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Music, Travel and Internet Drama in '23

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2023 was a tough year in the world, but an amazing one for music and traveling said world.  Before sharing the music ( and Spotify playlist which you can skip it all and go directly here if you want ), I thought I’d share some family updates in the airport format I’ve seen a lot of this year... Now for some music to start. Here are The Best 5 Covers I Discovered This Year And one more thing before we get to the rest of the music....a mixture of music and travel and cool stuff from 2023 here Without further ado, here are..... The top 10 albums I found this year (whether they were released this year or not) Petey - USA Jason Isbell - Weathervanes Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Nadja Kevin Abstract -  Blanket Braden Bales - NOMAD EP Surf Curse - Magic Hour Iris Bilinsky - Healing Town Abraham Alexander - SEA/SONS Runner - Like Dying Stars, We're Reaching Out The Front Bottoms - You Are Who You Hang Out With Offspring Caveat This does not include my kids music or they would be #1 every yea
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Chart-ing out 2022

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2022 was the year the Steelers beat Tom Brady so everything after that is just gravy. Before we get to the best in 2022's music later in this blog ( a link to the Spotify playlist is here if you're impatient ) and releases by my kids, I know you all are time pressed and only mildly interested so I made some charts to talk about the rest of the year Alright my email list hostages and volunteers, let's do this Here's a Video of Pete letting us know he's going to take his talents to Charlottesville, VA Adding Google, AARP and Homes.com to my website's logo wall in '22 was cool AND I also did neat projects like voicing the pre-roll shown before all films at the Washington West Film Festival and nearly all the male voices in the video below (and a recent update on my logo wall -- you can find more at AndySaysIt.com if you're really curious :) And now on to the music (oh wait, I also didn't mention I am now officially a patent holder!. Ok now the music :
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How to Make a 2021

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Active Time: 1 Year (May Feel Like 10 years) Prep Time: A Couple Hours to Write Servings : A Full Email List (Cut Into Individual Emails) Ingredients 2/50 Unique Birthday Parties 8 ft. of Not-to-Scale Statue 1 Newly Discovered Stepsister 12 Weeks of Studio Upgrade 15 Seconds of Voiceover With National Advertisers 1 New Voiceover Agent 6 Steeler Fans w/1 HOF Legend and 2 Bucs 3/50 states of being (in) Dash of Flirting with Death Experience for Son (again) One Not Long Enough Goodbye 107 Songs ( for a Spotify Playlist) Spice Warning: This playlist has a couple songs where the language is really really not safe for work or little ears
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We live two lives. The second begins when we realize we have only one

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Before we get into the music/family 2020 recap, (spoiler: my kids' songs are #1)...... Whatever this year was, it was transformational. It reminded us to speak up. That life is short (see story later in this post about almost losing Zack). Annually, I create a plan to do 1-2 items from my ever-changing bucket list. Result? Amazing adventures + life direction changes, ie my voiceover business .   I hope this inspires you to take a couple mins to type over example ideas in my* tool below to start yours   * ok, I needed my 16-year-old-son Pete to code it for me, but still  Copy everything Share Yours On Facebook It doesn't have to be perfect so when you have enough for now, click the "Copy everything" button and paste it in a place that you easily can access. You can also click to preview how it would look if you "Share Yours on Facebook" Before I get to my Top 10 for
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