tag:suemenhart.com,2005:/blogs/menhart-musings--3Menhart Musings2021-02-05T10:36:42-05:00Sue Menhartfalsetag:suemenhart.com,2005:Post/65947682021-04-05T09:21:33-04:002022-01-29T10:28:13-05:00Twist My ArmOriginally published in Sound Waves Magazine April 2021 Spring has sprung and so have I. There’s a spring in my step, as it were. Could be my new sneakers, or, it could be, everything. At an outdoor family gathering the other day… <p class="more-link"><a href="https://suemenhart.wordpress.com/2021/04/05/twist-my-arm/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>Sue Menharttag:suemenhart.com,2005:Post/65406922021-02-05T10:36:42-05:002023-10-16T10:50:07-04:00Name That Tune<p>Originally published in Sound Waves Magazine February 2021 The snow falling outside today is beautiful, magical, peaceful, refreshing, mysterious and crystalline, like a Harry Potter movie. Which gets me thinking about movie soundtracks, and you know I love me some movie soundtracks. …</p>
<p class="more-link"><a href="https://suemenhart.wordpress.com/2021/02/05/name-that-tune/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>Sue Menharttag:suemenhart.com,2005:Post/65163802021-01-08T08:41:22-05:002021-06-30T10:00:43-04:00Spa MusicOriginally published in Sound Waves Magazine January 2021 Recently, during one pandemic inspired particularly sleepless night, I had this bright idea to ask Alexa to play some spa music. I figured, “Hey, if I can’t actually be there, I can pretend to… <p class="more-link"><a href="https://suemenhart.wordpress.com/2021/01/08/spa-music/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>Sue Menharttag:suemenhart.com,2005:Post/64899812020-12-02T08:39:12-05:002022-05-12T09:29:43-04:00Finding the Music<p>Originally published in Sound Waves Magazine December 2020 When the bars and the schools and the live music venues and the world shut down in March 2020 so did the music, so it seemed. Rather than put my quarantine time…</p>
<p class="more-link"><a href="https://suemenhart.wordpress.com/2020/12/02/finding-the-music/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>Sue Menharttag:suemenhart.com,2005:Post/64706782020-11-05T07:36:36-05:002022-01-29T10:28:54-05:00Orneryoriginally published in Sound Waves Magazine November 2020 Football just isn’t the same. Baseball wasn’t the same. Halloween wasn’t the same. Thanksgiving undoubtedly, will not be the same. I try not to think about the dissimilarities too much because they just make… <p class="more-link"><a href="https://suemenhart.wordpress.com/2020/11/05/ornery/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>Sue Menharttag:suemenhart.com,2005:Post/64474332020-10-01T18:56:47-04:002020-10-01T23:15:13-04:00Thirteen BasementsI went down to my basement the other day to look for an extension cord or something and I stopped dead in my tracks. No, it wasn’t another mouse or a monster daddy long-leg, it was worse: it was a… <p class="more-link"><a href="https://suemenhart.wordpress.com/2020/10/01/thirteen-basements/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>Sue Menharttag:suemenhart.com,2005:Post/64229782020-09-02T07:50:25-04:002020-09-02T11:30:08-04:00Retail Therapyoriginally published in Sound Waves Magazine September 2020 We’ve all had to do what we had to do during COVID-19. Some of us have taken this time to reflect and really focus on what’s important. Some of us explored new creative… <p class="more-link"><a href="https://suemenhart.wordpress.com/2020/09/02/retail-therapy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>Sue Menharttag:suemenhart.com,2005:Post/64025502020-08-05T08:07:35-04:002020-08-05T10:15:07-04:00Nautical Notesoriginally published in Sound Waves Magazine August 2020 I’ve been spending a lot of time around boats and pretty much zero time with my guitar and it got me thinking. Why are there so many analogies about boats anyway? Is it… <p class="more-link"><a href="https://suemenhart.wordpress.com/2020/08/05/nautical-notes/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>Sue Menharttag:suemenhart.com,2005:Post/63735612020-07-02T08:21:29-04:002021-04-06T08:12:55-04:00Improvoriginally published in Sound Waves Magazine July 2020 Improvisation in music is a time-honored skill reserved for the best of the best musicians. In jazz, it’s downright required to have the skill. In rock, we call it jamming. In theatre, we… <p class="more-link"><a