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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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December 16, 2014Dispatches From a Guy Trying Unsuccessfully to Sell a Song in Nashville: Dispatch 41: He Saw a Wolf (The Catheter Song)
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January 8, 2014Dispatches From a Guy Trying Unsuccessfully to Sell a Song in Nashville: Dispatch 40: Winterizing
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May 30, 2013Dispatches From a Guy Trying Unsuccessfully to Sell a Song in Nashville: Dispatch 39: Christian Rock Can Only Ever Be About One Thing
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February 8, 2013Dispatches From a Guy Trying Unsuccessfully to Sell a Song in Nashville: Dispatch 38: The Pun is Not Your Friend
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August 2, 2012Dispatches From a Guy Trying Unsuccessfully to Sell a Song in Nashville: Dispatch 37: A Ziploc Bag of Jigsaw Pieces That May or May Not Be From the Same Puzzle
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April 16, 2012Dispatches From a Guy Trying Unsuccessfully to Sell a Song in Nashville: Dispatch 36: Actually, No, That Would Not Make A Good Country Song
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February 17, 2012Dispatches From a Guy Trying Unsuccessfully to Sell a Song in Nashville: Dispatch 35: The Three Best Songs Ever Written
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December 23, 2011Dispatches From a Guy Trying Unsuccessfully to Sell a Song in Nashville: Dispatch 34: Mister Christmas
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November 29, 2011Dispatches From a Guy Trying Unsuccessfully to Sell a Song in Nashville: Dispatch 33: I’m Not Old and She’s Not Fat
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September 29, 2011Dispatches From a Guy Trying Unsuccessfully to Sell a Song in Nashville: Dispatch 32: The Kansan Speaks (Then Plays, Then Speaks Again)
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August 23, 2011Dispatches From a Guy Trying Unsuccessfully to Sell a Song in Nashville: Dispatch 31: What’s the Dog Think?
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July 22, 2011Dispatches From a Guy Trying Unsuccessfully to Sell a Song in Nashville: Dispatch 30: Every Time a Friend Succeeds, I Die A Little
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