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Andrew Schulman

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Jan 6, 2015, 2:16:17 PM1/6/15
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This is a follow-up to my post from a few weeks ago. We are at the halfway point of our 40-day Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign and very grateful for all the contributions so far, especially as we had to start in the middle of the holiday season. We have 20 days left to reach our goal. You can see our page here: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/waki ... /x/2495792

The Updates column has some new info and the Story Summary has been updated as well. I've made several Perks much more user friendly. Also, those who are getting the "Andrew & Wendy" DVD will receive them within a week.

I mentioned previously that in one of the chapters I write about the guitar being an ideal instrument for critical care music. To support this I've added - along with the Music & Medicine experts - guitarist Ben Verdery - chairman of the guitar department at Yale School of Music (who's had some experience in critical care music), and Fan-Chia Tao, Director of Research & Development at D'Addario & Company (I've been a D'Addario endorsee since 1982).

What may be of most interest to many of you is this: someone who has supported this book from the beginning has made a quite literally incredible offer. He noticed only one person has taken the $5000 Perk. He has decided to upgrade that Perk: a brand new BMW Z4 will be included. Many of you know I joke around a lot but I'm absolutely serious about this. The donor wishes to remain anonymous but I give my personal guarantee that if not received within 2 months of the end of the campaign I'll refund the entire $5000. I have permission to post the link to the model that will be received: http://tinyurl.com/pc75m5q

And on that note, we also greatly appreciate any shares on Facebook, Twitter, etc., and emails to anyone you think would be interested in supporting this book about the value of music in medicine.

Thank you!

Andrew
http://www.abacaproductions.com

gtr

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Jan 6, 2015, 3:10:17 PM1/6/15
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On 2015-01-06 19:16:16 +0000, Andrew Schulman said:

> This is a follow-up to my post from a few weeks ago. We are at the
> halfway point of our 40-day Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign and very
> grateful for all the contributions so far, especially as we had to
> start in the middle of the holiday season. We have 20 days left to
> reach our goal. You can see our page here:
> https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/waki ... /x/2495792

FYI: When you post updates to numerous groups, it's handy if you put
all their named in the "newsgroups" slots:

rec.music.classical.guitar, rec.music.music.makers.acoustic, ...

In this way those of us who frequent numerous such groups only see it once.

Andrew Schulman

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Jan 6, 2015, 3:52:12 PM1/6/15
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On Tuesday, January 6, 2015 3:10:17 PM UTC-5, gtr wrote:
> FYI: When you post updates to numerous groups, it's handy if you put
> all their named in the "newsgroups" slots:
>
> rec.music.classical.guitar, rec.music.music.makers.acoustic, ...
>
> In this way those of us who frequent numerous such groups only see it once.

Thanks, gtr, didn't know the protocol, will do so in the future on multiple posts.

Andrew

thomas

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Jan 6, 2015, 8:40:45 PM1/6/15
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Beemers are nice but I prefer a vintage Mercedes:

http://tinyurl.com/9ozdne4

dsi1

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Jan 6, 2015, 9:04:07 PM1/6/15
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I think I know that driver!

My brother was telling me about a guy that sells high end cars. He sells
a lot to foreign students that come to this country. A lot of them will
buy exotics like lambos and Ferrari because, well, they have to be able
to get to school. These cars will last out in the field around 3 days
before they have to be towed back into the shop. One kid was in a new
exotic Mercedes and he thought he'd try out the cruise control. Somehow
he managed to turn it on and then he climbed into the back seat.
Unfortunately, he didn't have the model Mercedes with the autopilot like
Hitler did. Hitler would be tickled pink with that story, I guess.

Jerry Willard

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Jan 6, 2015, 9:15:06 PM1/6/15
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On Tuesday, January 6, 2015 2:16:17 PM UTC-5, Andrew Schulman wrote:
Hi Andrew will share on FB and twitter - see you at the run soon and we can continue or heated discussion :) AND watch Phoebe :)

Andrew Schulman

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Jan 6, 2015, 9:22:46 PM1/6/15
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On Tuesday, January 6, 2015 8:40:45 PM UTC-5, thomas wrote:
> Beemers are nice but I prefer a vintage Mercedes:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/9ozdne4

Dude, I think you posted this one a few months ago. Or something similar?

A.

