An unspoken modern addiction 

Hi! It’s Charluxx. 

I conducted a social media experiment over the last few weeks. The results are not encouraging. But they are very revealing. 

I come from a marketing background in the sense that I’ve work…

And why we ignore it. 

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It’s the holidays around much of the planet and a time when we hear stories and songs about Peace on Earth and goodwill to all. I love it. But, looking at the…

It fills you up.

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On a grey day, while crossing a waterway this summer, I was reminded how much a ferry’s foghorn is felt as much as it is heard. 

I’ve been thinking a lot about this…

Easy Does It.

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At the local grocery store, in a small seaside village, a white hair man attending the aisle started whistling the melody of a famous children’s television show of old. It stopped me in my…

I’d like to apologize for being in absentia. 

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Why was I away, where was I? 

A few reasons, but no excuse: I left my position as a cook, got a contract that took me away from my…

For the first time in my life, I feel like a man. 

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I’ve finally deserved that moniker. I’ve earned it. 

Throughout my life, I’ve wondered, kept asking myself when indeed I would become a man. 

But, you…

What you can do to support independent musicians 

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I’m not happy to write this week’s blog. 

Everything I’m about to tell you falls so squarely into the common sense column that it seems redundant to touch on…

The Godfather of my Soul 

James Brown. Probably the single most important figure in music. 

Putting the musical emphasis on The One, the first beat of every measure. He created a new genre, Funk. 

It isn’t an exaggeration…

I’ll join the clowder... just to see. 

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Okay, so cats. 

I figured when I post or share a cat related story I actually get likes. My post as a musician, with a social message, with…

aka Sara Bellum aka @FatBellyBella aka Medulla Oblongata aka Low Down Loretta Brown aka Analogue Girl in a Digital World 

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The first time I saw and heard Erykah Badu I was absolutely mesmerized. Wow. Here was someone…

Do one thing, complete it, move on... 

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Today, I have one thing to tell you: Finish what you start. 

As a musician, that is one of the best piece of advice I can give you. 

As…

Paul, John, George and Ringo 

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This being my fourth Artist Spotlight, I thought it would be appropriate to focus my attention on the Fab Four. 

The Beatles have always been a very important part of my…

The highs and lows of being a Highly Sensitive Person 

Can’t stop these feelings I got! 

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As an Highly Sensitive Person, I feel everything. I FEEL everything. Like my nervous system is in overdrive. 

A light…

About Time... 

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It’s taking me an awful long time to become Charluxx. 

Sexy Funk, my up and coming first album... is actually my second album. 

The first, I never got to record. 

I started writing music in…

What makes music “real?”  

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A few days ago two acquaintances who shall remain nameless (thanks... Marc et Ian!) said I should play “real” music with them, not “computer” music. 

I thought that was rather condescending... 

If the…

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Here’s a secret everybody:

We crave the wrong things. 

Not everyone, but judging from the current political mess we are in collectively on the planet, a lot of people do not crave the right things. 

Here’s an…

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You want to write a song? Or maybe understand how a song is created? 

Writing a song is easy. Allow me to explain... 

When I started making music years ago, I had no idea what I was…

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I’ve never been an activist. 

In this digital age, I’ve supported causes by signing petition and sharing them on my social networks But that’s it. Really. 

I’ve never been to a political rally, I did participate…