FitzGerald’s is much more than a legendary venue that, under the leadership of Bill FitzGerald and the watchful eye of Kate FitzGerald, was the first to present artists like Clifton Chenier, Marcia Ball, Pat McLaughlin. It’s fans are legion, it’s…
Read moreWhen you get together with friends, and start talking, the line blurs between collaboration and life, doesn't it? If you've got the right friends, and if you're reading this blog I am quite sure that you do, chances are excellent…
Read moreAll collaboration begins with a willingness to hear and know what you want to create. Willingness is the soil that allows an idea to germinate in your consciousness.
Maybe the idea got there through conscious cultivation, maybe through benign neglect…
Read moreI am lucky enough to be in a couple of songwriter groups, one based in Chicago and one with people from all over the US. The internet-based group is called The Tunesmiths, and I just spent September collaborating with two…
Read moreMarch 2020. It was a tumultuous time. We were running on adrenaline.
When you’re presented with a cresting wave, you either get out of its way, or face it.
There is no way to get out of the way of…
Read more"I'm just going to ask him again."
"Jenny!!!"
My husband Robin Bienemann hardly ever uses exclamation points in his speaking voice.
But there he was, and there they were, telling me to not ask this artist who had turned me…
Read moreThe thing people most want to do in this life, is give. They want to give of themselves, and have it be received.
All collaboration is, is: giving and receiving. Giving and receiving. Giving and receiving, over and over again…
Read moreSue Fink and Rebecca Jasso brought “Suddenly Hope” to life, together. You can see it here: Suddenly Hope.
You can see the Haiku Milieu show that it is part of here: 7.16.20 Haiku Milieu Director's Cut.
Sue Fink…
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