href="https://suemenhart.wordpress.com/2020/07/02/improv/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>Sue Menharttag:suemenhart.com,2005:Post/63393212020-06-02T09:08:28-04:002020-06-02T10:15:24-04:00Miss Youoriginally published in Sound Waves Magazine June 2020 When I owned a music consignment shop a dude came in one day asking for stage lighting. He said it was for a very important show for a very important superstar. I thought… <p class="more-link"><a href="https://suemenhart.wordpress.com/2020/06/02/miss-you/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>Sue Menharttag:suemenhart.com,2005:Post/63033032020-05-03T08:48:09-04:002020-05-03T10:01:02-04:00Dried Uporiginally published in Sound Waves Magazine May 2020 I popped open my green bottle of CoverGirl Clump Crusher mascara for the first time in 48 days just to see how she was doing and as expected, she was all dried up. … <p class="more-link"><a href="https://suemenhart.wordpress.com/2020/05/03/dried-up/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>Sue Menharttag:suemenhart.com,2005:Post/62697712020-04-02T13:37:51-04:002020-04-02T17:15:27-04:00Pandemoniumoriginally published in Sound Waves Magazine April 2020 For my musician friends: I know you all have been bombarded with emails and newspaper articles on “what to do if you are an out of work musician during this global pandemic.” It’s… <p class="more-link"><a href="https://suemenhart.wordpress.com/2020/04/02/pandemonium/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>Sue Menharttag:suemenhart.com,2005:Post/62369442020-03-04T07:43:05-05:002020-03-04T09:02:30-05:00Desperadosoriginally published in Sound Waves Magazine March 2020 We musicians can be a desperate bunch. We act like “we’re all that” but we’re really not. We desperately want to show off our stuff because there’s some inner drive within us that… <p class="more-link"><a href="https://suemenhart.wordpress.com/2020/03/04/desperados/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>Sue Menharttag:suemenhart.com,2005:Post/62080032020-02-07T12:45:38-05:002020-02-07T15:45:34-05:00Starsoriginally published in Sound Waves Magazine February 2020 Every Winter in New England I go outside onto my deck and look up. The stars are so bright this time of year. I see Orion’s Belt, the Little Dipper and as if… <p class="more-link"><a href="https://suemenhart.wordpress.com/2020/02/07/stars/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>Sue Menharttag:suemenhart.com,2005:Post/60618032020-01-05T08:59:44-05:002020-01-05T10:30:27-05:00Hopeoriginally published in Sound Waves Magazine January 2020 I heard a hootin’ owl howling out my window last night, just like the song, “She went calling Wild Flower…,” the one with the epic piano coda at the end. In the song, the… <p class="more-link"><a href="https://suemenhart.wordpress.com/2020/01/05/hope/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>Sue Menharttag:suemenhart.com,2005:Post/59910142019-12-03T18:49:48-05:002019-12-03T23:15:26-05:00Good Girls and Boysoriginally published in Sound Waves Magazine December 2019 As year-end approaches, we humans tend to ponder things, as we are slaves to our calendars, apple watches, and cell phone alarms. Tis the season to wonder why everything went so wrong the past… <p class="more-link"><a href="https://suemenhart.wordpress.com/2019/12/03/good-girls-and-boys/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>Sue Menharttag:suemenhart.com,2005:Post/59442782019-10-30T16:31:56-04:002019-10-30T16:45:24-04:00World Series of Rockoriginally published in Sound Waves Magazine November 2019 We couldn’t believe it, but my sister and I had finally secured a gig at Madison Square Garden. Years of music business drudgery and beaten down dreams had come to this. On the day,… <p class="more-link"><a href="https://suemenhart.wordpress.com/2019/10/30/world-series-of-rock/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>Sue Menharttag:suemenhart.com,2005:Post/59157522019-10-04T13:34:28-04:002019-10-04T15:45:41-04:00Intestinal Fortitudeoriginally published in Sound Waves Magazine October 2019 No matter which musical level we’re on, it takes an inner strength beyond our talent and years of practiced skill to get through a show. No matter what our problems and distractions are, if… <p class="more-link"><a href="https://suemenhart.wordpress.com/2019/10/04/intestinal-fortitude/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>Sue