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	<title>Charles Alexander::The Village Drumbeat</title>
	
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		<title>The Gift of Community</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:42:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re about halfway thru the latest Rock Your Net sessions. Wednesday night I was emphasizing the importance of community in any artist/songwriter/musicians&#8217; marketing efforts. That&#8217;s when it hit me.
The generosity of community has been so vital to the success of Outside The Box Music and Rock Your Net. I hope you&#8217;ll indulge me and let [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Not Good Enough</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:30:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.charlesalexander.com/?p=387</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This year the mainstream music establishment was preoccupied with letting the indie/DIY community know they were &#34;Not Good Enough.&#34; In fact, some gatekeeping factions of even the DIY/Indie community seemed to reinforce this theme (more on this later).
Who&#8217;s A Grammy Darling?
The rumblings started in February at The Grammys when Esperanza Spalding won Best New Artist [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Not To Get Arrested At Your Music Video Shoot</title>
		<link>http://www.charlesalexander.com/how-not-to-get-arrested</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 03:39:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.charlesalexander.com/?p=382</guid>
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Last night Jason Lucas of Monsta Nash directed a music video shoot on location for the first single off the upcoming record. Part of the shoot was on private property owned by CSX. And I guess the guy in the control tower got really nervous about us hanging out by the bridge/trestle. So he was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NewSong Video</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:34:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.charlesalexander.com/?p=364</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last Sunday  Jason Lucas of Monsta Nash &#8211; helped me shoot a live performance video to submit to the NewSong Music Contest judges and fans. The sweet &#38; incredibly gifted Sarah Zimmermann showed up to help and we ended up with this:


Sarah Zimmermann together with her partner in crime, Justin Davis, is part of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NewSong Music – I Can’t Believe It…</title>
		<link>http://www.charlesalexander.com/newsong-music-i-cant-believe-it</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2011 07:15:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[10th Annual Mountain Stage NewSong]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.charlesalexander.com/?p=341</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was floored Thursday afternoon when a dear friend informed me that I had qualified as a regional finalist for the 10th Annual Mountain Stage Newsong Contest.
I&#8217;ve got rejection emails at least 15-20 deep from all the contests I&#8217;ve entered over the years.  So to say my expectations were low, is an understatement.
I manage [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Music Is A Super Power</title>
		<link>http://www.charlesalexander.com/music-is-a-super-power</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jul 2011 21:40:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.charlesalexander.com/?p=326</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As I sat in Vanderbilt Stadium enrapt with the spectacle that was the U2 concert&#8230;It hit me. Music is a super power! Especially if it&#8217;s done right&#8230;

Full disclosure &#8211; I am an U2 nut. A total Bono &#38; gang superfan. The show at Vanderbilt on the 2nd of July was my first time seeing them [...]]]></description>
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		<title>May 16th:: Ariel Hyatt To Speak At Educational Series</title>
		<link>http://www.charlesalexander.com/arielhyatt</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 16:01:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.charlesalexander.com/?p=318</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ Ariel Hyatt has been added as a keynote presenter to the Rock Your Net event. There&#8217;s a special session featuring Ms. Hyatt on Monday, May 16th. It&#8217;s free if you sign up for the entire 5 part series. Only $25 if you just want to attend the keynote.
On May 11th, we begin a series [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tin Pan South 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.charlesalexander.com/tps</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 02:42:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.charlesalexander.com/?p=293</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On Thursday, March 31st at 6 pm, I host a Tin Pan South show. Here&#8217;s what the Nashville Scene had to say this week about the show:

    
&#34;This is probably one of the most diverse shows Tin Pan has ever presented. There&#8217;s a little Rock, some R&#38;B, Pop, Motown, Soul and Country. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>That Was A Pretty Good Week (or Two)…</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 19:49:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.charlesalexander.com/?p=289</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, that was a great week (or two&#8230;)  For those wondering, my carpal tunnel release surgery went great.  My hand is healing extremely well and will be ready right on schedule for&#8230;
You Ain&#8217;t Seen Nothing Like This at Tin Pan South
I just heard that I get to again host a Tin Pan South [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Civility</title>
		<link>http://www.charlesalexander.com/civility</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 04:19:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.charlesalexander.com/?p=265</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My friend, Fett, recently joined FaceBook. One of his first status updates for the New Year was a request for civility. In fact here is what he said,
&#8220;Here&#8217;s my main wish for 2011: A return to CIVILITY in all aspects of our culture: politics, religion, international affairs, personal relationships, etc. We&#8217;ve all been screaming at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The most secular sounding,”religious” Christmas song you’ll ever hear.</title>
		<link>http://www.charlesalexander.com/the-most-secular-soundingreligious-christmas-song-youll-ever-hear</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 21:21:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>denovo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Click To Get Song
Right after I graduated college, my dear friend, Vid Cuddihy wanted to form an a cappella rock group and asked me and my now wife, Wendy Sumner Alexander, to join. We were called PinK Dakota. Folks mutilated our name. But in my humble opinion we had one of the coolest promo pics [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lizard Lounge</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 22:42:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some of you know I have a day gig in the sciences. I went to a computational biology conference in Boston a couple of weeks ago. While I was there I decided I would play out.
My friend Kevin So was playing a show at The Burren in Cambridge. He courteously invited me to join him [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Immigrant at Tin Pan South</title>
		<link>http://www.charlesalexander.com/an-immigrant-at-tin-pan-south</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 22:21:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So Here&#8217;s a video that Joel Wilson shot at the Tin Pan South show in April. I&#8217;m performing &#8220;Immigrant&#8221; at Edgehill Studios. I&#8217;m pretty sure that&#8217;s the first time a Malaysian dude has ever performed at TPS. Let alone host. And yes, Virginia, that&#8217;s Gabe Dixon on my left. Somebody pinch me.
If you like the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Rescues</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 22:18:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://charlesalexander.com/blog/?p=199</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My wife and I got to see my friend, Kyler England, perform with her band The Rescues at 3rd &#38; Lindsley. What an incredible show! There was a passion and purpose to their performance that I haven&#8217;t seen in a band for a long time. Rob Giles is an unqualified animal and this band is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Patti Myint/Arnold Myint</title>
		<link>http://www.charlesalexander.com/patti-myintarnold-myint</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 22:17:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://charlesalexander.com/blog/?p=196</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When we first moved to Nashville, we weren&#8217;t sure what the culinary landscape here would hold. But a friend of ours. Jackie George,  told us about Patti Myint&#8217;s Thai cooking and the International House. Once we ate there we knew we would be OK in the &#8216;Ville. Her Custom Special House Salad was to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rachel DiPillo</title>
		<link>http://www.charlesalexander.com/rachel-dipillo</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 22:14:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jackie and John DiPillo are friends of ours. Meghan, their daughter, babysat for us once and is a warm, caring individual. One of their other daughters, Rachel, is an actress and will be in a new pilot series on ABC called &#34;The Gates.&#34; It&#8217;s about vampires and such. It&#8217;s on Sunday, June 20, 10/9 Central. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home – Nashville Finds Her Voice Again After The Great Flood</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 07:37:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles</dc:creator>
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    Floodwater from the Cumberland River creeps into downtown Nashville, Tennessee, Monday, May 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) 
I am a real homebody.  I love home. To me it means comfort and safety. It&#8217;s the place that gives me the freedom to be who I truly am.
My childhood home of Sentul, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tin Pan South 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:37:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles</dc:creator>
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For the first time ever, I get to be part of the 18th Annual Tin Pan South Songwriters Festival here in Nashville. Not only do I get be involved, I&#8217;m honored to be hosting a round that celebrates not only diverse genres and but folks from different ethnic backgrounds. The artists performing will be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Out Of My Hands</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:33:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With a sense of great elation and much nervousness I handed the final tracks of my recording project to my  friend, producer and musical Jedi Master, Paul Jefferson, Tuesday morning (Mar 16th, 2010). It is now officially out of my hands. I&#8217;ll document the process of getting the word out about this project somehow. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Haiti here in Nashville</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:28:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The tragedy and the subsequent events in Haiti are hard to comprehend and wrap my head around.  The First Church of the Nazarene is holding a prayer service Saturday, Jan 30th to remember in solidarity victims, citizens of Haiti and members of the Haitian community here in Nashville.
There is a significant benefit being planned [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Un-advocating for Songwriters</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 22:01:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just looked online at the schedule for a Nashville based songwriting advocacy association.  Every item on the schedule was about feeding the old/present dying music business model.  Not that that is a completely bad thing.  I mean it&#8217;s good to feed the beast &#8211; even if it is slowly breathing in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Music as Medicine</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 22:53:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The past month or so has been at best &#8211; challenging. Some of you already know the details and I won&#8217;t go into them. Just read the blogs here to catch up. Suffice to say there was much sadness in our world.
The saving grace though has been how much wonderful music we have heard in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My friend, Kim Risburg</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:22:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear friends
Hours after I sent out my last newsletter yesterday, I learnt that my friend, Kim Risburg, had passed away sometime between Sunday night and Monday morning. She was found on the shores of Woods Reservoir near the UTSI campus in Tullahoma,TN.

Reports indicate she was leaving McMinnville and apparently hit a deer near the reservoir. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Melissa's Mardi Gras Memorial</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 09:27:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles</dc:creator>
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Photo by Iris Baker
On Dec 26th, 2004, a tsunami hit the coastal regions of Southeast and South Asia. Some of the countries that were worst hit were Indonesia, India, Thailand and Sri Lanka. It wasn&#8217;t long after the tragedy happened that we were inundated with images over CNN and various other media outlets as to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fear &amp; Creativity</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 09:25:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Within the last week or so, my friend Derek Sivers (formerly of CD Baby) sent this to me.  It&#8217;s one of the more profound talks on creativity I have ever heard.
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/elizabeth_gilbert_on_genius.html
TED is the conference to end all conferences  and is open to folks who contribute and/or have contributed to society in ways that [...]]]></description>
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