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Alex draws listeners into his world by the gentle way he plays guitar. The name of the song is Evening in Paris. The name of his YouTube channel is Sound City. Thank you for listening.

Why not? If you have thoughts ... ha! That's a line from the film Julie and Julia. Julie decides to write a blog about French cooking by Julia Child. Great movie. Here's the synopsis from the back of the DVD. A culinary legend provides a frustrated office worker with a new recipe for life in "Julie & Julia", the true stories of how Julia Child's (Meryl Streep) life and cookbook inspired fledgl...

Bee stings? I did it to myself working in the grass without garden gloves. It was one bee, not the entire hive. Otherwise, last night's episode of Billions was extraordinary. Thank you for listening.

Be patient, dear listeners, when your friends offer to help you without asking you first if you need help. It's a habit difficult to break, so be patient with your friends and family members. Thank you for listening.

Greetings, piano music lovers. This episode celebrates the performance by a dear friend on piano after just one week. This is where I say she can hitch her wagon to a star. I could have said a Star is Born. I'm saying it now. Thanks for listening.

Bob Dylan wrote the soundtrack in 2000 for the movie Wonder Boys. Listen to the song on YouTube and watch the film with Michael Douglas. He stars as a professor, suffering from writer's block, tries to deal with the pressures of his complex love life and his troubled students' assorted problems. Despite the encouragement of one of his admiring female pupils, the professor is obsessed with his curr...

About alone time for people who lived decades ago before the Internet, social media, and face time on smartphones and other devices. Thank you for listening.

Thank you for listening, coffee lovers.

This about learning to play the melody and two chords from the introduction for Evening in Paris by Alex of Sound City on YouTube. Thank you for listening.

Got the ingredients, cookware, oven and uninterrupted time in which to bake? That's the secret, bakers. Oh, yes, baking good apple pies also requires self-confidence. Thank you for listening.

It's another apple pie season here in the Midwest and further east. Bake em' yourself or buy one. Invite a friend for apple pie and coffee. Enjoy the weekend. Thanks for listening.

Please enjoy your weekend. Thank you for listening.

This episode is about Asian food, marriage and divorce. Thanks for listening.

This is about learning to play guitar, investment costs and practice time in order to play one song well within three to six months using my method. I studied with Gerard DeMatteo, a classically trained guitar master, program and choral director in college while majoring in classical music and playing Steinway grand pianos. You should be able to succeed or improve your playing even when you work f...

Guitar lesson no. 3 - continue with the next episode. Please read the description about playing the melody. Thank you for listening.

Consider this to be the second guitar lesson from Sound City - Evening in Paris. Visit this YouTube channel to hear the entire composition or improvisation with visuals and two different six-string guitars showing Alex Chaplinsky using a pick. Here is his channel description. Thanks you for listening. Seriously? Have you really decided to read the channel description? My name is Alex, I travel qui...

My father was a master of financial independence and family security. This episode is about home ownership, financial freedom and more. Thank you for listening.

This episode celebrates mothers, motherhood and women who love and care for other people's children and are content to remain single. Thank you for listening.

Couples Therapy is a series aired on Showtime. It is about contemporary couples during Covid who meet with a NYC therapist. Thank you for listening.

What do these words mean to you starting with "secret", "hiding" and "place"? Is your Sangria-La real or imaginary? Just pondering. Thank you for listening.

Please leave a comment below or visit my YouTube channel with the same name: Sangria-Me Tonight! Let's get acquainted. Thanks for listening.

Get it off of my shoulders. Say the things you used to say. And, make the world go away. Do you remember when you loved me? Before the world took me away. If you do, then forgive me and make the world go away. Lyrics by Eddy Cochran. Recorded by Eddy Arnold and Elvis Presley. Thanks for listening.

This is today's recipe from Darlene looking to kick things up a notch with portabella sliced mushroom caps with your favorite burgers. Thanks for listening.

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How to Read Music by Roger Evans, a Crown Trade Paperback (1978) $10.00. Locate used bookshops. It contains complete note and musical directories and well-known pieces of music to read and play like Ode to Joy by Beethoven, Cradle Song by Brahms, Amazing Grace and Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring by J.S. Bach. Highly recommended. Thank you for listening.