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Pearl Jam's Upper Hand.

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The Internet is Not a Real Place.

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I Can Remember When...

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Stop Saying Upstate New York.

I often run into people all over the city and elsewhere, and I'm interested to know where they're from. In fact I persist even in the face of a bit of resistance, out of sincere curiosity. For me, like many I imagine, New York City, and by extension the world is like a big ole pot of gumbo, and I'm interesting in its ingredients.

Particular I find to be the case of many I meet, who are from New York, but outside of the Boroughs, an unworthy of mentioning semi-sort-of inferiority complex, in regards their point of origin. However after a bit of prodding and pep-talking, they usually open and shoulder right up about their hometowns.

Of course, relatively speaking, with such a well and widely known big brother like New York City. Some feel their hailing understandably eclipsed by such a luminous city like The Big Apple. However there are many quaint and interesting cities, towns and villages etc., in New York, and throughout the country, world, and the seven or so seas.

So I find lumping them all into one juggernautical demarcation, as "Upstate New York" a colossal oversight. After all none of us can trace our roots for very long here in NYC. We are an amalgam, and in fact that is a major part of The City's acclaim, lore/lure, and identity.

Interestingly people who are from The Boroughs, with the exception of maybe Staten Island, have no reticence of specifying their neighborhood, nickname and all.

New York City attracts some of the most inspiring and aspiring minds and personalities from all over the world.

So don't be timid about your town, wherever it may be. And please, please stop saying just "Upstate New York. "That's a lot of ground to cover. New York ain't always proper.

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Marvxlous "What Now" feat Kelsie Janel. Produced by Mr Pete Beats.

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You Haven't Heard This Music Podcast

You Haven't Heard This Music Podcast: includes, among other- Marvxlous "I'm Good" feat Kelsie Janel .Produced by Mr Pete Beats.

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"Frances McDormand Keeps It Really Real."

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"Don't Sleep on Weezer"

-An Opinion.

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A cool song might be cool for a while, but a good song..."Life Is Beautiful was born out of me seeing a clip of @johnmayer shredding this infectious tune on the page of @amayer2callhome about 4 years ago.I was immediately taken in by its rhymic timing and funky jazziness. And I wasn't alone. His head bopping and facial expressions reminded me of @itspetergabriel on Peter's video for "Sledgehammer,"which moved me to revisit it, and then to watch the documentary "So" on @amazonprime and to also  revisit "Biko" and for good measure, to watch the film "Cry Freedom" on @youtubeBefore that I had noticed a clip on YouTube of what I would come to learn was the movie "Life Is Beautiful.' It was a haunting sequence of Robero Benigni's character Guido, mock marching in oversized steps while the actor who plays his son, Giorgio Cantarini, looks on, and returns his father's wink  in a entertained ignorantly blissful state. I thought about the Pandemic and subsequent death that has surrounded us all, and wanted to make a hopeful record, but without sounding oblivious, deluded or optimistic to a fault of oversimplifying loss. The film, from what I gathered, did a beautiful job in making the most out of some of the worst circumstances.The song Life Is Beautiful is not only a very personal record for me, but probably my most hands on too. Thanks to @Bandlab.I had a wishlist of artists I wanted to call and work with (#mrsj & #sheshab, and for 10 years @bruceharris )whose momentary shot on @lucas_machowki directed "No Time" had me counting the days to creatively recovene with him. In a lot of ways, for me making music is like making a film. You try to cast the right parts to the right people. Take into consideration schedules, personal circumstances of artists, aesthetic, promotion and so on.It's fascinating how often times a convergence of arts/artists come together to create something new, be it actively or tacitly. After all the creators that the copyright and other creative considerations cater to are particularly those coming down the pipe.  It's both satisfying and rewarding that something so near and dear to you, can and will stick to others too (bar). Special thanks to Kevin Guillet, Michael Ian Farrell, #Savthegenius,

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Dynamo Bruce Harris on trumpet during Marvxlous' Life Is Beautiful session with Savthegenius.

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Thanks to the nice folks at Bandcamp for including Marvxlous "Life Is Beautiful" in the best of 2021, among others. I appreciate you.