Menharttag:suemenhart.com,2005:Post/58884272019-09-11T11:36:00-04:002019-09-11T14:30:34-04:00Got ‘Em!”originally published in Sound Waves Magazine September 2019 At live performances, it only takes one person to start paying attention, then it spreads, like a really cool virus seeping into everybody’s beers throughout the club. And if that one person who… <p class="more-link"><a href="https://suemenhart.wordpress.com/2019/09/11/got-em/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>Sue Menharttag:suemenhart.com,2005:Post/58454132019-08-02T12:17:50-04:002019-08-02T12:30:36-04:00Bad Reporiginally published in Sound Waves Magazine August 2019 When Joan Jett’s “Bad Reputation” came on the radio the other day, I pondered things. Not only is it a kick-a** song, but the message is clear: She don’t care one iota about her… <p class="more-link"><a href="https://suemenhart.wordpress.com/2019/08/02/bad-rep/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>Sue Menharttag:suemenhart.com,2005:Post/58124502019-07-03T09:18:25-04:002019-07-03T10:45:31-04:00Too Loudoriginally published in Sound Waves Magazine July 2019 You can hear it in the distance over the din of the never sleeping highway. It floats over the trees and across the fields. It comes in and out, but you know… <p class="more-link"><a href="https://suemenhart.wordpress.com/2019/07/03/too-loud/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>Sue Menharttag:suemenhart.com,2005:Post/57816682019-06-05T20:02:47-04:002019-06-05T23:01:04-04:00Take Me Out to the Ballgameoriginally published in Sound Waves Magazine June 2019 I’ve been watching a lot of baseball lately, and like others before me, I have realized that most things in life can be compared to baseball. Baseball is Life, as it were. But to… <p class="more-link"><a href="https://suemenhart.wordpress.com/2019/06/05/take-me-out-to-the-ballgame/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>Sue Menharttag:suemenhart.com,2005:Post/57394492019-05-01T19:22:53-04:002019-05-01T19:45:30-04:003-2-1 Draw!originally published in Sound Waves Magazine May 2019 There’s a dreaded question in the cybersphere from venue owners and booking contacts that we band leaders are posed from time to time and, every time, it makes my skin crawl, my blood boil,… <p class="more-link"><a href="https://suemenhart.wordpress.com/2019/05/01/3-2-1-draw/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>Sue Menharttag:suemenhart.com,2005:Post/57077192019-04-04T16:24:58-04:002020-01-23T08:52:20-05:00Conundrumoriginally published in Sound Waves Magazine April 2019 For those following along, we’ve been discussing here why musicians do what they do, even at the age of 80 and beyond. Thank you all for your insights and personal reasons for continuing the… <p class="more-link"><a href="https://suemenhart.wordpress.com/2019/04/04/conundrum/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>Sue Menharttag:suemenhart.com,2005:Post/56674972019-03-03T14:18:42-05:002019-03-03T17:00:39-05:00Why Do We STILL Do Itoriginally published in Sound Waves Magazine March 2019 Three years ago, in this very blog, I asked the rhetorical question of we musicians – Why Do We Do It? If we never made it as a rock star by now, what on… <p class="more-link"><a href="https://suemenhart.wordpress.com/2019/03/03/why-do-we-still-do-it/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>Sue Menharttag:suemenhart.com,2005:Post/56215992019-01-31T07:31:27-05:002019-01-31T13:45:19-05:00What’s in a Nameoriginally published in Sound Waves Magazine February 2019 Every morning when I wake up, before clapping my hands together and jumping out, I lay in bed and think about things…things I have to do that day, things I don’t want to do… <p class="more-link"><a href="https://suemenhart.wordpress.com/2019/01/31/whats-in-a-name/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>Sue Menharttag:suemenhart.com,2005:Post/55808442019-01-04T07:50:45-05:002019-01-04T11:16:49-05:00Out of the Closetoriginally published in Sound Waves Magazine January 2019 It has come to my attention, because due to certain circumstances I have been forced to actually pay attention to people – listening to what they are saying – casually observing them – caring… <p class="more-link"><a href="https://suemenhart.wordpress.com/2019/01/04/out-of-the-closet/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>Sue Menharttag:suemenhart.com,2005:Post/55402312018-12-04T19:49:12-05:002018-12-05T00:30:22-05:00Music, Actually*originally published in Sound Waves Magazine December 2018 The time is nigh for Christmas movies. Love ’em or hate ’em, some just stick. For me, it’s that crazy, multiple story-line, mish-mash of wonder: “Love, Actually.” It’s about a broken-down, dried-up, down-hearted ex-rockstar… <p class="more-link"><a href="https://suemenhart.wordpress.com/2018/12/04/music-actually/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>Sue Menharttag:suemenhart.com,2005:Post/54953782018-11-01T09:08:19-04:002018-11-01T12:30:17-04:00Hoodwinked!