i've been lucky but i've worked hard to be a full time musician for the last 13 years. the first half of my professional music career was amazing, with money and fame and all that good stuff. the second

why are we doing this? i don't mean steemit, exactly, but really the idea of putting our LIVES on the internet. i just spent the last 20 minutes writing a blog about the choice to see your world the way

i was told to spice up my titles with my steemit posts. you're welcome. this is my dog Mirfy. camera: Nikon D7000 lens: AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm 1:1.8G shot in black and white with no edits. follow me @javierdunn

i was finally out of india, but not without the final chaos of leaving kolkata. crowded airport lines, pushy people, a generally inexperienced traveling populace, and a penchant amongst indian men to remove

i wrote this song about 15 years ago, during the Bush Jr presidency, when there was a lot of talk in California about the rights (or lack thereof) for gay people to get married. this is a song about being

southern california is a place full of colors. from the sun to the dirt, you can find every color imagineable here. some natural, some man-made, but all colorful. so i take photos of los angeles (where

my first cover for the #openmic community here on #steemit i changed the lyrics around to fit me, so my version is "Call Your Boyfriend" apologies to robyn and all the kids who clicked on this

that's right... varanasi. this place ended up being one of my favorites, and it was my last city in india. i had initially planned to go on to kolkata from there, but plans change, and instead my kolkata

hey Steemians! i've been off radar the last few weeks with a bit of the flu, but i'm getting back into things and this is my submission for the open mic contest this week. i hope you all enjoy it. it's

my girlfriend's brother is an avid hiker and blogger, and last year he hiked from mexico to canada along the continental divide trail, which is basically along the Rockies and Tetons. totally insane. anyways,

if you're just joining in: my first week in india was a bit rough, defined largely by an unfortunate travel arrangement with an unreliable travel agency. i'm being polite :) but anyways... jaipur marked

the more i learn the less i know financials are secondary, content and credibility are primary assess your value (what you can "offer" the community) and then offer it i guess these three points

an original song about moving on from a painful breakup. with a brief but memorable cameo by my dog, Mirfy. apparently, he was over it. thanks for watching and listening! and thanks to @openmic and all

Amritsar started out rough. The hotel I was booked to stay in was horrible. Super creepy front desk guy who started going off about Trump because I was an American (a recurring theme on the trip). The

Hey guys! Better late than never. This week just got away from me. But here is my last-minute submission for the open mic. week 70. I didn't really want to do it, but all the encouragement i got from you

hi everyone! this is my 2nd attempt at participating in open mic ... i used dTube the first time like a noob. But learning is growing and now i know: use youtube for the @openmic submissions. so here it

I flew from New Delhi to Srinagar to begin my Indian Adventure. On the advice of the travel agency I had just booked a month of traveling with, I would start my journey in the far north and make my way

this song was written and recorded about four years ago but i figured i'd perform it for an open mic entry on steemit. so here it is! happy week 68! i wrote it right after a break up and it's about getting

My first version of this post was a long, detailed account of the day and everything that happened at a travel agency in New Delhi. But I decided to use this space and time to instead notify others of

this song is about the good old days. lyrics: I WAS JUST A BOY ONLY 23 YOU WERE EVERYTHING AND YOU SAID YOU NEEDED ME WE NEVER SAW THE SUN WE DIDN’T CARE THE SAME WE WERE ALWAYS ON THE RUN SUCH A SILLY