Andrew Schulman

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Jan 6, 2015, 9:27:11 PM1/6/15
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On Tuesday, January 6, 2015 9:15:06 PM UTC-5, Jerry Willard wrote:
> Hi Andrew will share on FB and twitter - see you at the run soon and we can continue or heated discussion :) AND watch Phoebe :)

Thanks Jerry! Phoebe has been doing great in the run this week, that was a good lesson that first day with that nasty little dog. Now she knows at 4 months that the rules of the jungle apply in the dog run too.

Our heated discussion gave me a great idea for one of the chapters in the book, will tell you when I see you.

Andrew

Steve Freides

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Jan 6, 2015, 10:23:49 PM1/6/15
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Andrew Schulman wrote:

> What may be of most interest to many of you is this: someone who has
> supported this book from the beginning has made a quite literally
> incredible offer. He noticed only one person has taken the $5000
> Perk. He has decided to upgrade that Perk: a brand new BMW Z4 will be
> included. Many of you know I joke around a lot but I'm absolutely
> serious about this. The donor wishes to remain anonymous but I give
> my personal guarantee that if not received within 2 months of the end
> of the campaign I'll refund the entire $5000. I have permission to
> post the link to the model that will be received:
> http://tinyurl.com/pc75m5q

It's a rare automobile that can be kept in a New York City apartment but
I think you've found one there. The person who takes you up on this $5k
perk will be very Weiss, indeed.

-S-


Steve Freides

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Jan 6, 2015, 10:26:08 PM1/6/15
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gtr wrote:

> FYI: When you post updates to numerous groups, it's handy if you put
> all their named in the "newsgroups" slots:
>
> rec.music.classical.guitar, rec.music.music.makers.acoustic, ...
>
> In this way those of us who frequent numerous such groups only see it
> once.

Not all news servers allow posting to multiple groups at once. I used
to use news.aioe.org and I'm pretty sure it didn't allow cross-posting.

-S-


Andrew Schulman

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Jan 6, 2015, 11:00:33 PM1/6/15
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On Tuesday, January 6, 2015 10:23:49 PM UTC-5, Steve Freides wrote:
> It's a rare automobile that can be kept in a New York City apartment but
> I think you've found one there. The person who takes you up on this $5k
> perk will be very Weiss, indeed.
>
To sweeten the deal I'm including batteries, unless they're expensive.

Andrew

gtr

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Jan 7, 2015, 1:16:19 AM1/7/15
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Pretty lame. I'm sure you're right though, there are probably some
that are even lamer.

Richard Jernigan

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Jan 7, 2015, 11:20:44 AM1/7/15
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On Tuesday, January 6, 2015 7:40:45 PM UTC-6, thomas wrote:
>
> Beemers are nice but I prefer a vintage Mercedes:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/9ozdne4

Please. In English the cars are "Bimmers." Only motorcycles are "Beemers."

RNJ

andrewro...@gmail.com

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Jan 7, 2015, 11:38:23 AM1/7/15
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I'll throw in a Toyyoda if it helps

Curmudgeon

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Jan 7, 2015, 12:30:09 PM1/7/15
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And I'll toss in a 1947 Crosley owner's manual

dsi1

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Jan 7, 2015, 1:56:41 PM1/7/15
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Americans tend to call their BMWs "Beemers." OTOH, if you call your car a Beemer, you just might be a asshole. :-)

Curmudgeon

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Jan 7, 2015, 3:51:35 PM1/7/15
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Or if your car is in fact a Beemer/Bimmer

Andrew Schulman

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Jan 7, 2015, 5:14:33 PM1/7/15
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On Wednesday, January 7, 2015 12:30:09 PM UTC-5, Curmudgeon wrote:
> And I'll toss in a 1947 Crosley owner's manual

Andrew and Curm, the big help really will be extra batteries, and some of this would be nice too: http://tinyurl.com/nry4348

Thanks!

Andrew

dsi1

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Jan 7, 2015, 7:21:27 PM1/7/15
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These days, I gots me a Vee-Dub YO! I guess you gots a K-car. :-)

Richard Jernigan

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Jan 7, 2015, 8:51:43 PM1/7/15
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I call my car neither a Beemer nor a Bimmer, but I was standing nearby when the service manager of Austin BMW corrected someone's diction.

RNJ

dsi1

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Jan 7, 2015, 9:54:42 PM1/7/15
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Unless the guy was correcting one of his employees, he did a bad thing.
I would never correct a customer's diction. OTOH, schooling customers on
these things might be acceptable way up there in that rare Bavarian air.