*originally published in Sound Waves Magazine November 2018 Ever been swindled? Tricked? Played the fool? Are you the person who gets sucked into taking in the stray cat, and then the cat costs you $400 for meds? Do you go on dozens… <p class="more-link"><a href="https://suemenhart.wordpress.com/2018/11/01/hoodwinked/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>Sue Menharttag:suemenhart.com,2005:Post/54587352018-10-07T11:02:06-04:002018-10-07T15:00:34-04:00To the Bitter End*originally published in Sound Waves Magazine October 2018 Some of us, as we grow older, tend to get a little bitter. Things haven’t gone according to plan. Life gets in the way, as it were. Luck isn’t on our side. The washing… <p class="more-link"><a href="https://suemenhart.wordpress.com/2018/10/07/to-the-bitter-end/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>Sue Menharttag:suemenhart.com,2005:Post/54192392018-09-07T07:46:40-04:002020-11-19T06:58:20-05:00Back to School*originally published in Sound Waves Magazine September 2018 You’re never too old to learn something new, especially when it comes to music. Music is like this vast, unbridled, unchartered universal thing that never stops giving. Somebody’s always finding new ones to make… <p class="more-link"><a href="https://suemenhart.wordpress.com/2018/09/07/back-to-school/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>Sue Menharttag:suemenhart.com,2005:Post/53704072018-08-01T08:13:23-04:002018-08-01T08:45:40-04:00Keep on Rollin’*originally published in Sound Waves Magazine August 2018 When I was 16-years old, my band and I opened for REO Speedwagon on the back of a flatbed truck at the Groton Submarine Base here in Connecticut for the annual “Subfest.” Yeah, I… <p class="more-link"><a href="https://suemenhart.wordpress.com/2018/08/01/keep-on-rollin/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>Sue Menharttag:suemenhart.com,2005:Post/53329052018-07-05T13:45:11-04:002018-07-05T18:15:21-04:00Boys of SummerI can’t tell you how much I love the Beach Boys. Not the boys themselves, but the notion of them, the thought of them, the aura of them, the smell of Tropicana. They were my first concert at the Yale… <p class="more-link"><a href="https://suemenhart.wordpress.com/2018/07/05/boys-of-summer/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>Sue Menharttag:suemenhart.com,2005:Post/52698632018-06-01T10:04:46-04:002018-06-01T10:30:31-04:00Summertime BluesSometimes I want desperately to cancel gigs, but my darn work ethic and guilt get in the way. I like BOOKING gigs, because they make me feel wanted, and make my band calendar look full, but I don’t always like… <p class="more-link"><a href="https://suemenhart.wordpress.com/2018/06/01/summertime-blues/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>Sue Menharttag:suemenhart.com,2005:Post/52157342018-05-03T15:42:11-04:002018-05-03T18:30:33-04:00Opening Acts*originally published in Sound Waves Magazine May 2018 As an unknown Indie band, opening for a national act can gain you tons of potential new fans, super bragging rights, and you can write “Shared the Stage With….” on your web site so… <p class="more-link"><a href="https://suemenhart.wordpress.com/2018/05/03/opening-acts/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>Sue Menharttag:suemenhart.com,2005:Post/51740682018-04-10T08:47:45-04:002018-04-10T12:45:40-04:00Lessons in Life*originally published in Sound Waves Magazine April 2018 Growing up, I had a love of music that I will attempt to explain here. It all started in a Catholic church in Groton, Connecticut and the Folk Group Mass. I had been going… <p class="more-link"><a href="https://suemenhart.wordpress.com/2018/04/10/lessons-in-life/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>Sue Menharttag:suemenhart.com,2005:Post/51077262018-03-02T11:36:50-05:002022-02-01T08:20:50-05:00Fish, Pipes & Pandemonium<p>*originally published in Sound Waves Magazine March 2018 Lenten fish dinner specials are my fav. This time of year here on Long Island Sound, everything imaginable is plucked from the sea by dedicated busy fishermen and women in a frenzied free-for-all. Restaurants…</p>
