Tag: Music
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Review of MOSES THE SINGER
Author Colleen Chesebro posted a great review of my latest novel. Here’s her first paragraph: “I’ve been a fan of Mark Sasse’s books for around six years, now. What makes his writing most memorable is how his characters often require lessons to learn and various problems to overcome before they reach redemption. Many of his…
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Launching Tomorrow: MOSES THE SINGER
I’m excited to get this story out into the world. July 1. Here it comes. Order MOSES THE SINGER here! I wrote this novel in the summer of 2019, and one of my projects this past year was to revise, edit, and eventually publish it. It’s finally here. This story spawns out of two ideas. First,…
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Moses the Singer EXCERPT 2: Second Beginning
As I stated in my previous post: Moses The Singer EXCERPT 1: First Beginning, my new novel releasing July 1 is at first told from two perspectives. First by a group of talented teen musicians (Excerpt 1) and second by Musa “Moses” Marbun. When the two stories converge, everything changes. In this excerpt, we get to…
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Moses The Singer EXCERPT 1: First Beginning
Moses the Singer, my brand new YA novel set to release on July 1, has two beginnings. The first part of the novel is told from two different point of views. First, there’s the story of four talented teen musicians as they plan to win their school’s talent show. The second part is about Musa…
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Anyone else sick of cover versions of classic tunes?
I was in the mall the other day and I saw an add for a new album by a well-known jazz artist. The only songs from the new album which were being advertised on a large cardboard cut-out were two covers of “Hotel California” and “Desperado.” I’m sure the marketing geniuses who came up with…
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Missed Albums: Hidden Gems That Popped Up
Did you ever buy an album and quickly pass it to the back of your playlist because it didn’t ‘grab you’? I’m sure we all have. And then did you ever revisit that album and say – ‘whoa, this is a good album, why haven’t I been listening to it’? I’ve run across a couple…
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Music, Brazil, & Culture
Let’s mix things up a little bit today. Here’s an excerpt from an essay I wrote about how music in Brazil has mirrored the historical and cultural changes which it has experienced in the modern era. In this excerpt, I highlight the influence of the talented vocalist and musician Milton Nascimento. Milton Nascimento is universally…
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A Word about Haiti
Recently, I did some research on Haitian ethnomusicology. (Don’t ask!) If you are interested in Haiti, you might like to read the following short excerpt from an essay I wrote about music’s impact on Haitian culture and history. This portion is about Haiti’s newest president who came to power in 2011. (Full documentation available on…
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