You got me confused for a sec - I used to have a 65 Austin American back
in the old days. It sounded as though Austin was selling cars in this
country again. I guess if Fiat can do it, anything is possible. :-)

Richard Jernigan

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Jan 7, 2015, 11:48:23 PM1/7/15
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On Wednesday, January 7, 2015 8:54:42 PM UTC-6, dsi1 wrote:

> >>
> >> Americans tend to call their BMWs "Beemers." OTOH, if you call your car a Beemer, you just might be a asshole. :-)
> >
> > I call my car neither a Beemer nor a Bimmer, but I was standing nearby when the service manager of Austin BMW corrected someone's diction.
> >
> > RNJ
> >
>
> Unless the guy was correcting one of his employees, he did a bad thing.
> I would never correct a customer's diction. OTOH, schooling customers on
> these things might be acceptable way up there in that rare Bavarian air.
>
> You got me confused for a sec - I used to have a 65 Austin American back
> in the old days. It sounded as though Austin was selling cars in this
> country again. I guess if Fiat can do it, anything is possible. :-)

An employee, of course. My impression was that he was a new one.

RNJ

Andrew Schulman

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Jan 8, 2015, 12:19:48 AM1/8/15
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On Tuesday, January 6, 2015 2:16:17 PM UTC-5, Andrew Schulman wrote:
> I mentioned previously that in one of the chapters I write about the guitar being an ideal instrument for critical care music. To support this I've added - along with the Music & Medicine experts - guitarist Ben Verdery - chairman of the guitar department at Yale School of Music (who's had some experience in critical care music), and Fan-Chia Tao, Director of Research & Development at D'Addario & Company (I've been a D'Addario endorsee since 1982).
>
Oddly enough, I think this was a more important part of the opening post then the beamer/bimmers Perk addition thingy (which landed me some quite funny emails this morning from some pals).

I had planned on have Fan-Chia Tao add some things about the acoustics of the instrument, but happened to run into Ben at Whole Foods on Saturday. We've known each other for years, live nearby, and he was commenting about the article I'd written for Allegro Magazine and mentioned that when he was part of the Affiliate Artists program years ago he'd once played in an ICU and was amazed at the effect the music had on patients. I'd been looking for another guitarist besides me for that chapter, you need back-up for this kind of book. Ben has also been closely affiliated with D'Addario for years and knows Fan well.

By the way, to be forthright about this, I don't actually think the guitar is "an ideal instrument for critical care music." I really don't. I think the guitar is THE ideal instrument for critical care music but I'm wording it so I don't have harpists and violinists, etc., annoying me on their NGs. And God forbid a book reviewer is a harpist, or violinist or one of those other inferior instruments.

Andrew

Curmudgeon

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Jan 8, 2015, 8:41:02 AM1/8/15
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"Inferior," really? Lesser, certainly, but "inferior" just sounds so judgemental

Andrew Schulman

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Jan 8, 2015, 11:28:02 AM1/8/15
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On Thursday, January 8, 2015 8:41:02 AM UTC-5, Curmudgeon wrote:
> ...one of those other inferior instruments.
> >
>
> "Inferior," really? Lesser, certainly, but "inferior" just sounds so judgmental

Unfortunately I cross-posted this to all the harp and violin NGs on the internet, for fortunately every post in response agreed with me, that the guitar is the superior instrument, so I guess that means I have good judgement.

So there!

Andrew


dsi1

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Jan 8, 2015, 4:36:18 PM1/8/15
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I was once going to see my friend in Maunawili to play some guitar and
slack off and another friend drove up to me on the street all excited.
He just bought a used 1600 BMW and wanted to take me on a demo ride.
What a wild ride that was! He took me around the back roads of Maunawili
and was pulling some pretty good Gs. I don't know how the hell a high
school kid learned to drive like that. It took me over a decade to
figure out why he was so excited and I still can't drive like that. :-)

Steve Freides

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Jan 8, 2015, 7:27:00 PM1/8/15
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This is correct. My pride and joy is my 1991 318is, pushing 200k miles
and still going strong.

-S-


Steve Freides

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Jan 8, 2015, 7:32:29 PM1/8/15
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Jane, you ignorant slut.

