Brand New Me # 132 Not Just a Show
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As a songwriter, I set my life to music. I paint my songs like portraits. They become particular expressions of who I am, or who I have been along the way. These songs organize themselves around a particular theme with later becomes a CD project. I love to share these with an audience in a concert setting because it becomes much more like a conversation. And that is what makes Portraits of White more than just a show!
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Brand New Me # 131 Do You Get Paid?
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Do your wages determine your value?
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Brand New Me # 130 Ideas Are Your Friends
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"There's nothing so powerful as an idea who's time has come." — Jim Rohn
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Brand New Me # 129 What Inspires You?
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What inspires you? How can you turn that into creativity?
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Brand New Me # 128 It Feels Good to Be Free
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When do you feel the most free? What is your safe place?
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Brand New Me # 127 More Religious?
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"Do you ever consider making Portraits of White more religious?"
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Brand New Me # 126 If I Weren't the One in Charge
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Do you feel a bit overwhelmed in your life? Even if you're "living the dream?"
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Brand New Me # 125 Facing the Spooks
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What are you afraid of? What keeps you from moving forward?
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Brand New Me # 124 YOU Are My Friends on the Yellow Brick Road
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"The enemy of love is self-consciousness." — Tom Jackson, Live Music Producer.
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Brand New Me # 123 Are You Rusty?
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Do you need some oil in your life? Are you feeling rusty, unable to move, like the Tin Man in the Wizard of Oz?
info_outline"Why did you start the show?" [Portraits of White]
"You said you want it to be a personal experience. Why does that matter to you?"
These two questions from a fan of Portraits of White are probably the most special to me of all the questions I've been asked.
Beyond the fancy dresses, wonderful musicians, spotlights and set design, there IS a very passionate longing in my heart when it comes to this beloved Christmas show. Basically...
How we experience Christmas matters to me. We all have a longing to find our "home," especially during the holidays.
"No matter how dreary and gray our homes are, we people of flesh and blood would rather live there than in any other country, be it ever so beautiful. There is no place like home." — L. Frank Baum (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz)
For years, I struggled with the holidays, emotionally. Thankfully, I had a physical home, but there was a sadness that seemed to plague me at Christmas.
In fact, I almost gave up on Christmas. Frankly, I secretly dreaded the holidays. Fortunately, Christmas didn’t give up on me. The more I share my own story, the more I seem to encounter others who have felt this way too…or perhaps, still do. My solution to this “problem” was to create a grand Christmas concert experience where people could come together and enjoy a professional show with a home-town feel.