet for free or little charge because I have things that I want to sing about. Writing songs also helps me understand myself and helps me...
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Justin Hoenke’s Weezer Song Rankings (Winter 2016 Edition)
To read the Winter 2016 Edition of my Weezer Song Rankings, please click here! I listened to quite a bit of Weezer in October-November 2016 which then prompted me to update my song rankings to see how...
View ArticleSmall Town by Abigail Foster’s Photosynthesis Machine
I was going to originally release this album on May 2, 2018, but here I am to tell you that the album is out today, Tuesday April 17, 2018. I hope you get a chance to listen to the album and enjoy it....
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Between 2009 and 2015 I was not very active creatively. This is OK. The family that Haley and I started began to grow, and now that we were both out of school it was time to put some energy into our...
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The Complete Abigail Foster’s Photosynthesis Machine Discography on Spotify,...
It was a goal of mine to make this happen by the end of 2018, and here we are with 83 days left in the year and I’m happy to report that the complete discography for my musical project ABIGAIL...
View ArticleWeezer and “The Black Album” Era
“…And you can write a blog about it” -Rivers Cuomo, 2018. It feels like at least once or twice a year I get really inspired to write about my favorite band (the archives are here). As I look back...
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LOL: Lunch On The Lawn Local Music Series
For the past few years we’ve been hosting a spring/summer local music series at our library that has come to be called LOL: Lunch on the Lawn. The name for the program came was created by another...
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Creativity and The Limits Placed Upon It By The Folks That Control Things
Over the last few months, I have been working on an album of new music for the musical project known as Abigail Foster’s Photosynthesis Machine (listen here and read more here) titled “QUARKS”. I...
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“Fidelia Hall” and “She’s The Boss EP” by Abigail Foster’s Photosynthesis...
Last month here in Titusville, PA at Fidelia Hall I finished recording what for now will be my final two musical projects that started and ended in the United States. Since moving to Titusville, PA in...
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November 2020
I used these words to summarize how I felt about my days at work in November 2020. THE RATINGS: November 2020: Work Time=7.42 out of 10.00, Family/Home Time= 9.54 out of 10.00 Rating every single day...
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January 2021
WORK RATINGS: 7.92 out of 10.00, worked 13 daysHOME RATINGS: 9.83 out of 10.00, no work for 18 days January 2021 was a pretty ideal month for me. I was away from work more than I was at work. The more...
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PRESS RELEASE: IN PIECES by Abigail Foster’s Photosynthesis Machine
PRESS RELEASE: “IN PIECES” by Abigail Foster’s Photosynthesis Machine released on 2 July 2021 IN PIECES, the second album in 2021 from the music project Abigail Foster’s Photosynthesis Machine, was...
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PRESS RELEASE: QUARKS 3 by Abigail Foster’s Photosynthesis Machine
PRESS RELEASE: “QUARKS 3” by Abigail Foster’s Photosynthesis Machine released on September 3, 2021 QUARKS 3, the third album in the QUARKS series of EPs by Abigail Foster’s Photosynthesis Machine, was...
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MAKE MUSIC AT THE LIBRARY: WEEK 1
THE BACKSTORY I wanted the teens using my library to do something creative this summer. I’ve recently grown weary of having programs for the sake of programs, so with this mindset I reached out to...
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MAKE MUSIC AT THE LIBRARY: WEEK 2
For the second week of MAKE MUSIC AT THE LIBRARY, the teens came prepared. Lyrics in hand, the order of business for the day was to start recording their lines to the two different tracks the teens...
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