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There are so many ingenious ways of stealing newly created music I could write a… <p class="more-link"><a href="https://suemenhart.wordpress.com/2018/01/04/blah-blah-blah/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p><img src="https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=suemenhart.wordpress.com&blog=111130739&post=227&subd=suemenhart&ref=&feed=1" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="" height="1" width="1" />Sue Menharttag:suemenhart.com,2005:Post/49602962017-12-03T08:30:24-05:002022-01-29T10:29:47-05:00Holiday Muffin Pondering*originally published in Sound Waves Magazine December 2017 I woke this morning to an overwhelming sense of optimism. My pre-programmed cynicism toward the impending gluttony of the holiday season and all things doom and gloom had vanished without a trace. Sounds crazy… <p class="more-link"><a href="https://suemenhart.wordpress.com/2017/12/03/holiday-muffin-pondering/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p><img src="https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=suemenhart.wordpress.com&blog=111130739&post=224&subd=suemenhart&ref=&feed=1" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="" height="1" width="1" />Sue Menharttag:suemenhart.com,2005:Post/49185342017-11-03T14:06:17-04:002017-11-03T18:30:23-04:00Album Listening Party*originally published in Sound Waves Magazine November 2017 Before the invention of the .MP3, those handy little files that allow people to listen to music on their computers, sitting around and listening to music with your friends used to be an activity,… <p class="more-link"><a href="https://suemenhart.wordpress.com/2017/11/03/album-listening-party/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p><img src="https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=suemenhart.wordpress.com&blog=111130739&post=218&subd=suemenhart&ref=&feed=1" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="" height="1" width="1" />Sue Menharttag:suemenhart.com,2005:Post/48793972017-10-05T17:53:56-04:002017-10-05T21:00:50-04:00We Not Be Jammin’ Mon*originally published in Sound Waves Magazine October 2017 One of the true pleasures in life is growing old. You get awesome experiences and wisdom and you get to go to lots of places and do lots of things. It’s a privilege lots… <p class="more-link"><a href="https://suemenhart.wordpress.com/2017/10/05/we-not-be-jammin-mon/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p><img src="https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=suemenhart.wordpress.com&blog=111130739&post=207&subd=suemenhart&ref=&feed=1" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="" height="1" width="1" />Sue Menharttag:suemenhart.com,2005:Post/48328352017-08-31T08:31:34-04:002017-08-31T10:15:35-04:00No Listen No Try*originally published in Sound Waves Magazine September 2017 Solo acoustic artists are a courageous bunch. They’re alone in a corner, like they did something wrong, playing to an audience that is most likely there for the food or the conversation with their… <p class="more-link"><a href="https://suemenhart.wordpress.com/2017/08/31/no-listen-no-try/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p><img src="https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=suemenhart.wordpress.com&blog=111130739&post=201&subd=suemenhart&ref=&feed=1" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="" height="1" width="1" />Sue Menharttag:suemenhart.com,2005:Post/48012442017-08-03T07:59:13-04:002019-12-30T09:30:19-05:00Moosting Salad*originally published in Sound Waves Magazine August 2017 Sometimes at gigs we get requests. This is a given. We are there to entertain, and it’s kind of our job to give the people what they want. However, there are some songs that… <p class="more-link"><a href="https://suemenhart.wordpress.com/2017/08/03/moosting-salad/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p><img src="https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=suemenhart.wordpress.com&blog=111130739&post=194&subd=suemenhart&ref=&feed=1" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="" height="1" width="1" />Sue Menharttag:suemenhart.com,2005:Post/47689402017-07-06T06:58:50-04:002017-07-06T09:16:48-04:00Festivus*originally published in Sound Waves Magazine July 2017 Summer is here finally. Time for outdoor music festivals, beach concerts, rockfests and mega jams. I run into people and they ask, “Excited for summer? You going to have lots of gigs?