Posts by James Newcomb
The Unbelievable Story of How James and Sana Met
James and Sana met in March 2019 after James left his email address on a scrap of paper in the beak of a courier pigeon, which somehow ended up as a stowaway on a cargo ship headed for China. The note w/ James’ email address got caught up in a windstorm at the port in…
Read MoreThink on less things
This morning I got an email that is the type of email that I don’t enjoy receiving. The client had a complaint about their episode that went live this morning. It is an issue that has happened in the past, and it happened again today. That’s never fun when you strive for things to go…
Read MoreWelcome the nerves…
oday I released a new episode of my trumpet dynamics show. And although it’s a new episode, it’s a republishing of an interview that I did five years ago. It features a terrific trumpet player named Phil Snedecor, who is a professor at the Hartt School in Hartford Connecticut. In our conversation, Phil shared a…
Read More20-25 March
-Sunday 20 March: Outside yard maintenance and cleanup BGL episode with Angelo Keely One hour trumpet practice -Monday 21 March: TREIA episodes (2) Superhumanize episode w/ Dr. Stephen Cabral – prelim editing and prep for show notes -Tuesday 22 March: Prep BGL episodes for week of 28 March (Robin Shirley and Tim Gray) -Wednesday 23…
Read MoreRage Feeds a Revolution
A few Sunday thoughts for your consideration. Recently I began reading a book titled Revolutionary: George Washington at War. Now anyone who knows me knows that I am adamantly opposed to war in all its forms. But it doesn’t mean that we can’t learn from those who approve of it in one form or another.…
Read MoreDirty ideas come to life
“And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.” Genesis 2:7 I love that scripture, as it reminds me of the process of creating content, be it an audio show published on Spotify, a video published on Odysee, a…
Read MoreLike Giving a Breath Mint to an Ogre
Sana and I were recently discussing our future plans. And since Sana is the consummate educator and student, she is strongly advocating for me to get some sort of advanced degree. And since we live a stone’s throw away from my alma mater Regent University, we’ve talked about me perhaps going for a doctoral or…
Read MoreGliding over all
Sana and I were recently discussing our future plans. And since Sana is the consummate educator and student, she is strongly advocating for me to get some sort of advanced degree. And since we live a stone’s throw away from my alma mater Regent University, we’ve talked about me perhaps going for a doctoral or…
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A few more things I don’t understand about internet marketers
Yesterday I shared a couple of things about online marketers that, while I see the use of doing in the right way, seem to have undue influence placed on the success or failure of their businesses, shows, channels, what have you. Essentially it comes down to a lack of real contact and communication with real…
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