-S-


Curmudgeon

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Jan 8, 2015, 7:34:33 PM1/8/15
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I bought a 528i new in 1978. Worst car I ever owned - it was a total lemon and the dealer stood behind nothing. The experience put me off BMW for life.

Steve Freides

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Jan 8, 2015, 7:56:33 PM1/8/15
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I get out of mine with a smile on my face every time - it's simply great
fun to drive. I've got a cracked dashboard, no glove compartment, no
radio, and some pretty serious rust-through, but G-d do I enjoy myself
driving the thing. Manual sunroof, gets between 30 and 40 mpg on the
highway, mid-20's around town. The heat works, the a/c works, it
doesn't leak in the rain, it has a manual sunroof. 5 speed manual
transmission, of course, and the old-fashioned kind with an honest to
goodness clutch.

-S-


thomas

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Jan 8, 2015, 8:31:10 PM1/8/15
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I know people get tired of hearing about the Nazis and Adolph Hitler, complaining that it's ancient history and it's time we should all just put it behind us and move on, but it's my position that we should never forget: the man had fabulous taste in automobiles.

Also, Charles Manson was not a bad 60s/70s-style singer-songwriter. Not James Taylor or David Gates good, but certainly better than Kristofferson:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qMFBqCeAc8

Andrew Schulman

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Jan 8, 2015, 9:46:56 PM1/8/15
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On Thursday, January 8, 2015 at 8:31:10 PM UTC-5, thomas wrote:
> I know people get tired of hearing about the Nazis and Adolph Hitler -
>
> Also, Charles Manson was not a bad 60s/70s-style singer-

If they'd formed a folk duo, do you think it would have been called "Manson and Hitler" or "Hitler and Manson"?

Andrew

dsi1

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Jan 8, 2015, 10:16:31 PM1/8/15
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My brother had one of those things. They did seem to be troublesome.
OTOH, my brother always did treat his cars like shit. He's convinced
that the oil pressure light comes on when it's time to add some oil.
Actually, it comes on when it's time for you to get rid of the car. :-)

thomas

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Jan 8, 2015, 11:27:36 PM1/8/15
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It *should* be Hitler & Manson, but if the two of them got in a fight over it, I have to like Charlie in that bout.

Andrew Schulman

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Jan 8, 2015, 11:51:56 PM1/8/15
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On Thursday, January 8, 2015 at 11:27:36 PM UTC-5, thomas wrote:
> It *should* be Hitler & Manson, but if the two of them got in a fight over it, I have to like Charlie in that bout.

If you are right about that, and someone invents a time machine soon, let's set it to 1932, and pick a night when Charlie is in a really bad mood.

Andrew

Andrew Schulman

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Jan 9, 2015, 2:03:34 AM1/9/15
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On Tuesday, January 6, 2015 at 2:16:17 PM UTC-5, Andrew Schulman wrote:
> You can see our page here: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/waki ... /x/2495792
>
All this time and just now I saw the link above was messed up:

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/a-musician-s-journey-healing-body-mind-and-soul/x/2495792

At least some of you got a great deal on a brand new BMW Z4.

Andrew

Jonathan

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Jan 9, 2015, 10:34:23 AM1/9/15
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Whoa! That's not bad.
I can see how he might have had some degree of charisma back in the day.

Jonathan

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Jan 9, 2015, 10:38:38 AM1/9/15
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Someone should do a multimedia presentation of Adolf's paintings with Charlie's music playing in the background. It would probably be a viral hit.

Andrew Schulman

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Jan 9, 2015, 2:36:42 PM1/9/15
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Just had this exchange (below) at the RMMGA site, so I'm posting the gist of it lest there be any confusion here too!

Again, thanks very much to those of you who contributed at Indiegogo to support the book and forwarded to others. This crowdfunding campaign ends on January 25th, and its already given us some breathing room for living expenses as Wendy and I are hard at work putting together all the many parts that have been written over the past year to make the final manuscript a cohesive entity.

And on that note:

On Friday, January 9, 2015 at 1:20:40 PM UTC-5, wrote:

> The link that you have posted is puzzling. Do you, in fact, have a donor
> who will supply a new BMW? The link is to an RC model which looks like a BMW
> but is not a BMW. Your Indiegogo site makes no mention of the BMW. Is there
> a BMW. What happens if you get 2 donors?
>
>

You didn't get the joke? Really!?! It was puzzling to you? I got emails from people along the lines of the two pasted below.