… <p class="more-link"><a href="https://suemenhart.wordpress.com/2017/07/06/festivus/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p><img src="https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=suemenhart.wordpress.com&blog=111130739&post=187&subd=suemenhart&ref=&feed=1" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="" height="1" width="1" />Sue Menharttag:suemenhart.com,2005:Post/47292412017-05-31T18:34:59-04:002017-05-31T21:47:13-04:00Noise*originally published in Sound Waves Magazine June 2017 From out on my back deck in the woods of Stonington, CT I hear all kinds of noise. Tractor trailer truck tires hitting the highway’s shoulder rivets, dirt bikes whirling the grounds of a… <p class="more-link"><a href="https://suemenhart.wordpress.com/2017/05/31/noise/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p><img src="https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=suemenhart.wordpress.com&blog=111130739&post=172&subd=suemenhart&ref=&feed=1" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="" height="1" width="1" />Sue Menharttag:suemenhart.com,2005:Post/46981162017-05-05T08:42:46-04:002017-05-05T14:06:11-04:00Rockin’ in the Natural World*originally published in Sound Waves Magazine May 2017 Creative people put up with a lot of stuff trying to create. From interruptions, to computer problems to writer’s block, it’s a wonder we get anything done at all. But come springtime, when… <p class="more-link"><a href="https://suemenhart.wordpress.com/2017/05/05/rockin-in-the-natural-world/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p><img src="https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=suemenhart.wordpress.com&blog=111130739&post=152&subd=suemenhart&ref=&feed=1" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="" height="1" width="1" />Sue Menharttag:suemenhart.com,2005:Post/46604362017-04-06T07:39:43-04:002017-04-06T10:16:48-04:00Big City Giggin’*originally published in Sound Waves Magazine April 2017 I haven’t lived an extraordinary life. I haven’t survived horrific abuse or imprisonment, haven’t fought for democracy in any foreign wars, and haven’t saved the life of anybody. I’ve never broken a bone.… <p class="more-link"><a href="https://suemenhart.wordpress.com/2017/04/06/big-city-giggin/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p><img src="https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=suemenhart.wordpress.com&blog=111130739&post=143&subd=suemenhart&ref=&feed=1" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="" height="1" width="1" />Sue Menharttag:suemenhart.com,2005:Post/46134772017-03-02T09:15:05-05:002017-03-02T11:46:59-05:00Get Outa Town!*originally published in Sound Waves Magazine March 2017 When you get nice and comfortable with your musical act and have a substantial fan base filling up the bar stools at your gigs, you mistakenly believe that these fans will be your… <p class="more-link"><a href="https://suemenhart.wordpress.com/2017/03/02/get-outa-town/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p><img src="https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=suemenhart.wordpress.com&blog=111130739&post=140&subd=suemenhart&ref=&feed=1" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="" height="1" width="1" />Sue Menharttag:suemenhart.com,2005:Post/45722012017-02-01T12:54:42-05:002017-02-01T14:17:25-05:00Alternative Facts: Music Edition*originally published in Sound Waves Magazine February 2017 Here are a few fun alternative facts about the music industry for you: The Grammy Awards celebrate the best in music and is not a politically-charged, campaign-style feverish quest for votes wherein the… <p class="more-link"><a href="https://suemenhart.wordpress.com/2017/02/01/alternative-facts-music-edition/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p><img src="https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=suemenhart.wordpress.com&blog=111130739&post=129&subd=suemenhart&ref=&feed=1" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="" height="1" width="1" />Sue