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  <div class="message"><p>This summer, I wrote songs at a retreat in Dodgeville, with my friends the Two Johns, and with my middle-school-aged Songwriting 101 students. Lyrical highlights are here:</p>
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  <div class="message"><p>Or maybe just a misdemeanor? I'm working my squeezebox on "My Country 'Tis of Me", the opening track of Das Binky's forthcoming debut album, <em>Divide The Storm</em>. I also play piano on the title track. And yell my head off on the closing track. I'll probably be doing all that and more in support of Mr. Binky's album release in January. To stay in the loop, go here: <a href="http://www.dasbinky.com/" title="The Das Binky Experience">http://www.dasbinky.com/</a></p>
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<p>Autumn is coming, and with it comes a new piano teaching schedule. I'm accepting new students now.</p>
<p>I work with a wide variety of ages, musical tastes and learning styles, with special attention to creativity and enjoyment in playing. Individual lesson plans include repertoire, technique, theory, ear training, reading and improvisation as appropriate.&nbsp; Lessons take place at <a title="Madison Music Foundry" href="http://www.madisonmusicfoundry.com/education/" target="_blank">Madison Music Foundry</a>, which also offers some great group classes and performance opportunities as part of your lesson fee.&nbsp; If you or…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/news/blog/6133785/piano-lessons">Read more</a></span></div>
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<p>In four hours I'll begin my now-annual three-month songwriting marathon. Want to watch my progress, or perhaps join me in the challenge?</p>
<p>http://www.fiftyninety.fawmers.org/</p>
<p>In Banned Wagon news, we now have a Reverb Nation page. Do stop by and check it out from time to time.</p>
<p>https://www.reverbnation.com/bannedwagon</p>
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<p>No World Tour of Iowa this summer, but Banned Wagon is getting around in 2011, playing anything from the local VFW fish fry to the big Midwest Renewable Energy Fair up north. We'll be doing our first studio recording this July and stepping up our booking. Check the band dates on my page - come see us if you can and suggest other places we should play. If you're too far away, check my YouTube channel for some videos. Here's a photo from Tyler and Adrienne Applegate's farewell party at Talula. Wish you were…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/news/blog/6133783/back-on-the-wagon">Read more</a></span></div>
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<p>I'm taking part in February Album Writing Month, the annual challenge to write 14 songs in 28 days. If you're interested in songwriting and aren't already fawming, come check it out! <a title="FAWM.ORG" href="http://www.fawm.org">http://www.fawm.org</a></p>
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<p>(Making a video with fellow fawmers in 2008 - like the hairbrush microphone?)</p>

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<p>I'm honored to be included in Phil Norman's fantastic new album "Four Februarys"&nbsp; with our co-written song "Changed My Name".&nbsp; </p>
<p>You can download the album at <a title="Phil Norman - Four Februarys" href="http://rockstarphil.com/fourfebruarys/">http://rockstarphil.com/fourfebruarys/</a>.&nbsp; If you like, there's a handy donation link there for February Album Writing Month, our songwriting home.</p>

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<p>I've been adding some videos from the "Two Johns and a Nancy" show we did on December 10, 2010. You can check some of them out on my YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/user/nancyrost.</p>
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  <div class="message"><p>Yes, the Banned Wagon tour happened, and it was great fun. For now I'm going to link you to this blog: http://www.msa-ps.com/?pid=273 More to come soon, I hope -- including some awesome video we shot around Iowa. We have a couple of parties coming up on the autumn calendar, and are in the process of figuring out what's next for local gigs and future tour dreams. </p>
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<p>Thanks to the initiative of my friend Andrew Nath, I've joined a band.  We've been calling ourselves Bandwagon, or, more recently, Banned Wagon.  It's a six-piece, performing a variety of covers (Americana, reggae, pop and rock) and originals by several of the band members.  We're playing every other Thursday at the Washington Hotel Coffee Room, and sharing the stage with a bunch of musical friends.  This is in preparation for our July tour of Iowa, which we'll undertake on a flat-rack pulled by an…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/news/blog/6133778/jumping-on-the-bandwagon">Read more</a></span></div>
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