> On Jan 6, 2015, at 11:00 PM, dr wrote:
> hahahaha !! thats the best prank ive seen in ages !!!

> On Jan 7, 2015, at 10:42 AM, mikael wrote:
> That BMW Z4 link made me laugh!!!!! Great job with that!!!!

I couldn't change the text at the Indiegogo site because once a donor takes the Perk you can no longer change the text - I mention that in one of the Updates, 4th one down. And to answer your other question, yes, I will include that model of a BMW Z4 with the $5K perk. I got the idea because the donor who has taken it already sent a lovely email to me and mentioned her grandchildren. I emailed her after I posted about this, and she was delighted not only that I thought of her grandchildren but that she also loved the humor. The model car will be included to any other donors who take that perk.

This was also a subtle (I guess too subtle for some people) way of being humorous, and that's a key part of the book I'm writing. The book deals with life and death issues, has serious science about music and the brain, and if it didn't have any humor in it it would just be too heavy a read for some people.

Andrew

Steven Bornfeld

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Jan 11, 2015, 2:10:11 PM1/11/15
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On 1/8/2015 8:31 PM, thomas wrote:
>
> I know people get tired of hearing about the Nazis and Adolph Hitler, complaining that it's ancient history

and it's time we should all just put it behind us and move on, but it's
my position that we should never

forget: the man had fabulous taste in automobiles.
>
> Also, Charles Manson was not a bad 60s/70s-style singer-songwriter. Not James Taylor or David Gates good,

but certainly better than Kristofferson:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qMFBqCeAc8
>


Some of the comments are rather scary (no big surprise there), but I
found this one interesting:

"This is shockingly good for an insane person. I could have seen him
getting a contract back then or joining Bread or some band like that. It
almost makes you wonder if more artists and singer-song writers aren't
secretly sociopaths waiting to snap."

Andrew Schulman

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Jan 11, 2015, 5:30:26 PM1/11/15
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On Sunday, January 11, 2015 at 2:10:11 PM UTC-5, Steven Bornfeld wrote:
> Some of the comments are rather scary (no big surprise there), but I
> found this one interesting:
>
> "This is shockingly good for an insane person. I could have seen him
> getting a contract back then or joining Bread or some band like that. It
> almost makes you wonder if more artists and singer-song writers aren't
> secretly sociopaths waiting to snap."

A classic RMCG thread: starting with a post about a crowdfunding campaign for a book about the healing power of music, shifting to Hitler's favorite car, then a conjecture on a Hitler-Manson folk duo, and then some reviews about a Charles Manson art song. Priceless!

Andrew



Curmudgeon

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Jan 11, 2015, 6:39:00 PM1/11/15
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And yet nary a word about spruce or cedar. Or, for that matter, relativism...

Andrew Schulman

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Jan 11, 2015, 8:22:58 PM1/11/15
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As far as relativism, how's your cousin Bobby doing?

Andrew

thomas

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Jan 11, 2015, 9:10:11 PM1/11/15
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As Bogart once said: “I never met a dame who didn’t understand a shlap in the face or a shlug from a .45″

Andrew Schulman

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Jan 11, 2015, 9:21:09 PM1/11/15
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On Sunday, January 11, 2015 at 9:10:11 PM UTC-5, thomas wrote:
> As Bogart once said: “I never met a dame who didn’t understand a shlap in the face or a shlug from a .45″

Please make note that Humphrey Bogart grew up at 245 W. 103rd St. in Manhattan, 9 blocks from where I live now. To this very day we still find empty .45 caliber shlug casings on the sidewalk there.

Andrew

andrewro...@gmail.com

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Jan 11, 2015, 10:36:54 PM1/11/15
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There must have been a lot of dumb broads that lived around there

Curmudgeon

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Jan 12, 2015, 1:15:25 PM1/12/15
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You mean Bobby Joe? He jumped off a bridge

Andrew Schulman

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Jan 12, 2015, 2:23:48 PM1/12/15
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On Monday, January 12, 2015 at 1:15:25 PM UTC-5, Curmudgeon wrote:
> You mean Bobby Joe? He jumped off a bridge

Oh, you were related to Tallahassee Bobby?

A.

