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<p><span style="font-size: medium;">I was on my wife's facebook page this morning and was reading a message she had posted. (correction...she did a repost from George Shepherd's Page) It seemed like one of the snope worthy articles due to the nature of the post. So I set out to research it and make sure it was real. Much to my sadness, it was an actual event. After researching it, I found a link to a youtube video of the experiment. Please read the article first before watching the video. I think it changes the way you will "view" it to an entirely new level. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">So I will say to everyone on Mixposure, thank you for stopping to hear the music.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><em>Written by Gene Weingarten - Washington Post<br /></em></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><em>A man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin; it was a cold January morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, since it<span class="text_exposed_hide">...</span><span class="text_exposed_show"> was rush hour, it was calculated that 1,100 people went through the station, most of them on their way to work.<br /> <br /> Three minutes went by, and a middle aged man noticed there was musician playing. He slowed his pace, and stopped for a few seconds, and then hurried up to meet his schedule.<br /> <br /> A minute later, the violinist received his first dollar tip: a woman threw the money in the till and without stopping, and continued to walk.<br /> <br /> A few minutes later, someone leaned against the wall to listen to him, but the man looked at his watch and started to walk again. Clearly he was late for work.<br /> <br /> The one who paid the most attention was a 3 year old boy. His mother tagged him along, hurried, but the kid stopped to look at the violinist. Finally, the mother pushed hard, and the child continued to walk, turning his head all the time. This action was repeated by several other children. All the parents, without exception, forced them to move on.<br /> <br /> In the 45 minutes the musician played, only 6 people stopped and stayed for a while. About 20 gave him money, but continued to walk their normal pace. He collected $32. When he finished playing and silence took over, no one noticed it. No one applauded, nor was there any recognition.<br /> <br /> No one knew this, but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the most talented musicians in the world. He had just played one of the most intricate pieces ever written, on a violin worth $3.5 million dollars.<br /> <br /> Two days before his playing in the subway, Joshua Bell sold out at a theater in Boston where the seats averaged $100.<br /> <br /> This is a real story. Joshua Bell playing incognito in the metro station was organized by the Washington Post as part of a social experiment about perception, taste, and priorities of people. The outlines were: in a commonplace environment at an inappropriate hour: Do we perceive beauty? Do we stop to appreciate it? Do we recognize the talent in an unexpected context?<br /> <br /> One of the possible conclusions from this experience could be:<br /> <br /> If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world playing the best music ever written, how many other things are we missing?</span></em></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><em><span class="text_exposed_show"><br /></span></em></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><em><span class="text_exposed_show"><object width="450" height="425" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hnOPu0_YWhw&rel=1"></param><embed width="450" height="425" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/hnOPu0_YWhw&rel=1" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br /></span></em></span></p>
<p>Another Mixposure Mascot is joining the family next week. So if anyone has any naming ideas, please post away. Since we have 2 small girls, they wanted to name him Maximus (From the movie Tangled) or Merlin. What do you think we should name this Newfoundland puppy?</p><p> </p><p><img src="http://www2.mixposure.com/image.php?mode=photo_image&band_id=10&image_id=7232" alt="" width="450" height="338" /></p><p> </p><p><img src="http://www2.mixposure.com/image.php?mode=photo_image&band_id=10&image_id=7231" alt="" width="450" /></p>
<div style="margin: 10px 0px 20px;"><p><a href="http://www2.mixposure.com/Buddrumming/song_focus_27627.php">http://www2.mixposure.com/Buddrumming/song_focus_27627.php</a></p><p>I’m Still Crying Over You<br />Brent Boehler - lead vocal - guitar - keys<br />Scott Macleod - bass guitar<br />Buddrumming - drums - percussion</p><p>We have entered our little country pickin tune in the mixposure country contest .... I think it ends at the end of month... from the boyz in the band ...we hope you enjoy! Thx, Bud</p><p>I’m still crying over you - song written by Brent Boehler <br />produced & engineered by: Buddrumming ass. engineer: Christopher Tate<br />Recorded & Mastered at Buddrumming Recording Studios 2012 <br />©2012 Brent Boehler Music SOCAN All Rights Reserved MADE IN CANADA</p></div>
Heart Of Stone
As you go through your days
Like nothing is wrong
I'm thinking up ways
To help keep me strong
So easy for you
To make a new start
While I try to pull through
With my broken heart
Where did the love go
Always felt it was strong
Oh what do I know
Losing you feels so wrong
Your heart turned to stone
In the blink of an eye
And I'm sitting alone
Still wondering why
Through all of our fights
The push and the shove
I'd let you be right
Just to have all your love
Taking for granted
Never counting the cost
Now I'm empty handed
And feeling so lost
My days and my nights
That's all that they are
This emptiness haunts me
Searching memories a far
Will never forget you
Nor wish you alone
But I hope that you're happy
With your cold heart of stone
copyright2011/Linda Fry
<p>How do you get songs to show up in the "Mix Country 2012" panel on the left side of the main Mix page?</p>
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<p>thought id add this little nugget to the compo to see how it fares 
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<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Well the Grammy's are on tonight and I am always amazed at how few people actually watch them, especially among musicians. With the death of Whitney Houston, I would suspect that the ratings will be extremely high for the awards show. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">So will anyone be watching? </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #c0c0c0;">it's a real good slow bllues drag with soulful lyrics and lots of guitar lead</span></p><p><a href="http://www2.mixposure.com/joel_tuttle/song_focus_27534.php"><span style="font-size: large;">will you please me</span></a></p>
<p><span>LMAO!!! CHECK THIS OUT:</span></p><p> </p><p><span><a href="http://tyrannyoftradition.com/2012/02/10/rick-santorum-declares-war-on-heavy-metal/">http://tyrannyoftradition.com/2012/02/10/rick-santorum-declares-war-on-heavy-metal/</a> </span></p><p> </p><p><span>OR NOT, the link states:<br /> </span></p><p>• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •</p><p><span>Rick Santorum has been on the offensive lately, but his target has not been Republican frontrunner Mitt Romney or even President Barack Obama. For the past week, Santorum has been using his campaign to take aim at an issue he feels to be the single most dangerous force in America today: Satanism in heavy metal. “If you listen to the radio today, many of these brand new, so-called heavy metal music bands like BLACK SABBATH, VENOM, WASP and IRON MAIDEN use satanic imagery to corrupt the minds of young people,” announced Santorum at a 10,000 dollar a plate sock-hop in Valdosta, Georgia on Thursday.</span></p><p>• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •</p><p><span>They are still telling kids that they don't know a thing about music! Yeah, OUR mind is SO corrupt - when he's the one charging $10,000 for one dinner while so many Americans are having a very difficult time? It's no wonder people get so frustrated and upset. I would use a satanic image, and I would have Santorum (or SATonrum - said as SATAN-RUM) as the master of ceremonies. It's called ART you dumbass! But, if it doesn’t further the goals of the conservative right, it needs to be abolished - so much for defending the constitution. By the way - the bands he names are from the 70’s and 80’s! He must be digging down deep in his desperation bag of tricks to get people to drop their guard and vote for a person who is out to make the very rich even richer in exchange for their vote because of a single issue. I wish there was a hell, because I guarantee that this hypocrite would be there. I even imagine them playing some type of Musak for them of these same bands just so he’ll be forced to understand why this music had been created in the first place. Sorry Dick (that’s a typo - I swear!) but the masses won’t just smile and take what people like you are doing, and we will use images that offend you and say things about you you don’t like - if you don’t like it you can go to hell. All your friends will be there anyways.</span></p>