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Dispatches From a Guy Trying Unsuccessfully to Sell a Song in Nashville
Charlie Hopper is well aware that it’s cliché for advertising agency people to dream of being songwriters, but there it is. He works at Young & Laramore Advertising in Indianapolis and has written songs his whole life—most of them for a D.I.Y. rock band. A few years ago he got the idea that he should write a song and see if he could sell it to Nashville. So far he hasn’t.
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July 7, 2011Dispatches From a Guy Trying Unsuccessfully to Sell a Song in Nashville: Dispatch 29: Twelve Songwriters In a Nuclear Shelter with Food For Nine
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March 31, 2011Dispatches From a Guy Trying Unsuccessfully to Sell a Song in Nashville: Dispatch 28: Stand, and Unfold Yourself
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March 21, 2011Dispatches From a Guy Trying Unsuccessfully to Sell a Song in Nashville: Dispatch 27: Yep, Barry Manilow, Heh Heh
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March 8, 2011Dispatches From a Guy Trying Unsuccessfully to Sell a Song in Nashville: Dispatch 26: Where the Decisions Are His and Hers and His
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February 8, 2011Dispatches From a Guy Trying Unsuccessfully to Sell a Song in Nashville: Dispatch 25: Saturday Night At The Dollar Store
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December 3, 2010Dispatches From a Guy Trying Unsuccessfully to Sell a Song in Nashville: Dispatch 24: When the Zebras Kneel
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October 1, 2010Dispatches From a Guy Trying Unsuccessfully to Sell a Song in Nashville: Dispatch 23: Most of All We Have To Hide It From The Kids
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September 16, 2010Dispatches From a Guy Trying Unsuccessfully to Sell a Song in Nashville: Dispatch 22: Snowed In – Part 2
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September 15, 2010Dispatches From a Guy Trying Unsuccessfully to Sell a Song in Nashville: Dispatch 21: Snowed In – Part 1
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August 26, 2010Dispatches From a Guy Trying Unsuccessfully to Sell a Song in Nashville: Dispatch 20: The Role of the Ladder in Country Music
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August 9, 2010Dispatches From a Guy Trying Unsuccessfully to Sell a Song in Nashville: Dispatch 19: My Son, the Goy Hoosier
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July 30, 2010Dispatches From a Guy Trying Unsuccessfully to Sell a Song in Nashville: Dispatch 18: You’re Okay Unless I Make This Face: [Makes Face]
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