Curmudgeon

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Jan 12, 2015, 5:12:55 PM1/12/15
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No, you're thinking of Bobby Bubba, the Florida boy. I'm talking Bobby Joe, of Tallahatchie in Mississippi.

thomas

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Jan 12, 2015, 5:25:38 PM1/12/15
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The double negative means that the broads *did* understand.

Andrew Schulman

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Jan 12, 2015, 5:38:32 PM1/12/15
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Haha, very good Curm! I used to love that song when I was in high school, it was really great for the times. In my memory I came up with Tallahassee which until 20 seconds ago I didn't realized was the capital of Florida. Did you know "the Tallahatchie bridge collapsed in 1972 after being set alight by vandals"?

Set alight, rather archaic, what?

Andrew

Curmudgeon

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Jan 12, 2015, 6:05:55 PM1/12/15
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Set alight? Are you sure that wasn't 1772?

dsi1

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Jan 12, 2015, 8:20:31 PM1/12/15
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That would be Bobby Gentry and Billie Joel. :-)

I love that sound Bobby Gentry gets - it's either a really big uke or a
really small 4 string guitar. Somehow, she was able to capture the feel
of a hot, dusty, rural Southern day. It would be tough to follow up a
song like that and I guess she never did.

Andrew Schulman

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Jan 12, 2015, 9:21:45 PM1/12/15
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On Monday, January 12, 2015 at 8:20:31 PM UTC-5, dsi1 wrote:
> I love that sound Bobby Gentry gets - it's either a really big uke or a
> really small 4 string guitar. Somehow, she was able to capture the feel
> of a hot, dusty, rural Southern day. It would be tough to follow up a
> song like that and I guess she never did.

I agree, that was a one and only sound, I've never heard another song that was quite in that zone.

Andrew

thomas

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Jan 12, 2015, 10:17:08 PM1/12/15
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Tallahassee has two state universities as well as the state gov. Major party town.

thomas

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Jan 12, 2015, 10:20:57 PM1/12/15
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On Monday, January 12, 2015 at 8:20:31 PM UTC-5, dsi1 wrote:
Bobbie Gentry had talents other than singing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dyo_xZnvsA

Andrew Schulman

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Jan 12, 2015, 10:49:43 PM1/12/15
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On Monday, January 12, 2015 at 10:20:57 PM UTC-5, thomas wrote:
> Bobbie Gentry had talents other than singing:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dyo_xZnvsA

Cool, I had no idea she did card tricks too.

Andrew

Steve Freides

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Jan 12, 2015, 11:11:49 PM1/12/15
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I use music to get my dogs to follow me correctly when I walk.

C'mon, now, say it ...

-S-


andrewro...@gmail.com

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Jan 13, 2015, 12:03:22 AM1/13/15
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But they take a slug anyway, they're dumb in my book

Andrew Schulman

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Jan 13, 2015, 10:12:11 AM1/13/15
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On Monday, January 12, 2015 at 11:11:49 PM UTC-5, Steve Freides wrote:
> I use music to get my dogs to follow me correctly when I walk.
>
> C'mon, now, say it ...
>
>

Okay, I'll say it, "Woof, woof!"

Andrew

Steve Freides

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Jan 13, 2015, 12:29:01 PM1/13/15
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Alright, I guess it falls to me: Heeling Music.

There, done, and I feel much better now.

-S-


Andrew Schulman

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Jan 13, 2015, 1:16:35 PM1/13/15
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Not bad...

A.

Curmudgeon

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Jan 13, 2015, 2:18:00 PM1/13/15
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Terrible, actually, but very good

dsi1

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Jan 13, 2015, 6:02:50 PM1/13/15
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It's music that really strikes a chord. Mostly D7.

dsi1

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Jan 13, 2015, 6:17:54 PM1/13/15
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At the risk of seeming to be non-PC, those topless guys are way too gay!

Andrew Schulman

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Jan 13, 2015, 6:31:18 PM1/13/15
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Ah, I LOVE D7. Thanks for explaining, I always wondered why I loved it so much.

Andrew

thomas

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Jan 13, 2015, 7:47:37 PM1/13/15
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On Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at 6:17:54 PM UTC-5, dsi1 wrote:
> >
> > Bobbie Gentry had talents other than singing:
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dyo_xZnvsA
>
> At the risk of seeming to be non-PC, those topless guys are way too gay!

No way those topless dancing boys are gay. Look how much they're into Donna Theodore:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Rgbg0INRD4

Steve Freides

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Jan 13, 2015, 7:53:09 PM1/13/15
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I often wonder what wonder-ful things I could accomplish if I wasn't so
dialed in to finding word puns.