Menharttag:suemenhart.com,2005:Post/45378482017-01-04T19:14:38-05:002017-01-05T00:05:34-05:00Winter Gigs*originally published in Sound Waves Magazine January 2017 It’s gonna be cold. It’s gonna be grey. And it’s gonna last you for the rest of your life, says Bill Murray. Now is the winter of our discontent, as it were. The… <p class="more-link"><a href="https://suemenhart.wordpress.com/2017/01/04/winter-gigs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p><img src="https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=suemenhart.wordpress.com&blog=111130739&post=119&subd=suemenhart&ref=&feed=1" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="" height="1" width="1" />Sue Menharttag:suemenhart.com,2005:Post/44923352016-12-01T15:25:19-05:002020-08-11T06:06:25-04:00A Musician’s Carol*originally published in Sound Waves Magazine December 2016 Ghost of Music Past “Suzy darling, do you remember when you were 8-years old?” said the cheery-eyed apparition who appeared out of nowhere. “Heck no! I’m lucky I can remember what I had… <p class="more-link"><a href="https://suemenhart.wordpress.com/2016/12/01/a-musicians-carol/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p><img src="https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=suemenhart.wordpress.com&blog=111130739&post=102&subd=suemenhart&ref=&feed=1" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="" height="1" width="1" />Sue Menharttag:suemenhart.com,2005:Post/44497522016-11-02T20:41:23-04:002016-11-03T00:04:00-04:00Give The People What They Want*originally published in Sound Waves Magazine November 2016 In the entertainment industry it is standard practice to give the people what they want. This is actually a contradiction in terms. If I gave the people what they wanted, I would be… <p class="more-link"><a href="https://suemenhart.wordpress.com/2016/11/02/give-the-people-what-they-want/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p><img src="https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=suemenhart.wordpress.com&blog=111130739&post=94&subd=suemenhart&ref=&feed=1" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="" height="1" width="1" />Sue Menharttag:suemenhart.com,2005:Post/44140492016-10-11T10:44:39-04:002016-10-11T13:04:32-04:00Calluses, Meniere’s, and Large Uvulas*originally published in Sound Waves Magazine October 2016 Like a professional athlete, a professional musician must stay in shape, or else you do things like pass out on stage, pee yourself on stage, or get weird leg cramps in the middle… <p class="more-link"><a href="https://suemenhart.wordpress.com/2016/10/11/calluses-menieres-and-large-uvulas/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p><img src="https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=suemenhart.wordpress.com&blog=111130739&post=90&subd=suemenhart&ref=&feed=1" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="" height="1" width="1" />Sue Menharttag:suemenhart.com,2005:Post/43537102016-09-01T18:52:09-04:002020-09-16T04:45:28-04:00How to Get Along Like Fleetwood Mac*originally published in Sound Waves Magazine September 2016 These two are married and currently not on speaking terms. These two are getting a divorce but are in really good moods. These two are having an affair. This one’s leaving, this one’s… <p class="more-link"><a href="https://suemenhart.wordpress.com/2016/09/01/how-to-get-along-like-fleetwood-mac/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p><img src="https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=suemenhart.wordpress.com&blog=111130739&post=88&subd=suemenhart&ref=&feed=1" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="" height="1" width="1" />Sue Menharttag:suemenhart.com,2005:Post/43136342016-08-07T09:50:13-04:002016-08-07T11:16:59-04:00Under The Covers*originally published in Sound Waves Magazine August 2016 Does anybody understand “BREXIT?” Heck No! Does anybody understand the Department of Justice’s latest decision regarding consent and licensing and royalties controlled by Performing Rights Organizations ASCAP and BMI? All the more –… <p class="more-link"><a href="https://suemenhart.wordpress.com/2016/08/07/under-the-covers/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p><img src="https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=suemenhart.wordpress.com&blog=111130739&post=85&subd=suemenhart&ref=&feed=1" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="" height="1" width="1" />Sue