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Mixing Fact with Fiction: What is Going On With AI Language Models?
By Grant Maloy Smith AI is truly a remarkable invention, but it sometimes makes things up, and apparently for no reason, and without any...
Grant Maloy Smith
Apr 18, 202319 min read
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Remembering Al Jaffee and the time that I met the artists from Mad Magazine
In 1973 I was a 16-year old boy drawing cartoons on an airplane. My family was flying to Acapulco for a short vacation. My dad was an...
Grant Maloy Smith
Apr 12, 20233 min read
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Behind the Mixing Board: Phil Greene, Part 1
HE'S WON GRAMMYS®, PRODUCED AND ENGINEERED HITS THAT HAVE SOLD MORE THAN 70 MILLION RECORDS, BUT HE'S STILL A ROCK AND ROLL GUITAR PLAYER...
Grant Maloy Smith
Oct 15, 202228 min read
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The Making of My First Christmas Album, "The Christmas Heart"
The making of a Christmas record album by American Roots recording artist Grant Maloy Smith
Grant Maloy Smith
Sep 17, 202215 min read
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Writing Better Lyrics - Tips and Techniques
Extracted from my six week songwriting class
Grant Maloy Smith
May 7, 20225 min read
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The Reviews Are Coming In ... But How Did We Get Here?
I always hold my breath when reviews of one of my new albums are about to hit the internet and the news stands, don't you? Of course, I...
Grant Maloy Smith
Jul 3, 20215 min read
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Top Ways Seniors Can Benefit From Music
By Karen Weeks karen@elderwellness.net http://elderwellness.net Image courtesy of Pexels According to a study on the neural, emotional,...
Karen Weeks
Jan 14, 20213 min read
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We'll Stay together Forever
Or, How One Song Turned Into a Video with 100 Indie Collaborative artists By 2018 we had been doing Indie Collaborative (the IC)...
Grant Maloy Smith
Dec 14, 202010 min read
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How I Made a Record in Nashville When I Was Quarantined 1000 Miles Away
I had been writing songs for my next record, entitled APPALACHIA: AMERICAN STORIES, since I finished my previous album, DUST BOWL:...
Grant Maloy Smith
Nov 8, 202020 min read
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Writing to the Emotion Improves Your Songwriting
I used to write songs about topics, or an idea. Sometimes the idea came from a title line or a melody or even some chords that I stumbled...
Grant Maloy Smith
Jul 22, 20206 min read
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5 Ways To Improve Your Songwriting
After spending the better part of the last 45 years writing songs, I feel like I am finally starting to get good at it. Maybe. It's a...
Grant Maloy Smith
Jul 14, 20204 min read
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Working Alone and Waiting For the Good Old Days Again
I am not complaining about having to work alone these days because of the virus. Yes, I really miss doing live performances. A whole...
Grant Maloy Smith
May 10, 20203 min read
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