-S-


dsi1

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Jan 14, 2015, 3:06:58 AM1/14/15
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Uh oh, looks like you're gonna need more topless non-gay guys.

Curmudgeon

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Jan 14, 2015, 8:46:35 AM1/14/15
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Punning in itself is a noble calling

Curmudgeon

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Jan 14, 2015, 10:08:54 AM1/14/15
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...Although apparently newly illegal in China

Andrew Schulman

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Jan 14, 2015, 11:57:34 AM1/14/15
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On Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at 8:46:35 AM UTC-5, Curmudgeon wrote:
> Punning in itself is a noble calling

If not a Nobel calling. Unless they added it when I wasn't looking.

Andrew

Steve Freides

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Jan 14, 2015, 3:24:10 PM1/14/15
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My phone's ringing - it's Nobel calling.

-S-


Andrew Schulman

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Jan 14, 2015, 6:26:32 PM1/14/15
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No bell for you! (Said in the style of the Soup Nazi from Seinfeld.)

Steve Freides

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Jan 14, 2015, 6:28:37 PM1/14/15
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Andrew Schulman wrote:
> On Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at 3:24:10 PM UTC-5, Steve Freides
> wrote:
>> Andrew Schulman wrote:
>>> On Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at 8:46:35 AM UTC-5, Curmudgeon
>>> wrote:
>>>> Punning in itself is a noble calling
>>>
>>> If not a Nobel calling. Unless they added it when I wasn't looking.
>>>
>>> Andrew
>>
>> My phone's ringing - it's Nobel calling.
>>
>> -S-
>
> No bell for you! (Said in the style of the Soup Nazi from Seinfeld.)

I've never seen Seinfeld (well, other than a minute or three's worth
somewhere along the way) but I get it - good one.

-S-


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Andrew Schulman

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Jan 24, 2015, 9:28:27 PM1/24/15
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I posted earlier that our Indiegogo campaign was ending tomorrow, January 25th, We just found out we've gotten an extension through February 14th, via the courtesy of Indiegogo. We are very grateful to all our funders to date and to all who view our page here https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/a-musician-s-journey-healing-body-mind-and-soul/x/2495792 and are considering helping fund the book. Thank you Indiegogo, and thank you to everyone who believes in music as a valuable medical modality. Music and Medicine is growing by leaps and bounds throughout the world every year!

Andrew

Andrew Schulman

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Jan 31, 2015, 8:36:26 PM1/31/15
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New update to the project: Writer/editor Lindsey Tate has just joined us as an editorial adviser. https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1032816.Lindsey_Tate

She co-authored this book about a fascinating artist, John Bramblitt which is highly recommended on all sites: http://tinyurl.com/p8upqnd

She loves our story too, has time to devote to it, and has been a wonderful help already.

Speaking of help, it helps to have a puppy. Now that Phoebe (our new Yellow Lab) is able to go to the Riverside Park dog-run (New York City) I'm meeting other puppeteers and Lindsey's Theo and Phoebe are pals. In NY we don't network on golf courses - dog-runs are the place.

One bit of bad news. I've removed the BMW Z4 from the $5K perk. Some other perks are improved though. See first Update at the page; some of you took the $100 perk and can switch from the DVD to the book if you want to, just email me.

As already mentioned, Indiegogo has extended us from the end date on January 25th to February 14th. We're picking up steam.

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/a-musician-s-journey-healing-body-mind-and-soul/x/2495792

Thanks,

Andrew

P.S gtr, I looked for a way to multiple post, which you suggested earlier, and I remember doing in the old version of Google RMCG, but couldn't find a way to do so now. Is that still an option and if so, how?

Andrew Schulman

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Feb 6, 2015, 5:35:21 PM2/6/15
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Writer/editor Lindsey Tate http://tinyurl.com/kbts2yb who I'd recently mentioned had joined us in an advisory capacity last month has now agreed to be the book's editor for the final 3 months of finishing the manuscript. Wendy will concentrate on coordinating all the science research we've gathered from our Music & Medicine experts (see the Addendum of Story Summary at the Indiegogo page). We couldn't be happier having a great pro like Lindsey fully on board.

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/a-musician-s-journey-healing-body-mind-and-soul/x/2495792

Andrew
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