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Daily Verse and Chorus

Published on May 17, 2022May 17, 2022 by Zents Music StudioLeave a comment

There are over a hundred daily videos that my eclectic folk duo, Molly and Sonny Boy, made 2 years ago, shortly before the Covid pandemic.

We posted them nightly on YouTube.

We called it our Daily Verse and Chorus Project.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLM1Sv8w3nV6MJ_f8dZpN0nEAnwxc_–Se

I still view them now and then to catch a glimpse of our sweet dogs Cole and Pixie who sometimes appear in them.

I still feel so much sadness over their deaths.

Happily, they both each lived to be about 17! Pixie, the Pomeranian lived to be 16 years and 8 months and Cole the Poodle, lived to be 17 years and one month.

I wish they were still alive. Their lives were too short in my books, even though in dog years, they would each be over 100!

In 2013, we fulfilled a lifelong dream of my husband’s, to perform at Cafe Lena in Saratoga Springs, NY.

https://www.caffelena.org/

Now that hubby is retired, we continue to practice daily, dreaming of stardom, or at least steady gigs!

The most used app on my phone is the Voice app, so we can record inventive guitar riffs and pin down lyrics for new songs.

We like to write songs, and we have an album out already of all original songs you can check out on Apple music.

https://music.apple.com/us/artist/molly-and-sonny-boy/259940366

A blood draw and Springtime beauty

Published on May 16, 2022May 16, 2022 by Zents Music StudioLeave a comment

This morning I had to have a blood draw for a glucose test.

The results were great!

It’s helpful to know your blood sugar or glucose levels.

I found getting needles (and/or shots) really bother me.

It hurts me so much!

But, sometimes it is necessary for health reasons.

I learned the hard way that it’s important to relax your arm every time you get a blood draw.

A couple years ago. I suffered a terrible strain in my forearm muscle tendon that was painful, and lasted for months.

Today, I exhaled to feel better, all the while shocked at the hurtful jab.

I forgot how much it hurt to get jabbed.

Today driving to the clinic everything was so beautiful. The sun was out and the grass was a lush dark green!

I’m done with my annual physical, but it’s good to get an annual check-up from top to toe.

Keep calm and carry on.

Moonlight and Music

Published on May 15, 2022May 15, 2022 by Zents Music StudioLeave a comment

Last night my eclectic music duo, Molly and Sonny Boy performed at Morgan Creek Vineyards.

It was perfect weather.

When the sun finally set, there was a clear sky and a beautiful moon.

The food they provided after our gig was from an outdoor pizza oven.

Hubby and I near the fired up stone pizza oven!

All in all, it was a special time thanks to our generous George, Paula, Adam, Griffin, Dee and all the employees at Morgan Creek Vineyards!

https://www.morgancreekvineyards.com/

A new gig!

Published on May 14, 2022May 14, 2022 by Zents Music StudioLeave a comment

Tonight my music duo is going to perform here.

https://www.morgancreekvineyards.com/

We haven’t done this venue before.

They really want jazz music, but our repertoire is a mixture of jazz and blues and other kinds of songs including originals.

Hopefully we will be entertaining to the diners on jazz night!

Yesterday I went online to CD Baby regarding getting hooked up for payments from digital downloads.

I’m so glad we got that sorted because I found that our music was being hawked on so many different platforms throughout the Internet.

https://www.dodax.com/en-us/movies-music-gaming/classic-blues/molly-and-sonny-boy-rhythm-n-blues-grass-dp7B56VJSC0PO/

https://music.apple.com/us/artist/molly-and-sonny-boy/259940366

Anyways, we are very excited about performing together at Morgan Creek Vineyards this evening.

❤

Here is a sample of our music.

https://youtu.be/XUhvm5GSq-o

Songs to sell

Published on May 13, 2022May 13, 2022 by Zents Music StudioLeave a comment

https://music.apple.com/ng/album/rhythm-n-blues-grass/259940350

So I still haven’t linked my checking account to collect royalties from our digital sales of songs on CD baby.

I need to do that, otherwise we will never make a penny online with the sale of our original songs.

There is so much muck to wade through to become a paid musician

Is it worth the hassle?

Yes! It is definitely worth it.

Not only for the joy we bring with our songs, but for fun people we meet, and serve with our music!

After the storm

Published on May 12, 2022May 12, 2022 by Zents Music StudioLeave a comment

Last night we were in a tornado warning.

There was a lot of rain and lightning and thunder.

Scary night

For awhile we lost the Internet and even our Starlink satellite service was not receiving.

But everything got back online after a spell.

A lovely day today

The birds and squirrels are happy this morning and the chipmunks and rabbits are glad the storm is over. So am I!!!

Peacocks in the distance

Published on May 11, 2022May 12, 2022 by Zents Music StudioLeave a comment

The peacock has a unique call.

https://youtu.be/nPoyZcEj0y4

As a child growing up in the inner city there was a zoo nearby at Riverdale Park in Toronto, Canada.

Today they have a working farm there.

Home

Peacock feathers were such treasures when we were kids.

Occasionally we would find one on the ground and bring it home.

It was always fun to see and hear the peacocks.

An old-fashioned dream

Published on May 10, 2022May 10, 2022 by Zents Music StudioLeave a comment

We still play Pokemon Go.

At night my husband and I go for walks together.

We talk and we play Pokemon Go on our smartphones.

I can’t tell you how happy I am living in a residential neighborhood.

After growing up in the inner city, living in an apartment building, I love the contrast of just walking out the front door and up the tree-lined street.

It’s an old-fashioned dream come true.

Where is my phone?

Published on May 9, 2022May 9, 2022 by Zents Music StudioLeave a comment

Part of ADHD is losing your phone.

You can look high and low.

It always helps to have a second pair of eyes to help look for you.

I have left my phone in various places. The worst place is when I lost my brand new cellphone in Philadelphia. I discovered, to my horror, someone had kept my phone and started to use it for their own personal service, even though I’d wiped it clean with with an app and told the mobile service about the loss.

I was shocked to see the mobile service allow them to use my telephone number for a stranger’s personal use.

After some negotiations and threats of legal action, I got my telephone number back, and they were not allowed to use my phone with that particular service.

However, I never did get my new phone back.

The best place I ever lost my phone was in the International Spy museum in Washington, DC.

I was in a hurry and I went to the bathroom and I left it in the bathroom stall.

Nobody touched it.

When I called the front desk, they all went on a hunt for it and someone found it in the bathroom stall where I left it.

I suppose it was left untouched where I forgot it because others may have thought it might be a trap!

It was the Spy museum by all counts, and stealing a smartphone there might bring serious and deadly consequences if James Bond movies are anything to go by!

Lol!