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        <title><![CDATA[@Rich Lodato - blog]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Richie Lodato-  playing from a gut response ever since I could communicate. Daddy got drunk and played guitar for me. He sounded like Louie Armstrong, just two more sheets to the wind...
He passed when I was fifteen. It's then my mom gave me his instruments and told me "it's ok for me to be a musician now." As dad didn't allow me to play. Go know?
I played bass at first, then joined a band w some local fellas. I got bored of doing covers so I went on my own two months later.
I stole my sisters cheap acoustic and started writing songs and singing. Then started doing gigs as people liked my songs and they especially liked my voice. 
In 1974 I moved to San Francisco at 19 all by myself!.. and started working for a well known photographer as a model and assistant, who liked my music and purchased my first recording studio for me so we could incorporate it in his productions which were consisted of four slide projectors all segued to tell a story with music, "which became mine" ha ha! All shown in his beautiful two level art gallery on Polk street called "Mind Scapes" It was very successful, and learning how to use that recording set up led me into recording and 50 years later, still doing it! 

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                <title><![CDATA[Waiting time.I know youunderstand that at a certain unpredictable time, too much time passes between works Don't count me out yet. I have so much to offer yet. i love to make anyone moved in some way. This litigimizes my awaited passion. bad ecision have gone and wrote a book on me and it took me abacl a few years. soon it will be over. if you are going through this at all. Just wait. It'll come back. Th9s is the thired time for me which adds up to twenty years of building not wasted time. dont forget that.Love you all so much. Rich Lodato - @rich-lodato]]></title>
                <link>https://mixposure.com/rich-lodato/blog/9136/waiting-timei-know-youunderstand-that-at-a-certain-unpredictable-time-too-much-time-passes-between-works-dont-count-me-out-ye</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[I know you understand that at a certain unpredictable time, too much time passes between works Don't let that allow you to count me out yet. I have so much to offer yet. I love to make anyone moved in some way. This legitimizes my awaited passion. Bad decisions have gone and wrote a book on me and it took me aback a few years. Soon it will be over. If you are going through this at all. Just wait, It'll come back. This is the third time for me which adds up to about twenty years of building, not wasted time. Don't forget that I truly love you all so much and I had to share this before bedtime.. Rich]]></description>
                <pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2021 09:38:06 -0400</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[just me - @rich-lodato]]></title>
                <link>https://mixposure.com/rich-lodato/blog/8080/just-me</link>
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                <description><![CDATA['goodbye' is a tune that has always calmed me. There are tunes I feel embarrassed about because there's a stigma to liking your own music. It's laughable in general public as a joke of loneliness. Sad world.]]></description>
                <pubDate>Fri, 22 Dec 2017 05:17:15 -0500</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[settling down   - @rich-lodato]]></title>
                <link>https://mixposure.com/rich-lodato/blog/7037/settling-down</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[<br><br>
settling down<br><br>
 <br><br>
we return<br><br>
we have expectations<br><br>
how things will feel<br><br>
will be<br><br>
and we’re always wrong<br><br>
in light ways<br><br>
nothing major<br><br>
what’s this about, you ask?<br><br>
well, to be honest<br><br>
it’s to connect with you<br><br>
At times, I feel apart<br><br>
separated<br><br>
alone.<br><br>
but another sun rises<br><br>
another beginning<br><br>
another chance<br><br>
chance<br><br>
oh how I so soon forget that<br><br>
the thing that kept me from dying<br><br>
I took a chance<br><br>
chance offered itself<br><br>
I was on a good day to notice<br><br>
..a force maybe wanted me to stay?<br><br>
yeah, I like the way that sounds..<br><br>
have a good one<br><br>
have one for me<br><br>
I’ll have one for you.<br><br>
love ya,<br><br>
rich<br><br>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2016 02:13:47 -0500</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[It's not laziness. It's business. - @rich-lodato]]></title>
                <link>https://mixposure.com/rich-lodato/blog/6422/its-not-laziness-its-business</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Ya know, I know I could be more actve but I try to stay intuned. The site is so huge, thank goodness!!!. It seems overwhelming. But in reality, it really isn't. Just the opposite in fact. I love all the talent and sometimes I listen without commenting. I'm hoping the same is done with my music, but not all the time.. I love feedback! I just want to let everyone know, it's okay to just listen. Just every now and then. leave a note. You know you like it. So do I. So I do it when the mood strikes. I have a couple of other sites that I'm involved with. One of which demands my attention, But I feel this site is doing well and that makes me feel so good and less guilty when I'm knee deep somewhere else. I love Mixposure and you have let me know I'm appreciated and then some... More reason to please you. It's the way I want to be treated. We'll all be so much more inclined to take part without fear of rejection when we get feedback. You get what you give. So give. Even if it's one comment a week. It adds up and makes my day when I get a thumbs up or needed help. it will make your day too.]]></description>
                <pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2015 03:20:19 -0500</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[hate deleting songs - @rich-lodato]]></title>
                <link>https://mixposure.com/rich-lodato/blog/3979/hate-deleting-songs</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[&lt;p&gt;but i have to in order to put the new ones on..&lt;/p&gt;]]></description>
                <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2012 02:14:40 -0400</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Not for every ear. - @rich-lodato]]></title>
                <link>https://mixposure.com/rich-lodato/blog/3658/not-for-every-ear</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[&lt;p&gt;I found out a long time ago not to take anything personally when it comes to my music. You know how you get all excited when you create something new and you're all alone a need to share it like a fix and you tweak it and make sure everything is in it's proper place and then put it on the net and select a few choosen sites and wait for all the praise... doesn't usually happen that way. Enter, anger, then confusion, then what did I do wrong?.. Well, my friends, in a word, nothing. There's an amazing amount of music out there now that sprang from the digital age and old ways of thinking still linger in the back of everyone's ego. Must have been passed down from your folks or friends or who knows?.. The thing is, these days, if you're not in it for the music inside you needing to get out and it is what it is, then you're fu--ed. So don't think no one cares or that you're not good enough. I hear so many artists on this site that are nothing short of amazing with little to no comment or plays. Just know the next time you don't feel like listening or commenting on otheres work, they may feel the same way.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Many blessing to all.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Rich&lt;/p&gt;]]></description>
                <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 16:00:22 -0400</pubDate>
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