Menharttag:suemenhart.com,2005:Post/42618492016-07-03T14:56:36-04:002016-07-03T17:03:30-04:00Musicians’ Unspoken Nod of Understanding*originally published in Sound Waves Magazine July 2016 While washing and scrubbing out the dog food bowl this morning I spied my bulldog Penelope out of the corner of my eye so I turned a little and nodded and bobbed my… <p class="more-link"><a href="https://suemenhart.wordpress.com/2016/07/03/musicians-unspoken-nod-of-understanding/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p><img src="https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=suemenhart.wordpress.com&blog=111130739&post=82&subd=suemenhart&ref=&feed=1" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="" height="1" width="1" />Sue Menharttag:suemenhart.com,2005:Post/42085642016-06-02T09:54:20-04:002016-06-02T13:47:02-04:00How To Write Songs*originally published in Sound Waves Magazine June 2016 Constructing a song that people want to actually listen to and enjoy is a science. Writing songs is akin to keeping a journal and then taking those most inner thoughts and encapsulating them… <p class="more-link"><a href="https://suemenhart.wordpress.com/2016/06/02/how-to-write-songs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p><img src="https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=suemenhart.wordpress.com&blog=111130739&post=79&subd=suemenhart&ref=&feed=1" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="" height="1" width="1" />Sue Menharttag:suemenhart.com,2005:Post/41717992016-05-08T10:58:20-04:002016-05-09T10:23:27-04:00Nightmare Gigs*originally published in Sound Waves Magazine May 2016 Throughout my illustrious and surely un-famous musical career I have been plagued with nightmares between the restless hours of three and five a.m. But they’re not your standard falling, drowning, getting chopped up… <p class="more-link"><a href="https://suemenhart.wordpress.com/2016/05/08/nightmare-gigs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p><img src="https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=suemenhart.wordpress.com&blog=111130739&post=16&subd=suemenhart&ref=&feed=1" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="" height="1" width="1" />Sue Menharttag:suemenhart.com,2005:Post/41718002016-05-08T10:50:58-04:002016-05-09T10:23:27-04:00Don’t You Know Who I Am?*originally published in Sound Waves Magazine April 2016 Spring is here! But life as a musician ain’t all Easter bunnies and daffodils, I’m sorry to say. Musicianhood is fraught with self-doubt, heartache, disappointment, bloody fingers, late nights and worst of… <p class="more-link"><a href="https://suemenhart.wordpress.com/2016/05/08/dont-you-know-who-i-am/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p><img src="https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=suemenhart.wordpress.com&blog=111130739&post=14&subd=suemenhart&ref=&feed=1" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="" height="1" width="1" />Sue Menharttag:suemenhart.com,2005:Post/41718012016-05-08T10:49:21-04:002016-05-09T10:23:27-04:00Book Em Danno*originally published in Sound Waves Magazine March 2016 I adjusted the microphone stand to align my silver Seinnheiser so it pointed straight at my upper lip. Not too high, not too low, not pointing up and not pointing down. I… <p class="more-link"><a href="https://suemenhart.wordpress.com/2016/05/08/book-em-danno/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p><img src="https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=suemenhart.wordpress.com&blog=111130739&post=12&subd=suemenhart&ref=&feed=1" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="" height="1" width="1" />Sue Menharttag:suemenhart.com,2005:Post/41718022016-05-08T10:47:53-04:002016-05-09T10:23:27-04:00Why Do We Do It?*originally published in Sound Waves Magazine February 2016 Today I speak to you – YEAH YOU – you in your smelly, moldy, mouse infested basement, you in your bedroom in your bathrobe, you playing guitar six nights a week in… <p class="more-link"><a href="https://suemenhart.wordpress.com/2016/05/08/why-do-we-do-it/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p><img src="https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=suemenhart.wordpress.com&blog=111130739&post=9&subd=suemenhart&ref=&feed=1" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="" height="1" width="1" />Sue Menhart