Marie McKinsey
- May 21, 2022
- 2 min
Coloring Music
Early in my landscape design career, I learned that adding color to drawings was important if I wanted to sell my work.
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Marie McKinsey
- Jul 23, 2021
- 4 min
The World's Oldest Pearl Jam Fan
I've been called the world's oldest Pearl Jam fan.
But it isn't true.
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Marie McKinsey
- Mar 7, 2021
- 2 min
Two Happy Songs with Unhappy Lyrics
Sometimes all we know of a song is the chorus. If we don't know the words to the rest of the song, or the words are in a language we...
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Marie McKinsey
- Feb 13, 2021
- 1 min
Little Boxes Made of Ticky Tacky
I grew up in San Francisco's East Bay area, in the 1950s. My early memories are of orchards, vineyards and farm fields that grew every kind
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Marie McKinsey
- Sep 7, 2014
- 2 min
Bear McCreary: The Man Behind the Outlander Music
I can't imagine a composer more suited to creating the score for the Outlander TV series than Bear McCreary. Growing up, he attended the Sco
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Marie McKinsey
- Apr 14, 2014
- 1 min
A Gaelic Blessing
This fun little song was part of my community choir's 30th Anniversary concert.
I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we enjoyed sing
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Marie McKinsey
- Feb 23, 2014
- 1 min
Sleeping With Mozart
How is it possible to share a bed with a man who has been dead for 222 years?
It's simple - try learning to perform his music. It stays wit
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Marie McKinsey
- Nov 14, 2010
- 2 min
HONK! If You Love Music
Note: This post was from 2010 when HONK! Fest West was held in the West Seattle Junction. If you want to attend the 2021 version, which will
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